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Who will succeed Mullaly at Ford? It's never too early to start handicapping

When Alan Mulally arrived at Ford Motor Company three years ago, the Blue Oval was in bad shape. New product wasn't exactly pouring in and the company's cash hoard was steadily shrinking. And word on the street is that the corporate culture at Ford was in as much trouble as the product lineup, making change difficult. Now in 2009, it appears Mulally has done the near impossible, turning around Ford's product lineup while supposedly positively altering FoMoCo's corporate culture. For all of Mulally's success, there is one problem: he's 64 ... Read more →

Ford CFO says most of line-up to be refreshed in 3 years, equates cars to donuts Jeremy Korzeniewski

Ah, cars and donuts – two of our favorite subjects together at last. According to Lewis Booth, Ford's chief financial officer and the man now charged with giving us a serious case of the ...

REPORT: Wall Street rallies around better-than-expected Ford results Chris Paukert

On the surface, at least, news that a company lost $1.4 billion wouldn't normally be greeted as good news by Wall Street. However, the Ford Motor company's just-published quarterly earning reports ...

Ford CFO Don Leclair retiring, Ford Europe's Booth will replace him Chris Shunk

Ford Chief Financial Officer Don Leclair has decided to hang up his spreadsheets after an illustrious career at the Blue Oval. Leclair worked at Ford for 32 years and has held the top financial post ...

Mulally's replacement could come from within Ford... or maybe not Chris Shunk

Joe Laymon isn't on the short list of successors for Ford CEO Alan Mulally, and it's unlikely you've ever heard of him, but if you want to get to the top at the Blue Oval, this is the guy you stop by ...

CONFIRMED: Ford Fiesta coming to America, hope for Mondeo 2 years ago on Autoblog

Ford of Europe chairman Lewis Booth confirmed today that the next-generation Ford Fiesta for the European market will be brought to us folks in small car-starved North America. In truth, we're not actually starved for small cars in North America, we're just starved for good small cars like the Ford ...

Ford announces corporate realignment 2 years ago on Autoblog

Not long after we told you about the likely promotion of Derrick Kuzak to the role of global Car Czar, President and CEO of Ford Alan Mulally officially announced his corporate realignment plan. At the top of the pyramid is, of course, Mulally himself. Reporting to him are the leaders of Ford's ...

Ford says Jag, Volvo and Land Rover aren't for sale 3 years ago on Autoblog

Although Ford has recently confirmed that Aston Martin is up for sale, they made a point of saying today that the rest of its premium brands, are not. Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo are not part of the fire sale at Ford just yet. With the new, almost-as-sexy-as-an-Aston XK coupes and convertibles ...

Ford VP: No 'For Sale' sign hanging in Jaguar's window 3 years ago on Autoblog

Besides new concept and production car introductions, there's always plenty of news at major shows, and Geneva isn't turning out to be any differently. Addressing a body of 250 motoring hacks, Ford of Europe VP Lewis Booth reiterated sharply that Jaguar is not on the block, indicating ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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