Ford revealed the 2010 Ford Fusion and even though they only released one good picture of it we have a nagging feeling that they have finished all the work on it. In the picture you are able to catch a glimpse of the new face that has been equipped with a larger three-car grille, headlights, redesigned lower bumper, and a new hood.
Ford celebrated this week after their brand new F-150 was crowned the 2009 Truck of Texas over the weekend. Both the Ford F-150 and the Dodge ram were in for the running and were competing against each other as well as there other competitors the Toyota Tundra and Chevy Silverado.
Recent rumors have stated that Ford selling off a portion of its 33.4% stake in Mazda. If this happens Ford will end up losing a majority of the ownership status that it has held for such a long time now.
The Nikkei daily in Japan has been keeping a close eye of this and according to the latest news 20% of Mazda to 20 Japanese firms – which include some insurance companies. This will leave Ford with only a stake of around 13%. A few to be apart of the purchase are five insurance companies which include; steel companies, Denso, and trading companies.
FPV (Ford Performance Vehicles) is celebrating its fifth birthday. It gave itself a gift during this week’s Australian International Motor Show with the special edition FPV 5th Anniversary model. They will only be producing 200 units of the rear wheel drive Ford car.
The car has been equipped with 19” multi-spoke wheels, 6 piston Brembo brakes sprots seats that have been designed with Nudo leather. It also shows off Anniversary decals that are placed on the trunk, rear wheels, floormats, and on the front of headrests. It is available in Silhouette or Lightning and with striping.
During the summer Ford announced that they would be delaying the launch of their F150 full size truck for a few months. They were hoping that the extra time would help dealerships to get rid of all of the left over 2008 inventory before new shipments arrived and crowded their lots.
The truck’s launch was scheduled for October before it was changed to December. Ford will now be marketing the new truck in November. Main Marketer for Ford – Jim Farley – stated that there are two reasons for this new decision.