Latest Minnesota Automotive News
- Good Question: What's The Future For Trucks, SUVs? 25 Jul 2008 05:08 GMT
... for Diesel Research at the University of Minnesota. The U of M's department of Mechanical ... to see more comfortable and luxurious smaller cars. We're going to see the introduction of ... put a diesel engine in an ordinary car, you will get a 30 percent fuel ...
- Ford puts foot on the gas 25 Jul 2008 05:08 GMT
... speed up its recovery plan, build smaller cars Ford will begin production of smaller, fuel-efficient ... truck plant in Wayne, Mich., to small car production in 2010. Ford's Explorer, which once ... got a two-year lease on life. A Minnesota assembly plant that now makes the Ranger will ...
- Ford puts foot on the gas (Today) 25 Jul 2008 05:08 GMT
... speed up its recovery plan, build smaller cars Ford will begin production of smaller, fuel-efficient ... truck plant in Wayne, Mich., to small car production in 2010. Ford's Explorer, which once ... got a two-year lease on life. A Minnesota assembly plant that now makes the Ranger will ...
- Ford loses $8.7 billion, bringing European cars to U.S. 24 Jul 2008 22:55 GMT
... plans to bring in six European-designed small car models for production in the United States ... keep its compact Ranger pickup plant in Minnesota open until 2011, two years longer than ... without the write-downs in plant values, Ford's automotive operations lost more than $1 billion during ...
- Ford posts loss on truck slump 24 Jul 2008 22:31 GMT
... in Michigan and Kentucky to make small cars in addition to an already announced conversion ... the rapid decline in US light truck sales, a segment where Ford's sales dropped 18% ... compact pickup truck until 2011, keeping a Minnesota plant open two years longer than previously ...
- Ford posts $11b Q2 loss 24 Jul 2008 21:50 GMT
... quarter because of falling truck and SUV sales. Ford posted a record US$8.7 billion (NZ$11.6 ... in Michigan and Kentucky to make small cars in addition to an already announced conversion ... compact pickup truck until 2011, keeping a Minnesota plant open two years longer than previously ...
- Ford combs European lineup for new U.S. products 24 Jul 2008 21:48 GMT
... truck and SUV plants to building small cars beginning this December. Ford also said it ... at the Twin Cities assembly plant in Minnesota through 2011. The company's revised turnaround plan also ... that Mercury will get a new small car in 2010 and that a new European ...
- Ford posts $8.7 billion second-quarter loss on truck slump 24 Jul 2008 21:09 GMT
... in Michigan and Kentucky to make small cars in addition to an already announced conversion ... the rapid decline in U.S. light truck sales, a segment where Ford's sales dropped 18 ... of its Ranger until 2011, keeping a Minnesota plant open two years longer than previously ...
- Ford Ranger Reprieve, Unibody Ford Explorer Part of Latest Realignment - Car News 24 Jul 2008 21:09 GMT
... Ford Explorer Part of Latest Realignment - Car News Three truck plants will be retooled to build small cars. Ford panders to both the future and ... gets another extension and the Twin Cities, Minnesota, plant gets a reprieve from scheduled closure ...
- Ford's overhaul--Mercury gets new products; Ranger lives until 2011 24 Jul 2008 18:53 GMT
... truck and SUV plants to building small cars beginning this December. Ford also said it ... at the Twin Cities assembly plant in Minnesota through 2011. The company's revised turnaround plan also ... that Mercury will get a new small car in 2010 and that a new European ...
- Ford posts $8.7B 2Q loss on asset write-downs, will switch 2 US plants from trucks 24 Jul 2008 15:38 GMT
... switch 2 US plants from trucks to cars By DEE-ANN DURBIN - and © AP ... that it will bring six European small car models to North America by the end ... Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, will continue producing the Ranger small pickup ...
- Ford posts $8.7B 2Q loss on asset write-downs, will switch 2 US plants from trucks to cars 24 Jul 2008 12:51 GMT
... Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, will continue producing the Ranger small pickup ... scheduled to close next year, but Ranger sales are down just 4 percent in the ... C-Max small van and the Mondeo midsize car. Ford also announced that the next-generation Ford ...
- Ford loses $8.7 billion, announces new products 24 Jul 2008 12:50 GMT
... also announced plans to bring six European car designs to this country for production by ... would keep its compact pickup plant in Minnesota open until 2011, two years longer than ... the write downs in plant values, Ford's automotive operations lost more than $1 billion during ...
- SIRIUS Satellite Radio NFL Radio Training Camp Tour Kicks Off July 26 24 Jul 2008 12:47 GMT
... Blitz with Adam Schein and Ross Tucker Minnesota Vikings, Mankato, MN 1-3pm The Red Zone with ... Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL and NASCAR, and broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NFL ... 2007, SIRIUS radios were available as a factory and dealer-installed option in 116 vehicle models ...
- Ford posts $8.7B 2Q loss on asset write-downs, plans to bring 6 small cars from Europe 24 Jul 2008 12:38 GMT
... Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, will continue producing the Ranger small pickup ... scheduled to close next year, but Ranger sales are down just 4 percent in the ... C-Max small van and the Mondeo midsize car. Ford also announced that the next-generation Ford ...
- The Ranger and beyond 24 Jul 2008 06:35 GMT
... — well, to build trucks. Or teensy cars. Or midsized hybrids. Or plug-in convertibles. Or ... final shutdown next year due to slowing sales — until recently — of the Ford ... the river downstream at the University of Minnesota — and in every corner of St. ...
- Worker buyouts expanded at Ford factories 24 Jul 2008 04:34 GMT
... the company cuts production because of falling sales. The voluntary incentives of as much as ... first-half drop in Ford's U.S. sales of cars and light trucks, including a 28 percent ... and a metal-stamping facility in Buffalo. The Minnesota plant is scheduled to close in 2009. ...
- Daniel Howes: Ford's past & future: Ford poised for big changes 24 Jul 2008 01:49 GMT
... it pushes to ramp up production of cars and crossovers. Second, but arguably far more ... That includes converting three truck plants to car production, as first reported by The Detroit ... production, too, while Twin Cities Assembly in Minnesota will be granted a temporary reprieve from closure ...
- Cheerleader car wash is Saturday 24 Jul 2008 01:16 GMT
... online gathering place for residents of Chaska, Minnesota. • News, community information, and an online ... Lake. • Job listings, used items, garage sales, and everything you'd find in the classifieds. Items from ...
- Compuware Corporation F1Q08 (Qtr End 06/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript 24 Jul 2008 00:55 GMT
... paired with disciplined expense management and focused sales and marketing efforts spurred dramatic increases in ... year-over-year. In terms of the verticals the automotive business is holding up during a significant ... in Q1 included an important contract with Minnesota for a statewide healthcare information exchange, our ...
- U.S. road fund drains as gas costs rise 23 Jul 2008 22:31 GMT
... on their driving and buy more fuel-efficient cars, the government is taking in less money ... Americans are struggling through tough economic times." Minnesota drivers are using less gasoline so far ... Transportation is now receiving revenue from vehicle sales taxes. "The message right now is, it's ...
- Nokia 500 Auto Navigation 23 Jul 2008 21:33 GMT
... we've seen from the Finnish cell phone manufacturer (the first being the ) and it's ... Auto Navigation unit comes packaged with a car charger, a vehicle mount (windshield only), a USB ... a problem for drivers in California and Minnesota since it's prohibited in those states to have ...
- Anoka County Union Looking Back July 25, 2008 23 Jul 2008 21:30 GMT
... years ago, July 26, 1933 New police car purchased by city Monday Main Motor Sales Company bidding on a Chevrolet, was successful ... is the largest of its kind in Minnesota and there will be “something for everyone” during ...
- Drug Companies Get Healthy, but at Whose Expense? 23 Jul 2008 16:32 GMT
... life, he began thrusting backward in his car seat, repeatedly and forcefully, as he rode with ... chair Amy Klobuchar, a Democratic senator from Minnesota. Politicians say they are not opposed to ... for a marketing blitz and doubled its sales force early last year. But when the ...
- Ford shrinks its focus 23 Jul 2008 15:54 GMT
... retool plants to increase production of smaller cars and engines. The person requested anonymity because ... small vans and the next-generation Mondeo midsize car, which likely would replace the Ford Fusion ... vehicle, Terveen said. Meanwhile, Ford has told Minnesota officials that it's studying an extension of the ...
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