DEARBORN, Mich., May 7, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- A Mustang milestone

On a recent afternoon in Flat Rock, Mich., a Ford Motor Company worker
slid behind the wheel of a Vista Blue Mustang GT, revved up its throaty V-8
engine, and drove the pony car off the assembly line. It was the 9 millionth
Ford Mustang built since the car debuted 44 years ago at the World's Fair in
New York. A few days later, Story City, Iowa, farmer Thomas Krumm went to his
local dealership and ended up buying the milestone Mustang GT. What a long
and wonderful trip it has been for the iconic Mustang, Ford's longest-running
nameplate and the best-selling sports car in automotive history. Today, one of
every two sports cars sold in America is a Ford Mustang. For more information
about this story, click on link:
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Getting 2008 Navigator in SYNC

So you bought a 2008 Lincoln Navigator and soon got a bad case of
technology-envy after hearing from friends and neighbors about Ford's
exclusive SYNC in-vehicle communications system? Ford feels your pain and has
a solution. Ford has introduced an affordable, dealer-installed SYNC
accessory kit that allows select 2008 Navigator and Navigator L customers to
enjoy the award-winning voice-activated communications system that works with
most Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones and digital media players. The unique
solution is a direct result of Ford listening to its customers. And for the
record, nearly all 2009 model year Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles will
offer SYNC. For more information about this story, click on link:
http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=28167&make_id=trust

That's a Ford? A new Edge buyer is born

Is "Drive one" merely a slogan, or can it become a grassroots push that
puts Ford's Blue Oval back at the top of customers' shopping lists? The
experience of Healdsburg, Calif.-resident Christine Wall shows what happens
when a customer gets behind the wheel of a Ford. A loyal import buyer who
thought Ford only built trucks, Wall was chosen to participate in Ford's
"Town-to-Town, Friend-to-Friend" campaign. She drove a Ford Edge crossover
for a week and came away impressed, so much so that after test driving many
competing makes, she and her husband recently bought a new Edge. Their trade
in -- a 2006 Honda Civic. For more about this story, click on link:
http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=28152&make_id=trust

Ford's shift to six-speeds = Better fuel economy

Ever wonder why 6-speed automatic transmissions are more fuel efficient?
What do more gears have to do with more miles per gallon? According to Ford
engineering director Phil Yuhasz, the new 6-speed automatic transmissions in
the 2009 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner offer a lower first gear that
delivers more torque when accelerating from a stop in addition to a high gear
that enables the vehicle's engine to use less energy at highway cruising
speeds, which saves gas. Two more gears also allow a 6-speed to shift at lower
engine rpm, further boosting fuel economy. For more information about this
story, click on link:
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Lincoln, Harry Connick Jr. form duet to give back

Lincoln is joining forces again with Harry Connick Jr. and the New Orleans
Area Habitat to rebuild and celebrate the community spirit of the Musicians'
Village in New Orleans. During the week of May 12, Lincoln will form a MODEL
Team and join Habitat and the Jimmy Carter Work Project in the Upper Ninth
Ward to help rebuild homes and celebrate 25 years of building in metro New
Orleans. Ford MODEL Teams are part of the Ford Volunteer Corps, founded by
Bill Ford Jr., in 2005. On May 15, continuing their commitment to keep music
thriving in New Orleans, Lincoln along with Connick and House Beautiful
magazine will decorate and debut the interior of musician Shamarr Allen's home
in Musicians' Village. For more information about this story, click on link:
http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=28203&make_id=trust

SOURCE Ford Motor Company

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