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North America car and truck production - 05/20/13
121 313 2,464 3,377 MKX (Can. trk.) 354 919 8,185 11,352 Navigator (trk.) 296 768 4,203 3,474 Total Lincoln 2,234 5,799 40,703 37,103 Total U.S. car 10,186 26,461 184,591 142,249 Total Mexico car 11,556 30,023
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Certified used-vehicle sales, April and YTD
CHRYSLER GROUP * 9,899 * 8,611 * 39,100 * 38,892 15% 5.6% 1% 5.8% Ford Mercury * 16,975 * 11,755 * 62,390 * 45,072 44% 9.6% 38% 9.3% Lincoln * 1,877 * 1,786 * 6,741 * 6,667 5% 1.1% 1% 1.0% FORD MOTOR CO
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Customer Incentives
750 2.9-4.9% FORD MOTOR CO. Ford expires June 3; Lincoln expires July 8. In lieu of rebates, cut-rate financing ..... Hybrid), Fiesta $750 0-5.9% Focus Electric 0-1.9% Lincoln MKS, MKT, MKX, MKZ, Navigator 0-4.9% GENERAL MOTORS
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Lawsuit claims defects in Ford 3.5-liter V-6 EcoBoost engine
The V-6 EcoBoost, introduced in 2009, has been offered in the 2010-13 Ford Flex crossover and Taurus SHO, 2010-13 Lincoln MKT crossover and MKS sedan, 2011-13 F-150 pickup, and 2013 Ford Explorer Sport. The three- and four-cylinder EcoBoost
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GM to rebadge Nissan's small commercial vans for Chevy
product. In 1989, Nissan and Ford teamed up to co-design and produce front-wheel-drive minivans, which sold as the Mercury Villager and Nissan Quest. Just before the 2009 economic crash, Nissan also had a partnership arrangement with Chrysler to
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China is a learning lab for Lincoln
SHANGHAI -- For Ford Motor Co.'s Lincoln luxury brand, what happens in China ..... could find their way back to U.S. Lincoln dealerships. "In many ways, China will be a listening post for Lincoln in the United States," Jim Farley
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Marketer uses customers' voices to tell the Ford story
EcoBoost engine. Working with Jim Farley, Ford Motor Co.'s executive vice president of global marketing, sales, service and Lincoln , the agency also has used digital marketing to raise awareness of new Ford models before they hit the showroom floor. Barlow
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Dealers
chairman; Jeff Weber of Anderson-Weber Toyota-Scion- Lincoln in Dubuque, secretary; and George Grask of Cedar Rapids Truck ..... Cedar Rapids, treasurer. Duane Barber of Don Pierson Ford- Lincoln in Spencer is immediate past chairman. 40 with Toyota Neal
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Audi to suppliers: Come to Mexico
s strategy carries some risk: Mexican suppliers have limited experience with luxury vehicles. Audi will join Cadillac and Lincoln as the only major luxury brands building vehicles in Mexico for U.S. sale. Still, Stadler is confident. "I don't see
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North America car and truck production - 05-13-2013
236 MKX (Can. trk.) * 353 * 1,412 * 7,831 * 10,783 Navigator (trk.) * 295 * 1,180 * 3,907 * 3,305 Total Lincoln * 2,228 * 8,906 * 38,469 * 35,178 Total U.S. car * 10,172 * 40,678 * 174,405 * 134,241 Total Mexico car
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Ford’s Hinrichs: ‘We’ve Learned Lessons From the Last Few Years’
clearly getting through launch issues on the Lincoln and Khazei and and and brain that great product to life. A car many believe is Lincoln 's one last shot survival. But quality ..... Edwards believes expanding the Ford and Lincoln lineups presents a quote great opportunity
-- -- -- to introduce those back into the vehicles. Through April Ford motor's US market share is increasing nine tenths of a percentage point in sales are up 13%. To keep up with the man. -
Diving Into Driverless Future (5/10/13)
government bailout. But there also are issues with product launches the economic Malays in Europe. And frankly whether the Lincoln brand will ever get off the endangered species list. Look despite the run up and Dow Jones Industrial Average auto stocks
with product launches the economic Malays in Europe. And frankly whether the Lincoln brand will ever get off the endangered species list. Look despite the run up and Dow Jones Industrial Average auto stocks are -
Customer Incentives
750 2.9-4.9% FORD MOTOR CO. Ford expires June 3; Lincoln expires July 8. In lieu of rebates, cut-rate financing ..... Hybrid), Fiesta $750 0-5.9% Focus Electric 0-1.9% Lincoln MKS, MKT, MKX, MKZ, Navigator 0-4.9% GENERAL MOTORS
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U.S. car and light-truck inventories, on May 1
134 * 108 MKZ * 10,600 * 66 * 102 Total Lincoln car * 14,500 * 76 * 104 MKT * 2,400 * 132 ..... 112 * 99 Navigator * 2,600 * 96 * 96 Total Lincoln trk. * 12,800 * 111 * 101 Total Lincoln * 27,300 * 90 * 102 Ford Motor Co. car
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U.S. regulators close inquiries into Ford, Chrysler vehicles
Web site late on Tuesday. In late 2011, NHTSA began exploring reports of corrosion problems in 200,000 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans made for the 2004 through 2007 model years. In March, Ford recalled 230,000 minivans worldwide to repair
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Canada light-vehicle sales by nameplate, April and YTD
MKZ * 136 * 73 86% * 314 * 294 7% Total Lincoln car * 164 * 148 11% * 431 * 502 -14 ..... 20 * 34 -41% * 122 * 122 0% Total Lincoln truck * 355 * 324 10% * 1,306 * 1,293 1% Total Lincoln * 519 * 472 10% * 1,737 * 1,795
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Canada light-vehicle sales by make, April and YTD
0.0 0.0 0.0 * 561 * 400 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 40% Lincoln * 164 * 148 0.2% 0.2% 11% * 355 * 324 0.4% 0.4 ..... 0.0 * 2,419 * 3,272 0.5% 0.6% -0.1% -26% Lincoln * 431 * 502 0.2% 0.2% -14% * 1,306 * 1,293 0
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Ford takes long look at launches
The changes come after quality problems hobbled several important launches of Ford vehicles, including the Ford Escape and Lincoln MKZ. "We've done a complete analysis," Hinrichs told Automotive News , "on lessons learned in the last couple of years
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North America car and truck production - 05/06/13
524 2,270 3,153 MKX (Can. trk.) 327 1,422 7,472 10,231 Navigator (trk.) 244 1,059 3,460 3,133 Total Lincoln 1,940 9,469 36,630 33,336 Total U.S. car 10,104 44,307 167,821 127,731 Total Mexico car 8,536 45,957
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Industry veteran Beattie takes Kawasaki sales post
ran Jaguar marketing in the early 1990s, was CEO of Mazda North American Operations from 1997 to 2000, and headed Lincoln - Mercury sales and marketing from 2001 to 2002. Teranishi said in a statement: "Richard comes to our industry with credentials
