FoMoCo is planning on rolling out at least 20 new or upgraded models in Europe over the next three years as part of a way to boost sales in the region. The move will add ‘several hundred’ jobs at a plant in Valencia, Spain, and 200 positions at two factories in Germany to underpin production plans. [...]
No surprise to us but Ford’s CEO Alan Mulally has confirmed that the Euro-design Vertrek Concept will give the company ‘a great opportunity’ to unify its two C-segment SUVs – the Kuga and the Escape. The next-generation Ford Escape and Kuga will hit the markets in mid to late 2012 and both will adopt the [...]
FoMoCo has a huge stand at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show and it definitely needs with the debut of the three C-MAX variants, a nice display for the new 2011 Ford Explorer, but most interesting of all today from the Dearborn automaker has to be the new Vertrek Concept. FoMoCo says that the Vertrek Concept [...]
FoMoCo has released the first official sketch of the new Territory SUV, which is set for sales next year in Australia. “The Ford Territory set a new benchmark when it was first released and it is set to achieve this again – and more,” said Bob Graziano, President and CEO of Ford Australia. ”This is an [...]
Sources have told Automotive News Europe that FoMoCo plans on unveiling a near production concept of an SUV in January to replace the Ford Escape in North America and the Ford Kuga in Europe. The model will go into production in the second half of 2012 and will be sold as a 2013 model (at [...]
Ford Motor Co. has canceled plans to move production of the European Kuga model from Saarlouis, Germany to Louisville, Kentucky, as was originally planned last year. The move was planned in order to take advantage of lower labor rates and a weaker dollar, but the falling value of the Euro has made that plan null [...]
FoMoCo dealers are looking forward to a much-needed successor to the Ford Escape and if they can have their own way, the “Escape” badge would live on as the official name for the mid-size crossover. The current Ford Escape is scheduled to be replaced by a version of the European based Kuga, which will see [...]
Sources familiar with FoMoCo’s plans say that the Dearborn automaker is looking to move production of its Kuga compact SUV/Crossover to the United States to take advantage of lower labor costs and the weaker dollar, reports Bloomberg. Sources in Germany said that Ford will move production of the Kuga to Louisville, Kentucky in October 2011. [...]
Ford of Europe says that due to a weak British pound, it is being forced to increase prices on all of its products sold in the United Kingdom. Starting July 1, FoMoCo will increase the sticker price of all vehicles sold in the UK by an average of 4 percent. “In common with most of [...]
The Ford Kuga is another Ford vehicle we wish would come over the stateside. So far we’ve heard rumors of Lincoln getting a small crossover based on the Kuga and a new Ford Escape being based on the Kuga platform. According to AutoExpress, Ford is now studying a Ford Kuga coupe. With a dramatically sloping roofline [...]
