How can our local automotive producers compete on a so called level playing field when 1 weeks wages in Australia is equal to 4 weeks in China / India, this is the level playing field we are expected to compete against. Mr Button has passed on, (god rest his soul), but his legacy has ruined [...]
Earlier this week, J.D. Power and Associates lowered its U.S. forecast, saying it expects automakers will sell 13.6 million vehicles this year, down 16 percent from 16.1 million vehicles in 2007.
It was more than four years ago, but Althoff football coach Glenn Schott still remembers the first time he ever saw Jason Ford run with the football. Schott had heard the stories about Ford, a highly touted football player who attended Emge Junior High. Now Schott was about to see for himself.
Email to a friend Printer friendly Font: * * * * Auto production in Canada has become more expensive for Ford, General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC as the Canadian dollar gained 15.6 percent against the U.S. currency this year. The manufacturers will bargain with the CAW a year after receiving wage and benefit [...]
* Rail Car and Haul-away Test ‘“ Perhaps the most unexpected, Ford even puts transit systems to the test. To ensure vehicles arrive at dealerships throughout the country in top condition, Ford simulates how different chassis components hold up while tied down during shipping on trains and trucks. The Rail Car Simulator replicates the [...]
WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said yesterday it has opened a preliminary investigation into Ford Motor Co.’s 2005-model Five Hundred sedans and 2005-2007 models of F-250 and F-350 trucks. The agency said the action covers 173,827 Five Hundreds, but it didn’t estimate the number of pickups affected. Nine motorists complained that [...]
The decision highlights the shifting cost equation between Canada and the United States in the wake of the new labor agreement between Ford and the United Auto Workers. Ford has cut its Canadian production back more than any other U.S. automaker, slashing its annual output in Ontario from nearly 676,000 units in 1986 to [...]
The hour-long presentation was broadcast to another 500 sales and marketing employees throughout the United States, according to Ford spokesman Jim Cain. “It was basically his first chance to introduce himself to the whole team in this country,” Cain said. Farley, who headed Toyota’s Lexus division in North America and was responsible for launching [...]
