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		<title>REPORT: Ken Block &amp; Chris Atkinson to Ford WRC in 2010&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fordnewsblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/report-ken-block-chris-atkinson-to-ford-wrc-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Heyhorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Autoblog
One of the most significant deals in rally history. That&#8217;s how news of Ken Block&#8217;s imminent move to the World Rally Championship is being touted in the motorsport press. And we couldn&#8217;t agree more.
 Now don&#8217;t get us wrong. We enjoy watching Block&#8217;s famous antics behind the wheel of his purpose-built Gymkhana Subaru Impreza [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fordnewsblog.wordpress.com&blog=4549669&post=1376&subd=fordnewsblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S spec Fiesta shows it&#8217;s face&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fordnewsblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/u-s-spec-fiesta-shows-its-face/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Heyhorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[hat is reported to be the coming U.S.-spec Ford Fiesta has been photographed during assembly in Mexico, and the minor changes we can glean so far center around the grille. Compared to its European counterpart, the American version gets a much chunkier front end which has pushed the leading edge of the hood back. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fordnewsblog.wordpress.com&blog=4549669&post=1369&subd=fordnewsblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mulally says &#8220;Ford now competitive&#8221;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fordnewsblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/mulally-says-ford-now-competitive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Heyhorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: The Detroit News, by Bruce Hoffman
When Alan Mulally flew into town a little more than two years ago to take the top job at Ford Motor Co., many wondered what an aerospace executive from Seattle knew that Detroit&#8217;s best and brightest did not. Plenty, apparently.

Days before word that General Motors Corp. CEO Rick Wagoner [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fordnewsblog.wordpress.com&blog=4549669&post=1155&subd=fordnewsblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ford&#8217;s to soon talk back&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Heyhorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Autoblog
In the near future, Ford vehicles may fire back a retort if you get cheesed off enough to yell at the car. According to the details of a patent filing, Ford is working on an Emotive Advisory System (EAS) that simulates emotions when interacting with occupants, and may also use an avatar to express [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fordnewsblog.wordpress.com&blog=4549669&post=1139&subd=fordnewsblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mulally expects &#8220;major portion&#8221; of Fords electric within decade&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fordnewsblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/mulally-expects-major-portion-of-fords-electric-within-decade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Heyhorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Automotive News
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Reuters) &#8212; Ford Motor Co. expects electric vehicles will represent a &#8220;major portion&#8221; of its lineup a decade from now as the automaker breaks away from a recent reliance on pickup trucks and SUVs, CEO Alan Mulally said.

&#8220;In 10 years, 12 years, you are going to see a major portion [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fordnewsblog.wordpress.com&blog=4549669&post=1127&subd=fordnewsblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vaughn Gittin Jr sets new drift record&#8230; in a Mustang&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fordnewsblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/vaughn-gittin-jr-sets-new-drift-record-in-a-mustang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Heyhorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the info is in the video&#8230;

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		<title>Ford execs take salary cuts&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fordnewsblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/ford-execs-take-salary-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Heyhorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: The Wall Street Journal
By MATTHEW DOLAN
Leaders at Ford Motor Co. will take a sizeable cut to their compensation this year, a move announced one day after the auto maker exacted new concessions from its hourly workers.

In a memo from Ford Executive Chairman William Ford Jr. and Chief Executive Alan Mulally, the top leaders of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fordnewsblog.wordpress.com&blog=4549669&post=1089&subd=fordnewsblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ford reveals: 4th quarter 2008 losses of $5.9b&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fordnewsblog.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/ford-reveals-4th-quarter-2008-losses-of-59b/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Heyhorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ford has so far been able to avoid suckling on the teat of the federal
government like its cross-town rivals, but after today&#8217;s announcement
of a 2008 fourth-quarter loss of $5.9 billion, serious questions are
beginning to arise about how FoMoCo will fair in 2009.

This will be the third consecutive year Ford hasn&#8217;t posted a profit, with a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fordnewsblog.wordpress.com&blog=4549669&post=974&subd=fordnewsblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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