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Carroll Shelby was a member of the Ford family for the better part of 60 years, producing stunning performance vehicles from concepts to production models. He once said his energy and passion for performance products were always strongest when he was working with Ford.

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]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 14:40:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-warriors-in-pink-celebrates-breast-cancer-survivors-with-models-of-courage-campaign.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-warriors-in-pink-celebrates-breast-cancer-survivors-with-models-of-courage-campaign.html
Ford Warriors in Pink®, the program created by Ford Motor Company to raise awareness and funds in the fight against breast cancer, is launching a new campaign that highlights the stories of breast cancer survivors with “Models of Courage.” Eleven women and men were selected for the Models of Courage campaign to serve as Ford Warriors in Pink role models and inspire everyone involved in the fight against breast cancer.

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]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 14:36:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/new-ford-fusion-redefines-midsize-sedan-expectations-with-unprecedented-suite-of-driver-assist-technologies.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/new-ford-fusion-redefines-midsize-sedan-expectations-with-unprecedented-suite-of-driver-assist-technologies.html
The all-new 2013 Ford Fusion leapfrogs the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord with an unprecedented suite of active driver assist technologies usually found only in luxury cars costing twice as much.

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]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 14:34:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-drives-innovation-intellectual-property-development-through-techshop-membership-incentive-for-smart-ideas.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-drives-innovation-intellectual-property-development-through-techshop-membership-incentive-for-smart-ideas.html
Henry Ford would have felt right at home in Michigan’s latest do-it-yourself workshop, the newly opened TechShop Detroit. After all, Mr. Ford underscores what a “maker” represents, having built his first motorized vehicle in his backyard shed.

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]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 22:52:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-celebrates-opening-of-new-us-450-million-thb14-billion-manufacturing-facility-in-thailand.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-celebrates-opening-of-new-us-450-million-thb14-billion-manufacturing-facility-in-thailand.html
Ford Motor Company today celebrated the official grand opening of Ford Thailand Manufacturing (FTM) – a new US$450 million (THB14 billion), state-of-the-art passenger vehicle manufacturing plant in Rayong, Thailand.

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]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 22:49:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/order-bank-opens-for-new-high-performance-ford-focus-st.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/order-bank-opens-for-new-high-performance-ford-focus-st.html
Drivers in the U.S. can now place their order for the new Ford Focus ST, a high-performance hatchback that will offer exhilarating performance and handling, a distinctive interior and muscular exterior design.

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]]> Wed, 02 May 2012 00:16:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-fusion-edge-achieve-best-ever-april-sales-explorer-f-series-net-best-april-sales-in-five-plus-years.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-fusion-edge-achieve-best-ever-april-sales-explorer-f-series-net-best-april-sales-in-five-plus-years.html
U.S. sales of some of Ford Motor Company’s most fuel-efficient vehicles grew again in April, with the Ford Fusion and Edge setting all-time April records, Explorer reporting its best April sales since 2005 and F-Series sales reaching its best April sales since 2007.

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]]> Wed, 02 May 2012 00:13:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/first-ford-dealers-certified-to-sell-focus-electric-america-s-most-efficient-five-seater-with-national-rollout-to-follow.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/first-ford-dealers-certified-to-sell-focus-electric-america-s-most-efficient-five-seater-with-national-rollout-to-follow.html
The first Ford dealers have been officially certified to sell the company’s first all-electric car – the 2012 Ford Focus Electric – America’s most fuel-efficient five-seater with an EPA rating of 110 MPGe city that is capable of being recharged in nearly half the time as Nissan Leaf.

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]]> Wed, 02 May 2012 00:12:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/size-matters-ecoboost-gives-ford-the-industry-lead-in-reducing-engine-size-without-giving-up-performance.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/size-matters-ecoboost-gives-ford-the-industry-lead-in-reducing-engine-size-without-giving-up-performance.html
For decades, size meant everything when it came to engines – bigger was better and there was no replacement for displacement. But volatile gasoline prices and growing consumer interest in clean technologies are turning that notion on its head.

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]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:31:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-china-to-build-us-760-million-assembly-plant-in-hangzhou-doubles-china-passenger-car-capacity-to-1-2-million-units-annual.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-china-to-build-us-760-million-assembly-plant-in-hangzhou-doubles-china-passenger-car-capacity-to-1-2-million-units-annual.html
As part of its largest expansion in 50 years, Ford Motor Company today announced it will build a new state-of-the-art assembly plant in Hangzhou, China, doubling its production capacity in China to 1.2 million passenger cars annually by 2015.

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]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:24:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-launches-documentary-series-education-push-electric-car-to-help-customers-make-greener-shift.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-launches-documentary-series-education-push-electric-car-to-help-customers-make-greener-shift.html
Ford is “charging” into Earth Day by launching new initiatives that encourage people to take a more sustainable approach in life year-round with a national electrified vehicle education program, multi-city tour, and the debut of a 10-film, short documentary series with SHFT.com, an award-winning sustainability lifestyle platform.

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]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:26:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/higher-oil-costs-could-speed-up-the-use-of-new-green-materials-such-as-old-u-s-paper-money-in-future-fords.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/higher-oil-costs-could-speed-up-the-use-of-new-green-materials-such-as-old-u-s-paper-money-in-future-fords.html
Rising oil prices have Ford upping the ante in its push to reduce petroleum dependence and use more sustainable materials – including retired U.S. paper currency – to make parts.

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]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:06:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-makes-nasca-history-as-all-new-focus-electric-becomes-first-all-electric-pace-car-for-the-richmond-400.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-makes-nasca-history-as-all-new-focus-electric-becomes-first-all-electric-pace-car-for-the-richmond-400.html
Ford Motor Company is again making NASCAR history this month as the all-new Focus Electric becomes the first all-electric pace car to ever lead the field for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the Richmond 400.

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]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:05:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-launches-focus-electric-online-with-world-s-first-digital-road-trips-for-facebook-friends.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-launches-focus-electric-online-with-world-s-first-digital-road-trips-for-facebook-friends.html
Ford is giving Facebook users the chance to take a road trip in the all-new Focus Electric before the car is available in most markets and without even having to step away from their computers.

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]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:03:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/robots-with-laser-eyes-and-suction-cup-hands-boost-quality-of-louisville-assembly-plant-and-the-all-new-ford-escape.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/robots-with-laser-eyes-and-suction-cup-hands-boost-quality-of-louisville-assembly-plant-and-the-all-new-ford-escape.html
Robots equipped with laser eyes and suction cup hands are helping humans reduce physical strain and save energy, while boosting the quality of the all-new Ford Escape.

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]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:01:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/truckin-magazine-names-ford-f-150-fx2-top-half-ton-pickup-in-truck-of-the-year-shootout.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/truckin-magazine-names-ford-f-150-fx2-top-half-ton-pickup-in-truck-of-the-year-shootout.html
Ford knows that full-size truck buyers like to personalize their pickups and so do the experts at Truckin’ magazine. But it takes more than style to win with consumers. After testing four half-ton pickups in a well-rounded set of challenges, the Ford F-150 FX2 SuperCrew is now the Truckin’ half-ton Truck of the Year.

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]]> Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:27:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-motor-company-and-dealers-to-raise-record-setting-1-million-for-high-schools-in-april.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-motor-company-and-dealers-to-raise-record-setting-1-million-for-high-schools-in-april.html
Educational budget cuts are common, forcing schools in every state to either eliminate valued programs or search for other means of funding. To address these needs at a local level and empower communities to support and protect valued programs, Ford Motor Company and its dealers partner with high schools across the United States to offer the Drive One 4 UR School program.

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]]> Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:25:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-motor-company-posts-strongest-u-s-march-sales-in-five-years-fusion-focus-edge-post-record-sales-months.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-motor-company-posts-strongest-u-s-march-sales-in-five-years-fusion-focus-edge-post-record-sales-months.html
Ford Motor Company posted its best March U.S. sales month since 2007 – with the Ford Fusion recording its best month ever, Ford Focus and Ford Edge achieving their best March ever and the F-Series showing the strongest March sales in five years.

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]]> Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:21:00 -0500 Staff Report http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-fusion-auto-start-stop-system-priced-at-only-295-technology-delivers-thousands-of-dollars-in-fuel-savings.html http://www.blueovalnews.com/Ford_Motor_Company_News/ford-fusion-auto-start-stop-system-priced-at-only-295-technology-delivers-thousands-of-dollars-in-fuel-savings.html
With the national average price of gasoline nearing $4 a gallon, the new Ford Fusion offers yet another way for consumers to save money at the pump as the first non-hybrid midsize sedan available with Auto Start-Stop.

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