After the news that Nissan is to build its electric car Leaf in the UK, Ford has also announced it is to invest £1.5bn in its four UK facilities over the next five years bringing another welcome boost to the British manufacturing industry.
Secretary of State for Business, Peter Mandelson, announced the government’s £360m backing of [...]

Ford is extending its UK registration lead, boosted by the S-Max and Galaxy vehicles and the UK scrappage scheme, new figures released from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders have shown.
The Blue Oval brand increased its UK market lead to 8,084 cars for the year to date after selling 9,915 cars in February, just [...]

The Blue Oval has revealed the style new Ford Focus estate version along with the next generation five door Ford Focus at the Geneva Motor Show. Both cars are set for a 2011 launch date. With the C-MAX brand now spun off from the Focus and due to arrive this summer, the engineers are already [...]

The debutants just keep on coming at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, and now Ford has announced it will reveal its all new C-car at the show.
The all-new Ford C-MAX family will offer customers in the multi-activity vehicle market a choice between a new five-seat C-MAX and a distinctive seven-seat Grand C-MAX which includes twin [...]

It has been a troubling start to 2010 for the automotive industry with both Toyota and Honda announcing massive vehicle recalls – and now Ford has run into some technical issues of its own in the USA.
The company has said it will fix up to 17,600 Ford Fusion Hybrid models that could suffer brake problems.
The [...]

Ford has renewed its contract to supply the AA Driving School with new vehicles for their learner drivers.
Ford has equipped the school on an exclusive basis for the last 12 years, and this new contract extends the partnership to 2012, with 2,700 cars a year being supplied. For the first time, 1.4-litre Ford Fiestas will [...]

The new Ford Ka is celebrating its first birthday with a revised model line-up.
The updated range continues with the existing engines – 1.2-litre petrol (69PS) and 1.3-litre diesel (75PS) – and realigned models: Studio, Edge, Zetec and the all-new Titanium.
The Ford Ka Studio adds rear head restraints to the standard specification. The Ka Edge replaces [...]

Ford Dagenham’s third wind turbine will be installed on the eastern edge of the site later this year. The three blade turbine, standing 120 metres tall, will take up its prominent residence alongside the Thames and in doing so will increase the site’s production of clean electricity from 6.7 million kilowatt hours to 11.5 million [...]

Ford has unveiled a new S-MAX and Galaxy models at the Brussels Motorshow this week, with fresh designs, new engines and enhanced levels of safety.
The 2010 S-MAX and Galaxy are the first cars to be available with Ford’s all-new, high efficiency, 2.0-litre 203PS EcoBoost petrol engine. This joins new 115PS and 163PS 2.0-litre Duratorq TDCi [...]

The first major car show of 2010 has kicked off over in the United States, where the ‘Motor City’ Detroit plays host to some of the biggest carmakers in the world keen to show off their new metal for 2010.

Featuring an assortment of new models and showcases there is a very green feel to proceedings, [...]