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Originally Posted by ausrutherford

Ford's Full Year 2011 Worldwide Sales Breakdown
Focus in a strong 1st place
www.fordinsidenews.com
February 13, 2012
By: Austin Rutherford

2011 turned into a mediocre year for Ford globally as not many new products debuted as with the past few years. Sales were however up nearly 400,000 units over 2010 on a worldwide basis. Headwinds caused by the Euro crisis and

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Originally Posted by ausrutherford

New 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible Helps SVT Mark Its 20th Anniversary of Delivering High-Performance Vehicles
Ford Media

• New Ford Shelby GT500 convertible makes its debut at the Chicago Auto Show, serving as the celebratory vehicle of the 20th anniversary of Ford’s Special Vehicle Team (SVT)
• The newest Shelby GT500 convertible with the optional Performance Package is nearly 3.5 seconds faster than the outgoing model at Sebring International Raceway. The 5.8-liter supercharged

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I noticed during the past weekend NFL playoffs that Chrysler was using attack adds directly against Ford. They used the "WASHED UP OLD COWBOY SAM ELLIOTT" with one that aired an odometer at 60,000 miles and commented "its the end of the road if you're driving an F150"...and caught another with a Durango pulling an Explorer on a trailer.
Now I assume its because Ford beats them bad in both sales categories...but so does Chevy. I don't see Chevy doing that to Ford or Ford ...

All the buzz this morning is Ford deciding on establishing Mark Field's as the new CFO of Ford..and eventually replacing Alan Mulally. OK, lets look at what Fields has done at Ford. He was in charge of Mazda, which really never went anywhere but down. The he was moved in charge of the 'Premier Automotive Group' which included Volvo, Land Rover, Aston Martin and Jaguar. PAG turned out to be a costly failure and everyone of these aformentioned vehicle lines have been sold at a loss. Then , while the ...

Does anyone know when Ford will announce the pricing on the 2013 Ford Taurus? Job-1 is Feb 6th and they have yet to announce the pricing. Most of the other 2012 vehicles are already available. I would like to see what the cost is before I order. Thanks !