Entries Tagged as 'europe ford car'

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Europe peers into driving’s future Turn your gaze to Paris as automakers put world’s wares on display Keith Morgan,

Email to a friend Printer friendly Font: * * * * The Focus is a prime example of this strategy but the disappointment of fans of the highly popular Ka appears set to continue, as there are no plans to adapt it for use here. It can be costly to reconfigure some small cars [...]

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Recession slams brakes on US car industry

Alternative scenarios have GM and Chrysler merging and Ford selling Mazda to stay afloat. Meanwhile, European car sales also seem to be heading into freefall,”- they were 39% down on a year ago by the end of August. Factories are closing, dealers are going to the wall, and in the UK used-car resale values are [...]

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

As boomer drivers age, firms rethink car design

The suit — including goggles that distort color and mimic the effects of cataracts — is used to simulate the physical effects of aging as designers work to make future vehicles safer and more comfortable. With the 65-and-older population in the U.S. expected to double to 70 million — one in five people — by [...]

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

BMW carmaker announces 16 percent sales fall, amid global finance crisis

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 9:25a.m. German carmaker BMW AG said on Wednesday that worldwide sales fell nearly 15 percent in September as the global economic crisis pushed North America and Western Europe to curb spending. The company said it sold 121,621 units in September, down more than 20-thousand units from 141,357 in the same period [...]

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

CareerTV Helps Drive the Recruiting Process for Ford Motor Company

San Francisco, CA ( HRMarketer / PRWeb ) December 11, 2007 — Earlier this year, CareerTV hosted a great new recruitment video for Ford Motor Company , designed to provide young professionals with more knowledge and better insight of what it takes to work for one of the world s largest automakers. Ford says [...]