Ford Adding 7,000 New Jobs
Ford Motor Co. is using the North American International Auto Show to announce that it's adding 7,000 jobs over the next two years.
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Ford Motor Co. is using the North American International Auto Show to announce that it's adding 7,000 jobs over the next two years.
The shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is very much on the minds of those attending the start of the North American International Auto Show.
Ford says it's next generation small SUV will be "sleeker, sportier and more stylish" than the current Escape. The company giving hints of that styling in the Ford Vertrek concept vehicle on display at the North American International Auto Show.
It will be a no-show for Nancy Pelosi. The former House Speaker and top Democrat in the U.S. House has decided to cancel her scheduled trip to the North American International Auto Show, after Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot Saturday in an attack in Tucson that killed six and wounded 13.
Ford using the North American International Auto Show to debut two very different hybrids based on one vehicle. They will have hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of their new C-MAX, a small utility vehicle.
Chevrolet using the North American International Auto Show as a platform to debut its new sub-compact, the Sonic. Later this year, the made-in-America Sonic will replace the made-in-South Korea Chevrolet Aveo.
GM is introducing two new small cars, Ford will introduce a small minivan. The Auto Show opens to the public next weekend.
Ford Motor Co. showed off its 2012 Focus Electric to a large and enthusiastic crowd Friday at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
But car makers are counting some less of their more practical models being winners this year if more buyers start choosing small size and fuel efficiency over horsepower and heft.
Ford taking the wraps off of the electric version of the Focus compact car, that will come out late next year.