Gerald Ford's Perfect Pitch
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The Ford Motor Company, which devoted itself for nearly 20 years to putting millions of Americans into big pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles, is about to drastically alter its focus to building more small cars. (article 4)
Some factories, the person said, will be retooled to produce more fuel-efficient four- and six-cylinder engines and more efficient transmissions for the new vehicles. (article 7)
Also, to meet high demand for the current Focus small car, Ford will retool part of the Michigan Truck plant in the Detroit suburb of Wayne to build Focus bodies. (article 7)
Ford has been trying to crank out more Focuses at the Wayne Assembly plant, but analysts have said its body shop can't move as quickly as the rest of the factory, and that has slowed production. (article 7)
With its traditional brands Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac it held close to 60 percent of the American car market in 1960, when Detroit auto companies took 90 percent of sales in the United States. (article 24)
TORONTO - Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has delayed the startup of a third shift at its Oakville, Ont., assembly plant, leaving 350 people who were expecting to start work next week without a job. (article 6)
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Ford, Nixon, President, Model, Gerald |
Source articles
- Cortege Honors a Quiet Dignity (Washington Post, 07/21/2008, 488 words)
- Washington Prepares for Farewell to Ford (Washington Post, 07/21/2008, 553 words)
- Solemn Faces on a Day of Revelry (Washington Post, 07/21/2008, 469 words)
- Ford to Make Broader Bet on Small Cars (nytimes.com, 07/22/2008, 1408 words)
- ABC News: Ford's Fuel Efficiency Makeover (ABCNews, 07/22/2008, 350 words)
- Ford will delay startup of third shift at Oakville, Ont., plant: CAW (cbc.ca, 07/22/2008, 830 words)
- AP source: Ford to retool truck lines to make cars (boston.com, 07/22/2008, 367 words)
- Auto sales remain weak in July: Ford exec (Washington Post, 07/22/2008, 296 words)
- Mobility With Versatility (nytimes.com, 07/20/2008, 984 words)
- The Model T turns 100 :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Transportation (suntimes.com, 07/22/2008, 557 words)
- New Ford targets fuel efficiency (BBC News, 07/22/2008, 746 words)
- In State Funeral, a Farewell to Ford (Washington Post, 07/21/2008, 876 words)
- A Final Return Home (Washington Post, 07/21/2008, 737 words)
- Ford Disagreed With Bush About Invading Iraq (Washington Post, 07/21/2008, 790 words)
- Moral Leadership (Washington Post, 07/22/2008, 674 words)
- Remembering a Leader And the Party That Was (Washington Post, 07/21/2008, 899 words)
- How Ford's Legacy Still Serves (Washington Post, 07/22/2008, 779 words)
- Gerald Ford's Perfect Pitch (Washington Post, 07/22/2008, 788 words)
- A Solemn Homecoming (Washington Post, 07/21/2008, 620 words)
- At Archives, A Sampling Of History On Display (Washington Post, 07/21/2008, 367 words)
- A Regular Guy Who Showed a Devotion to Local Causes (Washington Post, 07/21/2008, 524 words)
- Ford, Nixon Sustained Friendship for Decades (Washington Post, 07/21/2008, 634 words)
- The Pardon in History's Hindsight (Washington Post, 07/22/2008, 906 words)
- General Motors Corporation News (topics.nytimes.com, 07/22/2008, 284 words)
- Betty Ford, Again Putting On A Brave Face (Washington Post, 07/21/2008, 524 words)
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