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All-new Ford Focus packs more smart technology than ever
Developed in Europe, for sale in over 120 markets worldwide with 80 per cent parts commonality, the next-generation Focus is the model created from Ford Motor Company's new global C segment platform. This platform will underpin at least 10 vehicles around the world and account for two million units of annual production by 2012. With over 1,4 million examples sold in Britain since its launch in 1998, the Ford Focus has become a favourite with ... [more]
Correctly predict the top-three European Cars of the Year and win a Micro Scalextric set
Correctly predict the top-three cars in this year’s European Car of the Year to win yourself an early Christmas pressie. Autoquake is running a new competition on Twitter. The winner, chosen at random from all the correct tweets, will receive a Micro Scalextric set. To enter, you must follow Autoquake on Twitter and retweet the competition details. Then reply to Autoquake with your top three (1st, 2nd, 3rd). The competition closes at midnig... [more]
The Honda Jazz is the most reliable student car
Warranty Direct has analysed its 50,000 live policies to produce the reliability list of small used cars that come with a price tag suitable for parents or cash-strapped students. As tens of thousands of new students leave home and head for university this month, Warranty Direct reveals that the best car to pack them off in, for the student-sized budget of under £3000, is the Honda Jazz. The diminutive Jazz is the least likely runabout to leav... [more]
Ford unveils new Focus family at Paris Motor Show
At the 2010 Paris Motor Show on September 30, for the first time, the complete global Ford Focus line-up of production-ready bodystyles will be displayed together, providing customers with a full insight into this significant new model before it goes on sale in Europe and North America early in 2011. Ford is also delivering on its promise to introduce a global performance version of the new Focus with a world premiere for the exciting flagship... [more]
Ford C-MAX on sale from October 2010
Ford's all-new C-MAX will go on sale in the UK in October. Both the sporty but spacious five-seater and the Grand, a versatile seven-seater, come with a simplified two-series line-up – Zetec and Titanium. Prices start from £16,745 for the C-MAX Zetec and £18,745 for the C-MAX Grand Zetec. With almost two-thirds of UK buyers in this segment now seeking seven-seat flexibility, the Ford Grand C-MAX becomes the spiritual successor to today's mode... [more]
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Ford gets second investment-grade nod from Moody's
Ford Motor Co received its second "investment grade" credit rating on Tuesday, allowing the second-largest U.S. automaker to reclaim its Blue Oval insignia and other assets it mortgaged in 2006 ...
Ford to get blue oval back after second upgrade
Ford Motor Co. is getting its blue oval logo back.Moody's Investors Service raised Ford's debt ratings to investment-grade Tuesday for the first time in seven years. The upgrade means that all of Ford's ...
Ford credit rating upgrade wins it control of famous oval logo
Moody's Investors Service raised the credit rating of Ford Motor Co. to an investment grade, giving its seal of approval to a corporate turnaround of the business that started with heavy borrowing at the end of 2006.
Moody’s Raises Ford’s Debt Ratings
The upgrade means that all Ford’s assets, including factories and the blue oval logo, are back in the company’s hands.
Ford upgraded, reclaims Blue Oval
At Ford Motor Co.'s Glass House in Dearborn Tuesday afternoon, Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. announced to employees over the fire-drill loudspeaker that the automaker had reached a milestone six years in the making: The Blue Oval was theirs again.
Ford Hails Credit Upgrade as 'Once-in-a-Lifetime Event'
DETROIT (TheStreet) -- Ford celebrated a dramatic moment Tuesday, as a credit upgrade enabled the automaker to reclaim the assets it mortgaged six years ago. Key among those assets was the symbolic blue oval, which Ford reclaimed after receiving an upgrade from junk to Baa3, investment grade with a stable outlook, from Moody's. Last month, Fitch Ratings took a similar action. The combination of ...
Ford credit rating raised to investment grade
Moody's boosted Ford's credit rating to investment grade Tuesday, three years after the company's financial troubles raised worries it might default on its debt.
Ford to Get Blue Oval Back
Ford Motor Co. is getting its blue oval logo back. Moody's Investors Service raised Ford's debt ratings to investment-grade Tuesday for the first time in seven years.
With Moody's Upgrade, Ford Gets Its Logo Out Of Hock
Moody’s Investors Service raised its rating on Ford Motor’s debt to investment grade this afternoon, an important milestone that allows the carmaker to get its Blue Oval trademark out of hock.
Ford gets its iconic 'Blue Oval' logo out of hock
Ford Motor Co. got its logo out of hock Tuesday after Moody's upgraded the automaker's credit rating to investment grade.
