New Transit Custom stars at Cannes Film Festival

Cannes in a Van

Cannes, France, May 21, 2013 – Movie fans at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival will once again be able to watch the cream of independent film as the Ford-supported ‘Cannes in a Van’ team hits the streets in their four-wheeled mobile movie theatre. Continue reading

Triple win for Ford at 2013 Honest John Awards

2013 Honest John Awards

Brentwood, England, May 20, 2013 – Ford has scooped three top wins at this year’s Honest John Awards, with new Fiesta crowned “Most Popular Small Hatchback” and for the second year running Mondeo and C-MAX named “Most Popular Large Family Car” and “Most Popular MPV” respectively. Continue reading

Ford Fiesta ST sets seriously rapid pace in first few months on sale

2013 Ford Fiesta ST sales

Cologne, Germany, May 17 – The Ford Fiesta ST – Ford’s fastest ever production small car – is off to a fast start with hot-hatch connoisseurs placing 3,000 orders since March. Continue reading

New Ford model success at Brno Motor Show

2013 Brno Motor Show

Brno, Czech Republic, May 17, 2013 – Ford Czech Republic recently participated in the Brno Motor Show 2013 with a 1000 sq.m. display area  packed with new models and technologies,  from voice-activated SYNC to the EcoBoost engine family. Continue reading

Germany’s Select AG orders 100 Ford B-MAX

Select AG orders 100 Ford B-MAX

Cologne, Germany, May 17; 2013 – Germany’s Select AG has ordered 100 Ford B-MAX “Trend” models to be used as courtesy cars at auto repair shops across the nation. Continue reading

Ford launches new UK customer care programme

Ford BlueService

Brentwood, England, May 17, 2013 – Ford is to transform its aftersales experience for retail customers with the introduction of a range of new services launched under the “Ford BlueService” name. Continue reading

New products drive Ford of Europe sales increase in April; overall market share and retail share improve

Cologne, Germany, May 16, 2013 – Ford of Europe reported today that its sales increased in April by 3 per cent year-over-year driven by strong demand for new products. Continue reading

Ford engineers trade spanners for 3-D glasses; virtual reality brings prototype cars to life

Cologne, Germany, May 15, 2013 – The room where Ford cars of tomorrow are fine-tuned appears slightly incongruous at first glance. Large white walls form a three-sided box with projectors throwing images on to each wall and the ceiling. Mounted in the middle is a dummy car interior. Continue reading

Ford Sollers accelerates growth plan in Russia with new engine plant and launch of Ford EcoSport SUV

Ford Sollers Elabuga Engine Plant

Ford Sollers Elabuga Engine Plant

Elabuga, Tatarstan and Moscow, Russia, May 14, 2013 – Ford Sollers is accelerating its plan to grow in the burgeoning Russian market by announcing today that it is building a $274 million (10 billion Russian Rouble) engine plant in Elabuga, Tatarstan, and also will manufacture and sell the new Ford EcoSport small sports utility vehicle (SUV). Continue reading

Al-Attiyah’s dominance continues in the Middle East

2013 Jordan Rally

2013 Jordan Rally

Qatar M-Sport’s Nasser Al-Attiyah and co-driver Giovanni Bernacchini continued their dominant campaign in the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) last weekend as they piloted their Ford Fiesta RRC to a convincing victory at the 2013 Jordan Rally. Continue reading