Ford Trucks - PUtting rust to rest
PUtting rust to rest
San Jose Mercury News - WASHINGTON - Victory is at hand in the auto industry’s 30-year war against rust. No more Ford trucks with tailgates that look like decayed teeth. No more Toyota Celicas with see-through wheel wells. No more VWs with college cafeteria trays covering
Thousands rally on ‘Day Without Immigrants’
North County Times - The protests, part of what some organizers called “A Day Without Immigrants” and “The Great American Boycott,” were peaceful during the day. But as night fell, the protests grew more disruptive in parts of North County. In Vista, an estimated 1,000
Douglas Motorsports Pahrump 250 summary
Motorsport.com - Spring has arrived in the Nevada desert, which means it time for the Best in the Desert, Terrible’s Town 250 in Pahrump, Nevada. This point-to-point event started in Johnnie, NV, then headed north along Interstate 95, then headed south just before
Ford to shutter Norfolk truck plant
Richmond Times-Dispatch - NORFOLK — Ford Motor Co. announced today that it will close its Norfolk truck plant, where more than 2,000 are employed, in 2008. Employees at the plant that produces the popular F-150 pickup truck were being told the news at a meeting this
GM, Ford lose sales ground; Toyota, Honda gain
Investors Business Daily - SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. continued to lose traction in April, reporting overall vehicle sales Tuesday that showed they’d given up more market share to Japanese rivals despite glimmers of sales improvement
Norfolk plant to close
Richmond Times-Dispatch - NORFOLK — Ford Motor Co. yesterday announced plans to close a Norfolk truck-assembly plant that has more than 2,400 employees and a local history stretching back 81 years. The decision to idle the plant in 2008 followed closure announcements that
A paradise for stars
Turkish Daily News - Antalya has hosted the Golden Orange Film Festival, showing the Turkish “Hollywood’s” films produced at Yesilcam, Istanbul, for the last 35 years, and latterly the festival has expanded to include international and Mediterranean films as competition
PNNL aids homeland security
Tri-City Herald - Drive-bys have a new meaning for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, thanks to technology perfected by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland. Mobile radiation portal monitors mounted on Ford trucks are the latest tool offered to
Ford turns to Mazda designer for edgy feel
Detroit News - Ford Motor Co. is shaking up its North American design studio, hoping to add a little “Zoom-Zoom” spirit with the appointment of Mazda Motor Corp.’s design chief to the post of design director for domestic cars. Mazda’s Moray Callum will replace