“Ford Motor Company” on The Daily Caller

DETROIT (AP) — It’s the end of the road for the Ranger in the U.S. (more)

DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 128,000 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans from the 2010 and 2011 model years because the wheels can fall off the cars. (more)

Ford Motor Co. pulled an ad because of pressure from the Obama administration, the Detroit News’ Daniel Howes wrote in his column Tuesday. A campaigning Obama had Ford scratch the ad, he charges, because it presented a political liability in souring the public’s views of the bailout. (more)

Ford Motor Co. on Thursday expanded a recall of its popular F-150 pickup truck to about 1.2 million vehicles because front-seat airbags could inflate without the vehicle being involved in a collision. (more)

Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that it would recall 144,000 F-150 pickup trucks because front-seat airbags could inflate even though the vehicle hadn’t been involved in a collision. (more)

Toyota Motor Corp.’s U.S. vehicle sales fell in 2010 while industrywide sales rose 11 percent and every other major automaker reported gains. Ford Motor Co. moved up to second place behind only General Motors Co. (more)

CARACAS, Venezuela — Ascending the narrow streets that wind through this city’s hillside slums, the graffiti steadily gets more radical and anti-American, repeatedly proclaiming “Yankees go home!” amid murals denouncing President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (more)

Thought that new car was expensive now? Wait till the Department of Transportation implements its latest plan to protect Americans from themselves. (more)

As families nationwide struggle to keep their mortgage payments up to date, it seems the market in fantasy homes is as buoyant as ever. (more)

General Motors has apparently had an epiphany. GM now “realizes” that it “shares the planet with everyone” and wants “to do more to help keep it clean.” So GM has pledged to buy carbon offsets representing one year’s worth of greenhouse gas emissions from the 1.9 million Chevys projected to be sold during 2011. (more)

Tea Party candidates headed for Washington after winning on November 2nd should know three things about that often cynical and corrupt town. (more)

Claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly dropped last week to a three-month low, a sign the U.S. labor market may be starting to mend. (more)

Ford Motor, the only one of the Detroit Big Three to avoid a government-supported bankruptcy, continued its rebound with third-quarter net income up 68%. Profit was driven by a bigger U.S. market share and buyers spending more loading up its cars and trucks with options. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Calhoun says he can’t forget the time he walked across Ford Field for a game against Michigan State in the national semifinals and heard Spartans fans bellow “cheater!” (more)

The death of Ford’s Crown Victoria leaves a gaping void in law enforcement garages. This weekend, new high-tech models from Chevy, Dodge and Ford were tested for the first time by the Michigan State Police. Only Jalopnik has the results. (more)

I’ve been following the hoopla surrounding Toyota for several months now, and I’ve come to the conclusion that our government is holding Toyota to a double standard – criticizing the company for not being forthright and honest, yet unwilling to uphold the same standards within its own ranks. The recent media reports that senior federal officials blocked the release of findings that could favor Toyota in some crashes related to unintended acceleration are unthinkable. It’s imperative that the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) release the findings of their extensive testing and set the record straight. To do otherwise will undermine the credibility of an agency charged with overseeing the safety of all vehicles in the country fairly and scientifically. (more)

There are a few, but many of the world’s top companies in 1985 have foundered, shrunk, grown obsolete, or been acquired by rivals that grew stronger. General Motors and Ford, the world’s two biggest carmakers in 1985, spent the last decade in a dizzying tailspin, bleeding cash, losing market share, and struggling to turn themselves around. Venerable industrial firms like ITT restructured and drifted down the Fortune 500, while Wal-Mart, Verizon, banks, and technology firms displaced them. Digital Equipment and Wang Laboratories, once leading computer firms, disappeared completely. Even resurgent titans like Apple and IBM stared into the abyss of irrelevance and made painful changes before clawing their way back to the top. (more)

The White House message is an obsessed-over phenomenon in the age of spin, crafted carefully by a president and his advisers because of its influence over the course of the news cycle. (more)

There is no question that the federal government’s bailout of General Motors has worked, in the most basic sense of the word. (more)

MONROE — A woman who allegedly dragged a man’s body under her vehicle told a gas station clerk the man jumped in front of her SUV as she was fleeing his home. (more)