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		<title>Ford Fusion Hybrid Logs Impressive Quality Record to Help Achieve Highest Hybrid Customer Satisfaction &#124; McMahon Ford &#124; St. Louis Ford Dealership</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas McMahon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ford Fusion Hybrid customers are the most satisfied hybrid owners and are experiencing remarkable quality performance Fusion Hybrid achieves 41 mpg city – 10 mpg better than the Toyota Camry Hybrid – which is helping attract 75 percent of customers from competitors, the highest conquest rate of any Ford vehicle Ford’s battery cell reliability, the [...]
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<li><a class="zem_slink" title="Ford Fusion Hybrid" href="http://apps.dealerconnection.com/dealers/mcmahonford/showroom?lang=en" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank">Ford Fusion Hybrid</a> customers are the most satisfied hybrid owners and are experiencing remarkable quality performance</li>
<li>Fusion Hybrid achieves 41 mpg city – 10 mpg better than the <a class="zem_slink" title="Toyota Camry (XV40)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Camry_%28XV40%29" rel="wikipedia">Toyota Camry Hybrid</a> – which is helping attract 75 percent of customers from competitors, the highest conquest rate of any <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> vehicle</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s battery cell reliability, the subject of much customer interest, has been tested around the clock in high-mileage, extreme-usage <a class="zem_slink" title="Hybrid taxi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_taxi" rel="wikipedia">hybrid taxis</a> around the country – including more than 80 million miles of operation in California, quadruple the <a class="zem_slink" title="Toyota Prius" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius" rel="wikipedia">Toyota Prius</a>’ service</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> introducing five new electrified vehicles in North America by 2012 and Europe by 2013</li>
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<p><strong>DEARBORN</strong><strong>, Mich., July 21, 2011</strong> – The <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Fusion Hybrid is America’s most fuel-efficient sedan and may be the highest-quality hybrid based on hundreds of millions of worry-free miles its owners have traveled.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s hybrid taxi fleet has logged more than 80 million miles in California alone during the past decade – more than quadruple the number of miles logged by <a class="zem_slink" title="Toyota" href="http://www.toyota-global.com/" rel="homepage">Toyota</a>’s Prius lineup. Yet, among the nearly 43 million battery cells <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> has tested or seen put to work in customer vehicles, only five issues have been documented.</p>
<p>This impressive quality record has surprised taxi operators who expected to experience more issues as they led the adoption of <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s patented hybrid technology. The Fusion Hybrid, which a leading consumer magazine rated America’s most reliable sedan of any hybrid or conventional model, also has taken hold with customers who give it a 91 percent “overall vehicle quality” score compared to 80 and 71 percent for the <a class="zem_slink" title="Toyota Camry" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Camry" rel="wikipedia">Toyota Camry</a> and <a class="zem_slink" title="Nissan Altima" href="http://www.nissanusa.com/altima/" rel="homepage">Nissan Altima</a> hybrids, respectively.</p>
<p>The Fusion Hybrid’s success is affirmed by the 2010 U.S. Global Quality Research System (GQRS) report that tracks initial quality and was conducted for <a class="zem_slink" title="Ford Motor Company" href="http://corporate.ford.com//" rel="homepage">Ford Motor Company</a> by RDA Group of <a class="zem_slink" title="Bloomfield Hills, Michigan" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.5836111111,-83.2455555556&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=42.5836111111,-83.2455555556 (Bloomfield%20Hills%2C%20Michigan)&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation">Bloomfield Hills</a>, Mich.</p>
<p>“<a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s battery technology is so strong, the odds of experiencing an issue with one of our hybrid battery cells is around 8.5 million to 1 – about the same odds as a person being struck by lightning twice,” said Chuck Gray, chief engineer, Global Core Engineering, Hybrid and <a class="zem_slink" title="Electric vehicle" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle" rel="wikipedia">Electric Vehicles</a>. “<a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> understands that for new technology, reliability can be a concern for customers, so we work extra hard to deliver a trouble-free product.”</p>
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		<title>Ford Increases Availability of Fuel-Efficient Tires Across Lineup and Leads Research Efforts for Better Technology &#124; Ford Motor Company Newsroom</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thomas McMahon</dc:creator>
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<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> now offers <a class="zem_slink" title="Low-rolling resistance tires" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-rolling_resistance_tires" rel="wikipedia">low-rolling-resistance tires</a>, which can improve <a class="zem_slink" title="Fuel economy in automobiles" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_automobiles" rel="wikipedia">fuel economy</a> by up to 2 mpg, on 2011 <a class="zem_slink" title="Ford Fusion Hybrid" href="http://apps.dealerconnection.com/dealers/mcmahonford/showroom?lang=en" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank">Ford Fusion Hybrid</a>, <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Fusion, <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/11/ford-fiesta-vs-lamborghini/">Ford Fiesta</a> SFE, <a class="zem_slink" title="Lincoln MKZ" href="http://www.lincoln.com/cars/mkz/" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank">Lincoln MKZ Hybrid</a> and 2012 <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Focus SFE models</li>
<li>C-MAX Engeri, C-MAX Hybrid and Focus Electric will be the next three vehicles to feature the <a class="zem_slink" title="Fuel efficiency" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_efficiency" rel="wikipedia">fuel efficient</a> low resistance <a class="zem_slink" title="Tire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire" rel="wikipedia">tires</a></li>
<li>2011 <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/17/ford-edge-reaches-400000-sales-introduction-midsize-crossover-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford Edge</a> and 2011 <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Explorer also feature tires with improved technology for increased fuel economy</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> is actively leading research into new tire compounds and working with suppliers and <a class="zem_slink" title="List of tire companies" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tire_companies" rel="wikipedia">tire companies</a> to bring more fuel-efficient tires to market faster</li>
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<div><strong>DEARBORN</strong><strong>, Mich.</strong><strong>, July 6, 2011</strong> – Even before gasoline prices topped $4 per gallon, <a class="zem_slink" title="Ford Motor Company" href="http://corporate.ford.com//" rel="homepage">Ford Motor Company</a>&#8216;s attention to delivering more fuel efficient solutions for drivers was turning to tires. Specifically the development of specially engineered, low-rolling-resistance tires designed to further improve the fuel economy of its cars and crossovers.</div>
<div>All four of <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s industry-leading 40-plus-mpg cars – <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/small-safe-ford-fiesta-earns-2010-top-safety-pick-st-louis-ford-dealership/">Fiesta</a> SFE, Focus SFE, Fusion Hybrid and Lincoln MKZ Hybrid – come fitted with these special, fuel-saving tires.  In addition, the 2011 <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/16/2010-ford-taurus-resale-jumps-39-percent-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Taurus</a>, 2011 <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/17/ford-edge-reaches-400000-sales-introduction-midsize-crossover-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford Edge</a>, 2011 <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Fusion and 2011 <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Explorer have tires with enhanced technology that helps improve fuel economy.</div>
<div>But more is to come. “Tire technology, pressures and wear can make a big difference to a vehicle&#8217;s fuel economy, so <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> is working closely with leading tire companies to optimize performance with low-rolling-resistance tires,” said David Rohweder, global chief engineer for Tire and Wheel Engineering.</div>
<div>Rolling resistance, a measure of the force required for the tire to travel down the road, is a key attribute in improving fuel economy. A 10 percent improvement in <a class="zem_slink" title="Rolling resistance" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_resistance" rel="wikipedia">rolling resistance</a> leads to a fuel economy improvement of as much as 2 percent, according to <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>&#8217;s tire experts.</div>
<div><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>&#8217;s tire team, a dedicated group of scientists studying the chemistry of tires, is also researching materials found in other products like athletic shoes to see if there is potential for automotive application. The team is working with tire suppliers and manufacturers to evaluate these materials and ultimately to bring improved tires to market faster.</div>
<p>via <a href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=34876">Ford Increases Availability of Fuel-Efficient Tires Across Lineup and Leads Research Efforts for Better Technology | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a>.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s hybrid vehicle lineup – the <a href="http://www.ford.com/cars/fusion/trim/?trim=hybrid" target="_blank">Fusion Hybrid</a> and <a href="http://www.ford.com/suvs/escape/trim/?trim=hybrid" target="_blank">Escape Hybrid</a> – is industry leading for overall investment among competing midsize, luxury and <a class="zem_slink" title="Sport utility vehicle" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_utility_vehicle">SUV</a> hybrids</li>
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<p><strong>Dearborn, Mich., March 31, 2011</strong> – With gas prices on the rise, the interest around <a class="zem_slink" title="Fuel efficiency" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_efficiency">fuel efficiency</a> and hybrid vehicle options is top of mind for potential car buyers. But are all hybrids created equal? Recent industry studies show that certain hybrid models provide car buyers with much more bang for their buck, and the <a class="zem_slink" title="Ford Fusion Hybrid" rel="thecarconnection" href="http://www.ford.com/cars/fusion/" target="_blank">Ford Fusion Hybrid</a> and <a class="zem_slink" title="Ford Escape" rel="thecarconnection" href="http://www.ford.com/suvs/escape/" target="_blank">Ford Escape Hybrid</a> are at the top of those lists, demonstrating the best return on investment compared to competitors.</p>
<p>Edmunds.com lists the <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Escape Hybrid and <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Fusion Hybrid as class leaders for best monthly fuel cost in the publication’s annual best and worst monthly fuel cost estimates analysis. The hybrid versions of both vehicles led the pack for best monthly fuel costs, with consumers paying over $100 less for fuel per month, compared to competing vehicles.</p>
<p>Further building <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s reputation as a leader in hybrid vehicles, CarGurus.com recently named Escape Hybrid one of the best vehicles for hybrid investment. According to the site, the Escape Hybrid is one of the few hybrid vehicles consumers can justify paying a premium for, compared to the gas-only version, as the Escape Hybrid pays for its own premium once gas prices and savings are factored in.</p>
<p>“In less than 10 years, <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> has become a leader in <a class="zem_slink" title="Li-ion Motors" rel="homepage" href="http://www.li-ionmotors.com">hybrid technologies</a> that are both advanced and innovative for the market,” said Sherif Marakby, <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s director of <a class="zem_slink" title="Railway electrification system" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_electrification_system">Electrification</a> Programs and Engineering. “True to our electrification strategy, we continue to invest in hybrids and improve on technologies every year.”</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s Auto Start-Stop system boosts city fuel economy between 4 and 10 percent</li>
<li>Since 2004, <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> has sold more than 170,000 hybrid vehicles in <a title="North America" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.1666666667,-100.166666667&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=48.1666666667,-100.166666667 (North%20America)&amp;t=h" target="_blank">North America</a> with start-stop and is the leading domestic producer of the systems</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> has at least 244 worldwide patents on its Auto Start-Stop technology, proven on hybrids and soon to be added on cars, crossovers and <a title="Sport utility vehicle" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_utility_vehicle" target="_blank">SUVs</a> in North America</li>
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<p>DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 27, 2010 – <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s popular fuel-saving technology that automatically shuts off the engine when the vehicle comes to a stop – a feature found today on the <a title="Ford Fusion Hybrid" rel="thecarconnection" href="http://www.thecarconnection.com/cars/ford_fusion-hybrid" target="_blank">Ford Fusion Hybrid</a> and <a title="Ford Escape Hybrid" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Escape_Hybrid" target="_blank">Ford Escape Hybrid</a> and some <a title="List of Ford vehicles" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ford_vehicles" target="_blank">Ford cars</a> in Europe – will soon be added to conventional cars, crossovers and SUVs in North America.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s patented new Auto Start-Stop system for gasoline engines will improve fuel economy for most drivers by at least 4 percent. The gain can be as high as 10 percent for some drivers, depending on vehicle size and usage. It can also reduce tailpipe emissions to zero while the vehicle is stationary or waiting at a stoplight. <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> has more than 244 patents for its Auto Start-Stop technology and will showcase the feature on a concept in January at the <a title="North American International Auto Show" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_International_Auto_Show" target="_blank">North American International Auto Show</a>.</p>
<p>Auto Start-Stop is the latest example of <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> moving aggressively to bring affordable advanced fuel-saving technologies to all customers. <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> has already introduced electric power steering, dual-clutch <a title="Ford PowerShift transmission" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_PowerShift_transmission" target="_blank">PowerShift</a> six-speed transmissions and other fuel-saving features as part of the company’s commitment to lead or be among the leaders in fuel economy in every segment.</p>
<p>via <a title="Ford Motor Company Newsroom" href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=33737" target="_blank">FORD TO EXPAND FUEL-SAVING START-STOP TECHNOLOGY FROM HYBRIDS TO CONVENTIONAL CARS, CROSSOVERS | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Thomas McMahon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Ford Web site, http://www.fordvehicles.com/technology/electric/, offers video, text and diagrams to help consumers understand differences in the technologies of electrified vehicles Electrification is an important piece of Ford’s overall sustainability strategy designed to deliver affordable fuel economy options for consumers Over the next two years, Ford will introduce the Transit Connect Electric, a small commercial van [...]
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<li>New <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Web site, <a title="electrified vehicle and technology choices" href="http://www.fordvehicles.com/technology/electric/" target="_blank">http://www.fordvehicles.com/technology/electric/</a>, offers video, text and diagrams to help consumers understand differences in the technologies of electrified vehicles</li>
<li>Electrification is an important piece of <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s overall sustainability strategy designed to deliver affordable fuel economy options for consumers</li>
<li>Over the next two years, <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> will introduce the <a title="Ford Transit Connect" rel="thecarconnection" href="http://www.thecarconnection.com/cars/ford_transit-connect" target="_blank">Transit Connect</a> Electric, a small commercial van (2010), the <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Focus Electric passenger car (2011), two next generation lithium ion battery powered hybrids (2012) and a plug-in hybrid (2012).</li>
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<p>DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 28, 2010 – What’s the difference between a <a title="Battery electric vehicle" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_electric_vehicle" target="_blank">BEV</a> and a <a title="Plug-in hybrid" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_hybrid" target="_blank">PHEV</a>? Or why is an <a title="Hybrid electric vehicle" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_electric_vehicle" target="_blank">HEV</a> considered an electrified vehicle? As electrification options are increasing for consumers, many are looking for information to understand how the new technologies work. To help provide jargon-free answers to electric vehicle questions, <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> has launched a new web site, <a title="electrified vehicle and technology choices" href="http://www.fordvehicles.com/technology/electric/" target="_blank">http://www.fordvehicles.com/technology/electric/</a>. The site offers the basic information consumers need to understand electrified vehicle and technology choices.</p>
<p>The site is part of <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s efforts to educate consumers about the range of electrified vehicles and help potential buyers determine which electrified option might best suit their specific driving habits and needs. Consumers who visit the site will be able to review videos, text and cutaway diagrams that illustrate the differences between hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure battery electric vehicles like the <a title="Ford Fusion Hybrid" rel="thecarconnection" href="http://www.thecarconnection.com/cars/ford_fusion-hybrid" target="_blank">Ford Fusion Hybrid</a>, <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Focus Electric and planned <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> <a title="Electric vehicle" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle" target="_blank">plug-in vehicles</a>.<br />
The site does not offer opinions on which vehicle technology is better. Rather, it provides clear explanations about how gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles work to help consumers decide which vehicle could be the best option for them.</p>
<p>via <a title="Ford Motor Company Newsroom" href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=33487" target="_blank">WOULD YOU GO ELECTRIC? NEW FORD WEB SITE GIVES CONSUMERS THE ABC’S OF ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a>.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">FORD</a>’S <a title="United States" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667 (United%20States)&amp;t=h" target="_blank">U.S.</a> APRIL SALES UP 25 PERCENT; FIFTH STRAIGHT MONTH <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">FORD</a> SALES HAVE INCREASED MORE THAN 20 PERCENT</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>, <a title="Lincoln (automobile)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.lincoln.com/" target="_blank">Lincoln</a> and <a title="Mercury (automobile)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.mercuryvehicles.com" target="_blank">Mercury</a> April sales totaled 162,996, up 25 percent versus year ago; retail sales were up 32 percent, and fleet sales were up 13 percent</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> brand sales up 26 percent versus year ago, Lincoln up 22 percent and Mercury up 19 percent</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> <a title="Automobile" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile" target="_blank">cars</a> up 10 percent versus year ago, utilities up 33 percent and trucks up 38 percent</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> <a title="Ford Fusion (Americas)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.fordvehicles.com/cars/fusion/" target="_blank">Fusion</a>, <a title="Ford Escape" rel="thecarconnection" href="http://www.thecarconnection.com/cars/ford_escape" target="_blank">Escape</a>, Flex and <a title="Ford Transit Connect" rel="thecarconnection" href="http://www.thecarconnection.com/cars/ford_transit-connect" target="_blank">Transit Connect</a> set sales records</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>, Lincoln and Mercury year-to-date sales totaled 591,592, up 34 percent versus year ago</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> gains <a title="Retail" rel="wikinvest" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/industry/Retail" target="_blank">retail</a> <a title="Market share" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_share" target="_blank">market share</a> for the 18th time in the last 19 months, as more buyers turn to <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s fresh lineup of high-quality, fuel-efficient vehicles</li>
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<p>DEARBORN, Mich., May 3, 2010 – <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> continued to post strong sales and market share gains in April, with <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>, Lincoln and Mercury dealers delivering 162,996 new vehicles in April – a 25 percent increase versus a year ago. It marks the fifth month in a row <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> sales have increased more than 20 percent. Year-to-date sales totaled 591,592, up 34 percent.</p>
<p>In April, <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> retail sales were up 32 percent versus a year ago, and <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> gained retail market share for the 18th time in the last 19 months. Fleet sales were up 13 percent. <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> is benefiting from a fresh lineup of new, high-quality, fuel-efficient vehicles delivering industry-leading levels of safety and smart design.</p>
<p>via <a title="Ford Motor Company Newsroom" href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=32511" target="_blank">FORD’S U.S. APRIL SALES UP 25 PERCENT; FIFTH STRAIGHT MONTH FORD SALES HAVE INCREASED MORE THAN 20 PERCENT | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORD NOW HAS INDUSTRY’S HIGHEST CUSTOMER SATISFACTION WITH QUALITY, NEW SURVEY SHOWS DEARBORN, April 19, 2010 – Ford Motor Company now has the highest customer satisfaction with vehicle quality among all major automakers, a new consumer research study shows. Eighty-four percent of customers who purchased 2010 model-year Ford, Lincoln and Mercury cars and trucks are [...]
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<p>DEARBORN, April 19, 2010 – <a title="Ford Motor Company" rel="homepage" href="http://www.ford.com" target="_blank">Ford Motor Company</a> now has the highest <a title="Customer satisfaction" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_satisfaction" target="_blank">customer satisfaction</a> with vehicle quality among all major <a title="Automotive industry" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry" target="_blank">automakers</a>, a new <a title="Marketing research" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing_research" target="_blank">consumer research</a> <a title="Research" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research" target="_blank">study</a> shows.</p>
<p>Eighty-four percent of customers who purchased 2010 model-year <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>, Lincoln and Mercury <a title="Automobile" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile" target="_blank">cars</a> and trucks are satisfied with the quality of their vehicle, a 4 percentage point improvement since the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the first quarter Global Quality Research System (GQRS) study conducted for <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> by RDA Group of <a title="Bloomfield Hills, Michigan" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomfield_Hills%2C_Michigan" target="_blank">Bloomfield Hills</a>, Mich.</p>
<p>With the improvement, <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s customer satisfaction scores are now significantly higher than all other full-line automotive manufacturers, including Asian and European automakers, according to the study.</p>
<p>The study also showed <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> has the fewest number of vehicle defects or “things gone wrong” among all full-line manufacturers in the first three months of ownership. Owners of 2010 model <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>, Lincoln and Mercury owners reported 1,107 TGWs per 1,000 vehicles &#8212; an 8 percent improvement compared to last year.</p>
<p>“To become the No. 1 automaker in terms of customer satisfaction with vehicle quality is amazing accomplishment and testament to the whole company’s commitment to quality,” said Bennie Fowler, <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> group vice president, Global Quality. “All the third parties studies are showing the same thing – <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> now has world-class quality.”</p>
<p>As <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s quality has improved, it has reduced warranty repair rates on vehicles in their first three months of service by an average of more than 40 percent in every major business region around the world in the past three years.</p>
<p>“<a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> has proven its commitment to quality by demonstrating steady improvements through consistency and discipline.” said Donald Pietrowski, president, RDA Group. “Those improvements are clearly reflected in rising customer satisfaction with its products.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> captured eight segment leaders in customer satisfaction, TGW or both. Notably, <a title="Ford Fusion Hybrid" rel="thecarconnection" href="http://www.thecarconnection.com/cars/ford_fusion-hybrid" target="_blank">Fusion Hybrid</a> owners now report 93 percent satisfaction with the quality of their vehicle while 92 percent of <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/16/2010-ford-taurus-resale-jumps-39-percent-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Taurus</a> owners are satisfied.</p>
<p>via <a href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=32428">FORD NOW HAS INDUSTRY’S HIGHEST CUSTOMER SATISFACTION WITH QUALITY, NEW SURVEY SHOWS | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas McMahon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE CAR BATTERY: FROM THE SHADOWS TO STARDOM NEW YORK, March 31, 2010 – For decades, the automobile battery was an essentially static technology, but it’s no longer being taken for granted. Battery technology is now in a starring role in the development of a new generation of electrified vehicles. But today’s batteries are a [...]
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<p>NEW YORK, March 31, 2010 – For decades, the <a title="Automobile" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile" target="_blank">automobile</a> battery was an essentially static technology, but it’s no longer being taken for granted. Battery technology is now in a starring role in the development of a new generation of electrified vehicles.</p>
<p>But today’s batteries are a far cry from the humble <a title="Lead-acid battery" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead-acid_battery" target="_blank">lead-acid battery</a> used for a century in the automobile. The 12-volt lead-acid battery used in traditional automotive applications is rapidly giving way to sophisticated, higher energy and power batteries as the automobile industry shifts further toward electrification.</p>
<p>The advent of <a title="Hybrid electric vehicle" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_electric_vehicle" target="_blank">hybrid</a> <a title="Electric vehicle" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle" target="_blank">electric vehicles</a> spawned a new generation of batteries, making <a title="Nickel-metal hydride battery" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel-metal_hydride_battery" target="_blank">nickel metal hydride</a> (Ni-MH) batteries the energy storage technology of choice. The nickel used in these batteries is lighter than lead, helping the battery deliver twice the power output for the weight as lead-acid batteries, but the cost of Ni-MH batteries is high – four times that of lead acid. <a title="Automotive industry" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry" target="_blank">Automakers</a> already believe they have tapped most of the potential of Ni-MH technology and are moving rapidly toward Lithium-ion technology.</p>
<p><a title="Lithium-ion battery" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery" target="_blank">Lithium-ion batteries</a> are commonplace in the world of <a title="Consumer electronics" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_electronics" target="_blank">consumer electronics</a>. They’re lighter and more energy dense than other types of batteries, making them ideal for laptop computers, <a title="Mobile phone" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone" target="_blank">mobile phones</a> and other portable devices.</p>
<p>That makes lithium-ion technology even better for use in cars of the future, right?</p>
<p>via <a href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=32328" target="_blank">THE CAR BATTERY: FROM THE SHADOWS TO STARDOM | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a>.</p>
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		<title>COLLABORATION IS KEY TO FORD’S GLOBAL ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE PLANS &#124; Ford Motor Company Newsroom</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thomas McMahon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLLABORATION IS KEY TO FORD’S GLOBAL ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE PLANS Ford’s global electrification strategy will deliver a suite of five new electrified vehicles for differing customer needs in North America and Europe by 2013 and build on the company’s overall vision of offering the widest possible range of fuel-efficient, low-emission technological solutions The plan includes the [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>COLLABORATION IS KEY TO <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">FORD</a>’S GLOBAL ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE PLANS</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s global electrification strategy will deliver a suite of five new electrified vehicles for differing customer needs in <a title="North America" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.1666666667,-100.166666667&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=48.1666666667,-100.166666667 (North%20America)&amp;t=h" target="_blank">North America</a> and Europe by 2013 and build on the company’s overall vision of offering the widest possible range of fuel-efficient, low-emission technological solutions</li>
<li>The plan includes the <a title="Ford Transit Connect" rel="thecarconnection" href="http://www.thecarconnection.com/cars/ford_transit-connect" target="_blank">Transit Connect</a> Electric light <a title="Commercial vehicle" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_vehicle" target="_blank">commercial vehicle</a>, the Focus Electric passenger <a title="Automobile" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile" target="_blank">car</a>, a <a title="Plug-in hybrid" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_hybrid" target="_blank">plug-in hybrid electric vehicle</a> and two next-generation <a title="Lithium-ion battery" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery" target="_blank">lithium-ion battery</a> powered hybrid electric models</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> is working with leading technology suppliers, utility partners and international governments to accelerate commercialization of electrified vehicles</li>
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<p>NEW YORK, March 31, 2010 – The drive toward broad commercialization of <a title="Electric vehicle" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle" target="_blank">electric vehicles</a> intensified today as <a title="Ford Motor Company" rel="homepage" href="http://www.ford.com" target="_blank">Ford Motor Company</a> and Microsoft jointly introduced a new way for consumers to manage their energy use if they choose to plug in their next vehicle.</p>
<p>Microsoft’s Hohm <a title="Application software" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software" target="_blank">software application</a>, which allows customers to connect to their local utility provider to better understand and manage their home’s energy usage, is the latest component in <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s global electrification plans, and further demonstrates the company’s commitment to working with technology leaders to prepare consumers for a future with electric vehicles.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s global electrification strategy includes plans to produce five full electric or <a title="Hybrid vehicle" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_vehicle" target="_blank">hybrid vehicles</a> in the compact, midsize and light commercial segments for the North American market by 2012 and European markets by 2013.</p>
<p>via <a href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=32325" target="_blank">COLLABORATION IS KEY TO FORD’S GLOBAL ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE PLANS | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a>.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORD FUSION AND FUSION HYBRID CONTINUE MOMENTUM IN 2010; MORE THAN 60 PERCENT OF BUYERS NEW TO FORD Ford Fusion and Fusion Hybrid – America’s most fuel-efficient midsize sedan – are luring customers from other brands at a record pace with consideration from import shoppers at an all-time high Fusion sales to buyers new to [...]
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<li><a title="Ford Fusion" href="http://www.fordvehicles.com/cars/fusion/" target="_blank">Ford Fusion</a> and <a title="Ford Fusion Hybrid" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Fusion_Hybrid">Fusion Hybrid</a> – <a title="United States" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667 (United%20States)&amp;t=h" target="_blank">America</a>’s most <a title="Fuel efficiency" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_efficiency" target="_blank">fuel-efficient</a> <a title="Mid-size car" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-size_car" target="_blank">midsize sedan</a> – are luring customers from other brands at a record pace with consideration from import shoppers at an all-time high</li>
<li>Fusion sales to buyers new to <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> rose to 60 percent of total Fusion sales in February, up from 54 percent in January and 49 percent in 2009; Fusion Hybrid sales to buyers new to <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> increased to 82 percent last month from 70 percent in January and 63 percent in 2009</li>
<li>Consumers want new features and smart <a title="Technology" rel="wikinvest" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/industry/Technology" target="_blank">technology</a>, with half opting to buy high series models – Fusion Hybrid, Sport and SEL</li>
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<p>DEARBORN, Mich., March 5, 2010 – The 2010 <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Fusion and Fusion Hybrid, fresh off a sales record and a string of awards in 2009, are attracting more buyers who are new to the <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> brand than ever before.</p>
<p>The Fusion, redesigned in 2009, saw “conquest sales,” or sales to customers new to <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>, increase to 60 percent of total Fusion sales in February, up 6 percentage points from January and up 11 percentage points from the 2009 calendar year. The percentage of customers new to <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> purchasing the Fusion Hybrid reached 82 percent last month, up 12 points from January and 19 points from 2009.</p>
<p>via <a href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=32165" target="_blank">FORD FUSION AND FUSION HYBRID CONTINUE MOMENTUM IN 2010; MORE THAN 60 PERCENT OF BUYERS NEW TO FORD | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a>.</p>
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<li>Partnering with top-ranked national and international universities, the <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> “Atoms to Engines” team challenged skeptics to develop the world’s first virtual materials modeling prediction tool that allows the team to simulate the microstructures of a material before the first <a title="Prototype" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype" target="_blank">prototype</a> is built.</li>
<li>The Atoms to Engines team blends <a title="Engineering" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering" target="_blank">engineering</a> and science to develop <a title="Physics" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics" target="_blank">physics</a>-based <a title="Computer simulation" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_simulation" target="_blank">computer models</a> that predict how properties and materials will behave and change during the manufacturing process.</li>
<li>Building these computer models integrates the study of product performance, manufacturing and materials; in some cases it requires analyzing <a title="Metal" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal" target="_blank">metals</a> down to their atomistic level.</li>
<li>The result? Components that are more durable and efficiently constructed, which saves the company considerable development time and money. In fact, the process is estimated to save <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> between $2 and $5 million a year in reducing test requirements and <a title="New product development" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_product_development" target="_blank">product development</a> time.</li>
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<p>via <a href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=31963" target="_blank">FORD SCIENTISTS WORK TO PERFECT QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLE PARTS ATOM BY ATOM | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Thomas McMahon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORD KICKS OFF 2010 WITH 24 PERCENT SALES INCREASE, MARKET SHARE GAIN, THANKS TO PRODUCT LINEUP Ford, Lincoln and Mercury January sales up 24 percent versus year ago Cars up 43 percent, crossovers up 20 percent, SUVs up 8 percent, trucks and vans up 14 percent Ford brand sales up 26 percent, Lincoln up 16 [...]
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<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>, <a title="Lincoln (automobile)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.lincoln.com/" target="_blank">Lincoln</a> and <a title="Mercury (automobile)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.mercuryvehicles.com" target="_blank">Mercury</a> <a title="Christmas and holiday season" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season" target="_blank">January sales</a> up 24 percent versus year ago</li>
<li><a class="zem_slink" title="Cars (Widescreen Edition)" rel="amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/Cars-Widescreen-Owen-Wilson/dp/B00005JNS0%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00005JNS0">Cars</a> up 43 percent, crossovers up 20 percent, <a title="Sport utility vehicle" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_utility_vehicle" target="_blank">SUVs</a> up 8 percent, trucks and vans up 14 percent</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> brand sales up 26 percent, Lincoln up 16 percent and Mercury up 6 percent</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s <a title="United States" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667 (United%20States)&amp;t=h" target="_blank">U.S.</a> <a title="Market share" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_share" target="_blank">market share</a> estimated at 16 percent, up 2 points versus year ago</li>
<li>Fleet customers are back in the market – and buying <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>; fleet sales more than doubled versus last January’s depressed levels</li>
<li>Retail sales were 5 percent lower following December’s 18 percent increase</li>
<li>New products drive <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s brand favorability and purchase consideration to record levels</li>
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<p>DEARBORN, Mich., Feb. 2, 2010 – Higher sales for every brand and in every product category propelled <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> to a 24 percent sales increase in January versus a year ago.</p>
<p>via <a href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=31945">FORD KICKS OFF 2010 WITH 24 PERCENT SALES INCREASE, MARKET SHARE GAIN, THANKS TO PRODUCT LINEUP | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a>.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> will invest another $450 million in Michigan as part of the company’s aggressive electric vehicle plan</li>
<li>Engineering, production and launch of new electrified vehicles, battery systems and hybrid transaxles will create up to 1,000 new jobs in Michigan</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> will build a next-generation hybrid vehicle and plug-in hybrid vehicle at Michigan Assembly Plant beginning in 2012 – in addition to producing the new <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Focus and Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly in 2010 and 2011, respectively</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> will design advanced lithium-ion battery systems for the next-generation hybrid in Michigan and move production of battery packs from Mexico to Michigan</li>
<li>State of Michigan tax credits enabled <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s electric vehicle investment</li>
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<p>DETROIT, Jan. 11, 2010 – <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Motor Company today announced it will invest an additional $450 million in its aggressive electric vehicle plan, paving the way to build a next-generation hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle in Michigan beginning in 2012 and creating 1,000 new jobs.</p>
<p>via <a title="More Electric Vehicles and Hybrids for Ford" href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=31805" target="_blank">FORD INVESTS $450 MILLION MORE IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES; NEXT-GENERATION HYBRID, PLUG-IN HYBRID AND NEW BEV WILL BE PRODUCED AT MICHIGAN ASSEMBLY PLANT | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a>.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ford sweeps Detroit Auto Show awards DETROIT (CNNMoney.com) &#8212; After finishing off an enviable year for a domestic automaker, Ford Motor Co. won both the North American Car and Truck of the Year Awards presented Monday at the start of Detroit&#8217;s North American International Auto Show. The Ford Fusion Hybrid sedan won Car of the Year [...]
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<p>DETROIT (CNNMoney.com) &#8212; After finishing off an enviable year for a domestic automaker, <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Motor Co. won both the North American Car and Truck of the Year Awards presented Monday at the start of Detroit&#8217;s North American International Auto Show.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Fusion Hybrid sedan won Car of the Year and the <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Transit Connect van won Truck of the Year.</p>
<p>&#8220;Winning both of these prestigious awards is confirmation that the ONE <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> plan is working, delivering industry-leading products for our customers,&#8221; said Mark Fields, president of <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>&#8217;s Americas division.</p>
<p>One <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> is CEO Alan Mulally&#8217;s plan to have <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> sell largely the same vehicles in all major global markets rather than the previous method of designing and building entirely different cars for different markets.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> was the only automaker to gain market share last year, in large part because it was the only one not to be forced into bankruptcy.</p>
<p>But <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> is also gaining based on improved reliability and fuel economy. Consumer Report recently lauded <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> for acheving &#8220;world class&#8221; dependability in its cars. Here at the Detroit Auto Show, shortly after this announcement was made, <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> unveiled a new version of its <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Focus compact car.</p>
<p>Any all-new or substantially redesigned passenger vehicle that entered the North American market in calendar year 2009 is eligible for the award. The vehicles are voted on by a jury of 49 prominent automotive journalists from the United States and Canada.</p>
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		<title>FORD SWEEPS NORTH AMERICAN CAR AND TRUCK OF THE YEAR AWARDS &#124; Ford Motor Company Newsroom</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORD SWEEPS NORTH AMERICAN CAR AND TRUCK OF THE YEAR AWARDS Ford swept the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards today at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), winning both prestigious awards for the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and the 2010 Ford Transit Connect, respectively It is the third time in 17 [...]
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<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> swept the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards today at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), winning both prestigious awards for the 2010 <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Fusion Hybrid and the 2010 <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Transit Connect, respectively</li>
<li>It is the third time in 17 years that one manufacturer has won both awards</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Fusion Hybrid is America’s most fuel-efficient midsize sedan with an EPA-estimated 41 mpg rating in the city and 36 mpg on the highway, topping the Toyota Camry hybrid by 8 mpg in the city and 2 mpg on the highway</li>
<li>The Transit Connect is an industry-exclusive vehicle developed to be a smart new choice for small business owners; it offers double the fuel economy of full-size vans, generous and accessible cargo space, and the agility and maneuverability to operate in crowded urban areas</li>
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<p>via <a title="Ford Sweeps North American Car and Truck Of The Year Awards" href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=31796" target="_blank">FORD SWEEPS NORTH AMERICAN CAR AND TRUCK OF THE YEAR AWARDS | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORD CAPS 2009 WITH 33 PERCENT SALES INCREASE, FIRST FULL-YEAR MARKET SHARE GAIN SINCE 1995 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury December sales up 33 percent versus a year ago; highest sales month since May 2008 Ford posts first full-year market share gain since 1995; December marks the 14th time in 15 months that Ford increased retail [...]
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<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>, Lincoln and Mercury December sales up 33 percent versus a year ago; highest sales month since May 2008</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> posts first full-year market share gain since 1995; December marks the 14th time in 15 months that <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> increased retail market share</li>
<li>Record December sales delivered for Fusion up 83 percent and Escape up 75 percent ; Fusion sets new full-year sales record 180,671; Escape full-year sales 173,044 second best ever</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s F-Series tops best-seller lists again with December sales of 48,209 up 16 percent and full-year sales of 413,625;  F-Series has been the best-selling truck in America for 33 years in a row and the best-selling vehicle, car or truck, for 28 years in a row</li>
<li>New products drive <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s brand favorability and purchase consideration to record highs</li>
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<p>via <a class="aligncenter" style="display: inline !important;" title="Ford Caps 2009 with 33 Percent Sales Increase" href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=31604" target="_blank">FORD CAPS 2009 WITH 33 PERCENT SALES INCREASE, FIRST FULL-YEAR MARKET SHARE GAIN SINCE 1995 | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORD USES HOLLYWOOD MOTION-CAPTURE SOFTWARE BEHIND ‘AVATAR’ TO IMPROVE VEHICLE DESIGNS Ford Motor Company is the only automaker to use the same type of motion-capture software in its virtual engineering labs as Hollywood employs to create such motion pictures as “Avatar,” “Lord of the Rings,” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” and “Polar Express” Ford [...]
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<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Motor Company is the only automaker to use the same type of motion-capture software in its virtual engineering labs as Hollywood employs to create such motion pictures as “Avatar,” “Lord of the Rings,” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” and “Polar Express”</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> uses motion-capture software for a variety of automotive applications including the study of human movement for better ergonomics, immersive virtual driving experiences, and virtual manufacturing</li>
<li>The technology is the latest innovation at <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> to help engineers optimize vehicle design, comfort and ergonomics. The work from this technology is being applied to future products</li>
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<p>via <a class="aligncenter" style="display: inline !important;" title="FORD USES HOLLYWOOD MOTION-CAPTURE SOFTWARE BEHIND ‘AVATAR’ TO IMPROVE VEHICLE DESIGNS" href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=31659" target="_blank">FORD USES HOLLYWOOD MOTION-CAPTURE SOFTWARE BEHIND ‘AVATAR’ TO IMPROVE VEHICLE DESIGNS | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>McMahon <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a><br />
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORD VEHICLE RESIDUAL VALUES RISE $1,300 ON AVERAGE FROM 2009 TO 2010 MODEL YEAR; INDUSTRY&#8217;S LARGEST GAIN The projected resale value of 2010 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles after 36 months in service increased by an average of $1,310 per vehicle compared to the 2009 model year – the industry&#8217;s largest increase among full-line manufacturers [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">FORD</a> VEHICLE RESIDUAL VALUES RISE $1,300 ON AVERAGE FROM 2009 TO 2010 MODEL YEAR; INDUSTRY&#8217;S LARGEST GAIN</p>
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<li>The projected resale value of 2010 <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles after 36 months in service increased by an average of $1,310 per vehicle compared to the 2009 model year – the industry&#8217;s largest increase among full-line manufacturers</li>
<li>The improvement allowed <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> to narrow the residual value gap with leading Asian automakers and maintain its advantage over U.S.-based automakers</li>
<li>The 2010 <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Fusion is expected to bring customers $687 more than the 2010 Toyota Camry after 36 months in service; the residual value of the 2010 <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Flex commands an $1,800 premium over the Toyota Highlander</li>
<li>Improved quality, new features and popular redesigned products are helping to boost <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>&#8217;s residual values. <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> improved more than any other automaker in ALG&#8217;s Perceived Quality Survey released in the fall of 2009</li>
<li>Compete Inc., a Massachusetts research firm that studies online car shopping, says <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> has surpassed Toyota in customer consideration for the first time since it began tracking such data in 2002. Compete data show <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> surpassed Toyota in customer consideration in September, October and November</li>
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<p>via <a class="aligncenter" style="display: inline !important;" title="Residual Values Rise $1,300" href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=31626" target="_blank">FORD VEHICLE RESIDUAL VALUES RISE $1,300 ON AVERAGE FROM 2009 TO 2010 MODEL YEAR; INDUSTRY&#8217;S LARGEST GAIN | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>McMahon <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a><br />
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		<title>FUSION HELPS FORD SET NEW RECORD FOR HYBRID SALES, BUCKING INDUSTRYWIDE DIP IN HEV DEMAND &#124; Ford Motor Company Newsroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas McMahon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FUSION HELPS FORD SET NEW RECORD FOR HYBRID SALES, BUCKING INDUSTRYWIDE DIP IN HEV DEMAND Ford Motor Company has already set a record for annual hybrid sales of 31,000 hybrids through November, eclipsing the previous high in 2007. Ford hybrid sales are up 67 percent this year while overall industry hybrid sales were down 11 percent [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FUSION HELPS <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">FORD</a> SET NEW RECORD FOR HYBRID SALES, BUCKING INDUSTRYWIDE DIP IN HEV DEMAND</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Motor Company has already set a record for annual hybrid sales of 31,000 hybrids through November, eclipsing the previous high in 2007. <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> hybrid sales are up 67 percent this year while overall industry hybrid sales were down 11 percent through November</li>
<li><a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a>’s hybrid sales were strengthened by the debut of the new <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a> Fusion Hybrid and Mercury Milan Hybrid, the most fuel-efficient mid-size sedans on the road at 41 mpg in the city and 36 mpg on the highway</li>
<li>Fusion Hybrid has received numerous third-party endorsements including Motor Trend’s Car of the Year Award and Car and Driver “10 Best” cars for 2010</li>
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<p>via <a class="aligncenter" style="display: inline !important;" title="Fusion helps Ford set New Record fro Hybrid sales" href="http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=31662" target="_blank">FUSION HELPS FORD SET NEW RECORD FOR HYBRID SALES, BUCKING INDUSTRYWIDE DIP IN HEV DEMAND | Ford Motor Company Newsroom</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>McMahon <a href="http://www.schickerautomotive.com/info/2010/08/25/unique-ford-transit-connect-turns-heads-dream-cruise-helps-local-business-generate-sales-ford-motor-company-newsroom/">Ford</a><br />
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