It appears more Canadians have driven a Ford pickup lately than any other vehicle in Canada, with the auto maker's F-series truck set to dethrone the Dodge Caravan minivan as the best-selling vehicle in the country.
Ford Motor Co. has taken a contract worth an estimated $40-million (U.S.) annually away from Decoma International Inc. in a dispute about prices that provides a rare glimpse into the fractious relationship between auto makers and their suppliers.
DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler division, bowing to critics, yesterday said it was abandoning plans to sponsor a Super Bowl Sunday televised football game featuring underwear-clad models.The ''Lingerie Bowl 2004'' -- a tackle football game to be played by 14 women models wearing bras and panties -- was to have been sponsored by Chrysler's Dodge brand and broadcast on pay-per-view television at halftime during the National Football League's championship game on Feb. 1.
Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's lawsuit against DaimlerChrysler AG was put on hold yesterday after his lawyers claimed the company suddenly gave them 61 pages of handwritten documents that could bolster their case.
Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd. and about 100 of its dealers across the country have settled a long-standing class-action lawsuit that arose when the auto maker switched its Lincoln-Mercury outlets in Canada to Ford dealerships more than four years ago.
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