The 2012 Beijing International Automobile Exhibition, or auto show in short, is in full swing. And to in order to showcase their all-new lineup in the world’s most populated country, Ford has just unveiled their entire 2012 offerings. Ford calls their plan for China, the “15X15” plan, in which they promise to deliver 15 new [...]
Ladies and gentlemen of the European market, meet the new 2013 Ford Escape… I mean Kuga. The new 2013 Ford Kuga is basically a rebadged version of the new Ford Escape that we saw at the 2011 LA Auto Show and gets all the same gadgets and gizmos as its stateside counterpart. “Innovative technologies like [...]
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. [...]
