Q: I have a 1999 GMC Sierra 1500 with 94,000 miles. Lately, I have had a problem with a hard start on the second start.

That's what a federal appeals court is telling Scott Tooley of Kentucky in dismissing his civil rights lawsuit.

Last week, Bibb County's government continued an annual tradition of paying more than it has to for new cars.

The Detroit City Council was just past the halfway mark of its final scheduled 2009 meeting on Friday -- a six-hour marathon -- when Councilwomen Barbara-Rose Collins and Martha Reeves were told the city could not afford to let them buy their city-issued 2008 Ford Crown Victoria cars.

The Public Safety Department is giving hybrid cars a try. The next patrol car will be a Ford Escape Hybrid that will replace a 2005 Crown Victoria, the standard patrol car.

A Monterey County policy allowing some employees to use county cars for their daily commutes is getting a review.

Ford Motor Co. says union concerns over working conditions at its Kansas City Assembly plant have been resolved.

It seems like just yesterday that I climbed into a blue '33 Ford Coupe with white racing stripes and headed out on what would be a 15-year and counting adventure that would cover over 300,000 miles.

The Town of Beverly Shores, Indiana is inviting all interested and eligible vendors to submit sealed combined lump sum bids for the sale to the Town of two NEW 2010 FWD Ford Escape Hybrid vehicles and the acceptance of two Town vehicles as trade-ins. The new vehicles must be equipped with at least all standard equipment which is more particularly ...

Wheatfield town residents are invited to help plan the future of the town's waterfront and discuss the Wheatfield Local Waterfront Revitalization Program during a meeting set for 7 p.m. Monday at the Wheatfield Community Center, next to Town Hall on Church Road.

Like a growing number of city taxi riders, Susan Barnett used a credit card on Tuesday when she paid her driver, Janusz Kuznia.

For the time being, Riverside County will have to do without a customs inspector whose presence, county officials say, would be a major boost to local businesses engaged in international trade.

The impact of the closure of a Ford assembly plant in southwestern Ontario will extend far beyond the plant itself, costing the region thousands of spinoff jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue, according to union officials and local politicians.

TORONTO, Nov. 1 CAW-Ford-new-agreemnt TORONTO , Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ - Thousands of CAW members working at Ford facilities in Oakville , Windsor , St.

Leaders of the Canadian Auto Workers voted unanimously today to approve a new agreement with Ford Motor Co.

Ford will close its St. Thomas, Ont., assembly plant and wipe out about 1,500 direct jobs and employment for thousands of other workers in less than two years under a concessions contract with the company's main union.

By Jim Motavalli Oct 30, 2009 Bob Dewar , author of the new book A Savage Factory , was general foreman at the Ford Sharonville transmission plant in Ohio in the 1970s, and says he saw upfront the industry's ethic of waste and meet-the-quota at all costs, quality be damned.

The meeting held on Tuesday was very brief lasting only about 15 minutes. The first call to order was the elect of County Commissioner Rick Joiner and the elect of Vice Chairman Don Cherry.

There is a remarkable amount of custom work on this Arkansas woodie wagon, from the '54 Chevy grille teeth and frenched headlights to the Buick ports and Americans with '51 Merc caps.

To keep up in competitive automotive segments, manufacturers issue new or substantially revised products every five to seven years.