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AutoAlliance International (AAI) is the name of a joint venture automobile assembly firm co-owned by Ford Motor Company and Mazda Motor Corporation. Located in Flat Rock, Michigan, Mazda purchased Ford's unused Michigan Casting Center for production of 626 sedans. AAI produced every Mazda 626, Mazda MX-6 and Ford Probe (all related) sold in America since 1987. Ford bought 50% of the plant back and built the Ford Contour-derived Mercury Cougar from 1999-2002. It now produces the Mazda6 and the new version of the Ford Mustang introduced in the fall of 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "AutoAlliance International"

AutoAlliance Thailand (AAT) is the name of a joint venture automobile assembly firm co-owned by Ford Motor Company and Mazda Motor Corporation in Rayong province, Thailand. Modeled after the Ford-Mazda AutoAlliance International joint venture in the United States, AAT builds compact pickup trucks and SUVs primarily for the South-East Asian market, with exports to other developing markets, and Europe as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "AutoAlliance Thailand"

Blue Oval News is an independent web site devoted to news, commentary, and speculation about Ford Motor Company. It was started in 1998 by Warner Robert, who was involved in a high profile lawsuit his posting of information on the web from Ford internal documents. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blue Oval News"

Chang'an Ford Automobile Co., Ltd. is a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and Chang'an Motors in Chongqing, China. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chang'an Ford"

Chang'an Ford Mazda Engine (CFME) is a joint venture between Chang'an Ford, Mazda, the Ford Motor Company and Chang'an Motors in Nanjing, China. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chang'an Ford Mazda Engine"

Daimler is a British marque of motor car since 1896 and is now a division of Jaguar Cars. As of 2005, its production is limited to only one model, the Daimler Super Eight. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daimler"

Fair Lane was the name of Henry Ford's estate in Dearborn, Michigan. It was named after an area in County Cork where his adoptive grandfather, Patrick Ahern, was born. The extensive 1300 acre (5.3 km²) estate along the River Rouge included a large limestone house, electrical power plant on the dammed river, boathouse, stables and gardens designed by Jens Jensen. The estate was eventually donated to the University of Michigan for a new Dearborn campus. Part of it is preserved as a historic landmark,and part as a wooded nature area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fair Lane"

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Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp. was the aerospace and defense business of Ford Motor Company. It consisted of (at least) the Space Systems Division (later Space Systems/Loral) and the Western Development Labs (WDL) (later Loral WDL, and presently Lockheed Martin WDL). ...more on Wikipedia about "Ford Aerospace"

Ford Australia is the Australian subsidiary of Ford Motor Company and was founded in Geelong, Victoria in 1926 as an outpost of Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ford Australia"

The Ford Foundation is a US charitable foundation created to fund programs that promote democracy, reduce poverty and promote international understanding (see mission statement ). It was founded in 1936 with grants from Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford of the Ford Motor Company, and was headed by McGeorge Bundy from 1966 to 1979. The current Chair is Kathryn S. Fuller. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ford Foundation"

The Ford Motor Company (often referred to as Ford; sometimes nicknamed FoMoCo), is a multinational corporation that manufactures automobiles. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, United States (where the company is currently headquartered), and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In its 20th century heyday, Ford, along with General Motors and Chrysler, were known as Detroit's "Big Three" automakers, companies that dominated the American auto market. Toyota surpassed Ford in revenue starting in 2004. Ford remains one of the world's ten largest corporations by revenue. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ford Motor Company"

Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited is the manufacturing and sales arm of Ford Motor Company for Canada. It was founded in 1904 in Walkerville, Ontario by Gordon McGregor as President and Henry Ford as Vice-President. Ford took over the Presidency in 1906 and continued in this role until succeeded by his son Edsel Ford in 1927. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited"

Ford Motor Company Philippines (FMCP) is a local Ford Motor Company subsidiary focused on manufacturing automobiles for local consumption. Production began in September 1999 with the Ford Lynx, and the company began building the Mazda-based local Ford Ranger in March, 2000. It also builds the Ford Escape, Laser, Mazda3, and Mazda Tribute for the local market, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam. It exports CKD kits to the latter country as of October 2004. The plant is located in Rosa, Laguna, Philippines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ford Motor Company Philippines"

Ford of Britain, Limited was the manufacturing and sales arm of the Ford Motor Company for the United Kingdom and originally also Ireland. The firm both sold and manufactured cars and commercial vehicles for sale in the United Kingdom and other countries. In 1967, Ford of Europe was formed with Ford of Britain became part of the new group. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ford of Britain" Tell your opinion about http://www.shortopedia.com Ford

Ford-O-Matic was the registered trade name for Ford Motor Company's first automatic transmission introduced in 1950. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ford-O-Matic"

Fordism is a "form of production" or "production paradigm" that prevailed in post-war decades (and perhaps even before second world war) in western industrial countries. It consisted of domestic mass production and stabilizing economic policies that provided national demand and social stability by paying relatively high wages and various other economic policies. Fordism is related to keynesianism and also taylorism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fordism"

Getrag (pronounced guh-TRAG) is a leading manufacturer of automobile manual transmissions. The company was founded on 1 May 1935 in Ludwigsburg, Germany by Hermann Hagenmeyer as the Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer AG. Today, the company is allied with Dana Corporation and the European Ford Motor Company but supplies transmissions to most auto manufacturers including General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, BMW MINI and Toyota. Chief competitors include Aisin and ZF. ...more on Wikipedia about "Getrag"

Jaguar Cars is a British based subsidiary of the American Ford Motor Company famous for luxury saloon and sports cars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jaguar (car)"

Japan Black is the name of a lacquer or varnish used extensively in the production of automobiles in the early 20th century in the United States. It is also called Brunswick black and Japan lacquer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Japan Black"

The Jiangling Motors Corporation Limited, abbreviated JMC, is an automobile manufacturer in China. The company has been producing their version of the Ford Transit van in a joint venture with Ford Motor Company since 1997, and in 2005 it started to sell an SUV called Landwind on some of the European markets, being the first Chinese company to sell cars in Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jiangling Motors"

Land Rover is the name of one of the first civilian all-terrain utility vehicles, first produced by Rover in 1948. Eventually, the Land Rover division was split off from Rover, and produced an expanding range of four wheel drive vehicles under a succession of owners, including British Leyland, British Aerospace, BMW, and, from 2000, Ford in their Premier Automotive Group. Land Rovers are manufactured in Solihull, England (near Birmingham) and Halewood, England (near Liverpool) and are exported around the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Land Rover" Stay cool with shortopedia. Ford

Lincoln is an American luxury automobile brand, operated under the Ford Motor Company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lincoln (automobile)"

Ford Engines ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Ford engines"

The Ford Motor Company currently manufactures automobiles in the following factories. Per regulations, the factory is encoded into each vehicle's VIN as character 11 USA models, and character 8 European models. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Ford factories"

The following automobile platforms are used by Ford Motor Company and its subsidiaries. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Ford platforms"

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