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Ford aims to reinvent Explorer, recapture sales

Ford Motor Co is counting on a leaner and greener makeover of its Explorer to find new buyers for a once hot-selling sport utility vehicle that powered the automaker's profits a decade ago.

Obama's Auto Plan: Pay $1,300 Up Front, Get $2,800 Back From Your Vehicle

President Obama has upped emission standards and miles-per-gallon standards so that domestic cars will have to average a minimum of 30 MPGs by 2016. According to the numbers by the White House, a vehicle would cost the average consumer about $1,300 extra when they buy it.

The Upside of the Downturn

I know this might be a bit of a stretch, but I'm trying to find any silver linings I can in the current economic climate. My neighbors each pick-up truck drivers, just bought 2 new trucks to repalce their current ones because of the deals they got.

CNN.com - Anti-gay group boycotts Ford - Mar 14, 2006

DETROIT, Michigan (Reuters) -- A conservative Christian group has launched a boycott of Ford Motor Co., saying the automaker had reneged on a pledge to drop its advertising in gay publications and support of gay rights groups.