Ford Grand Marquis News

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.

Union workers at Ford Motor Co.'s Canadian division have backed a cost-cutting agreement that the Canadian Auto Workers reached with the automaker last week.

Union membership needs to approve the deal, which will guarantee a Great White North presence for Ford until at least 2012.

Wall's Lincoln Mercury, a car dealership on Route 110 for the past 33 years, is closing Nov.

Chrysler LLC and Toyota are now in a dead heat on top of the auto industrya s productivity rankings, according to a report released Thursday by Harbour Consulting.

To commemorate October as domestic violence awareness month, Women in Safe Homes Inc., is kicking off the month Monday by hanging purple ribbons on the light poles downtown on Broadway.

The cost paradigm changed considerably after GM and Chrysler went into Chapter 11 reorganization, as the ailing automakers secured better labor deals with both U.S. and Canadian unions, making the UAW and CAW more competitive versus Japanese automakers.

Ford will shut down its St. Thomas assembly plant in 2011 and the workers can do little to stop it, their national president says.

Negotiators for Ford Motor Co. and the Canadian Auto Workers began meeting in Toronto yesterday for a round of cost-cutting contract talks.

In the minutes after the Pettesch family signed away their 2002 Ford Explorer as a "clunker," the guilt started to set in.

This is what I told my friend Frank: Under the 'cash for clunkers' program, you could get more money for your '93 Mercury Grand Marquis than it was worth -- up to $4,500 if you used it to buy a new vehicle with much better gas mileage.

This is what I told my friend Frank: Under the 'cash for clunkers' program, you could get more money for your '93 Mercury Grand Marquis than it was worth -- up to $4,500 if you used it to buy a new vehicle with much better gas mileage.

Driven in part by the Cash for Clunkers program, several automakers have posted strong July sales.

Cash for clunkers is rolling in at dealerships in Pryor. Mike Foster, sales manager at North Point Ford Lincoln Mercury, said the government's CARS program has spurred everyone's business.

Of course Sam Slaughter IV feels for the auto dealers. He is one. But he can't help wondering: Where the heck was Congress before? Slaughter sells Buicks, Pontiacs and GMC trucks, and Pontiac is going away.

The U.S. automotive industry is at the brink. GM and Chrysler are bankrupt after bleeding billions in recent years.

Ford has asked the Canadian Auto Workers to match recent concession-filled labour deals with the other members of the Detroit Three so it can remain competitive, according to the union.

The year 1996 had a lot of Mustang enthusiasts scratching their heads. The body of their beloved ponycar looked the same, but under the hood was something quite unfamiliar.

Despite turbulent times in the auto industry, Ford Motor Co. officials say they are confident about the Buffalo area as a place for making parts and selling the finished products.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt drove a Ford . You've seen the photograph of him behind the "banjo" steering wheel of his 1936 Ford Phaeton V-8, wearing a hat, teeth clenched around a cigarette holder, the car's added hand controls out of sight.