After suggestions of selling Jaguar Cars, Land Rover or Volvo Cars, Ford appointed UBS AG to sell all or part of Aston Martin by auction and announced the fact in August 2006.

Together with fellow staff-member Kent Ford, Rubin announced at a 1975 meeting of the American Astronomical Society the discovery that most stars in spiral galaxies orbit at roughly the same speed, which implied that their mass densities were uniform well beyond the locations with most of the stars ( the galactic bulge ), a result independently found in 1978.

" At the event ceremony, director John Ford announced that Capra had also received the Order of British Empire ( OBE ) on the recommendation of Winston Churchill.

On 11 June 2007, Ford Motor Company announced its plan to sell Land Rover, along with Jaguar.

On 26 March 2008, Ford announced that it had agreed to sell its Jaguar and Land Rover operations to Tata Motors, and that the sale was expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2008.

On November 18, 2008, Ford announced that it would be selling a 20 % stake in Mazda, bringing its stake to 13. 4 %, and surrendering control of the company.

The following day, Mazda announced that, as part of the deal, it was buying back 6. 8 % of its shares from Ford.

In May 2011, Porsche Cars North America announced plans to spend $ 80 –$ 100 million, but will receive about $ 15 million in economic incentives to move their North American headquarters from Sandy Springs, a suburb of Atlanta, to Aerotropolis Atlanta, a new mixed-use development on the site of the old Ford Hapeville plant adjacent to Atlanta's airport.

In 1976, Ronald Reagan, who was trailing President Gerald R. Ford in the presidential delegate count, announced prior to the Republican National Convention that, if nominated, he would select Senator Richard Schweiker as his running mate.

In September 2012 Hyundai announced that they were due to start the WRC with a rally model of its i20 to rival the likes of the Ford Fiesta, the Citroen DS3 and the Mini Countryman.

Kevin Durant dunking against the Washington Wizards on March 11, 2011On July 2, 2008, upon settlement of a lawsuit with the city of Seattle, the Seattle SuperSonics announced they would relocate to Oklahoma City on July 3, and begin play at Oklahoma City's Ford Center in the 2008 – 2009 NBA season.

Because Ruth had amassed 60 home runs in a season with only 154 games, compared to Maris's 61 over 162 games, baseball commissioner Ford Frick announced that Maris ' accomplishment would be recorded in the record books with an explanation ( often referred to as " an asterisk " in the retelling ).

The next day however, Ford announced to Wayne that he wanted him to play the role.

Ford officially announced his retirement on March 12, 2012.

Ford announced in July 2007 that all 2008 Mustangs would have seats containing material derived from soybeans.

Both the Cobra Mk IV and the Ace were made, and soon a ' CRS ' version of the Mk IV was announced with a carbon fibre body shell, a 212 S / C version with Lotus twin turbo V8 power, as well as the AC Superblower with a supercharger Ford V8.

In September, 2004 Ford announced that it was selling Cosworth and Pi Research, along with Cosworth Racing Ltd and its Jaguar Formula One team.

During the historic speech, Ford announced that the Vietnam War was " finished as far as America is concerned " – one week before the fall of Saigon.

In March 2005, Ford announced the opening of his film production company, FADE TO BLACK.

Ford announced the end of the Edsel program on Thursday, November 19, 1959.

Together with fellow staff-member Kent Ford, Rubin announced at a 1975 meeting of the American Astronomical Society the discovery that most stars in spiral galaxies orbit at roughly the same speed, which implied that their mass densities were uniform well beyond the location with most of the stars ( the galactic bulge ), a result independently found in 1978.

In May 2000 Ford announced that passenger car assembly as its Dagenham plant would cease in 2002, ending 90 years of Ford passenger car assembly in the UK.

At the same time Ford announced that it would invest US $ 500 million in the expansion of a diesel engine factory at the site, making Dagenham its largest diesel engine center worldwide and creating about 500 new jobs to offset the 1, 900 lost in vehicle assembly.

In December 2004 Ford announced a further investment of £ 169 million in the Dagenham plant, increasing annual output to one million diesel engines.

Upon its formation in 1947, Imperial focused on the release of rhythm & blues / R & B, country, and Mexican music including recordings by such R & B artists as Fats Domino, Frankie Ford, and Ricky Nelson as well as those by yodeling country singer, Slim Whitman.

Sanderson was been appointed as a Board member of the Olympic Park Legacy Company chaired by Baroness Ford to oversee and help with the formation of the Olympic Park for the Newham community and people living in the East End of London.

In 2008, the Guards formation began to utilize the PLUV ( Protected Light Utility Vehicle ) which is an armoured version of the Ford Everest, the Ford Everest is also a replacement vehicle for the aging Land Rovers.

Prior to formation, the four founding members of Taxiride — Singh, Wild, Hall, and Tim Watson — had been playing in cover bands around Melbourne, travelling around in a yellow Ford Falcon EB ex-taxi.

The Ford GT was assembled in the Ford Wixom plant and painted by Saleen, Incorporated at their Saleen Special Vehicles plant in Troy, Michigan, USA.

* Ford Foundation, between First and Second Avenues, former site of the Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled ( now known as the Hospital for Special Surgery )

* Academy Awards: Oscar ; Best Black-and-White Cinematography, Gregg Toland ; Best Special Effects, R. T. Layton ( photographic ), Ray Binger ( photographic ) and Thomas T. Moulton ( sound ); Best Film Editing, Sherman Todd ; Best Original Score, Richard Hageman ; Best Picture, John Ford ; Best Screenplay Writing, Dudley Nichols ; 1941.

* 2010 F-150 SVT Raptor, a special, high-powered pickup truck designed by Ford Motor Company's Special Vehicles Team to compete in the Baja 1000 off-road race

As the person responsible for Ford ’ s research on potential names, Eggert added “ Mustang ” to the list to be tested by focus groups ; “ Mustang ,” by a wide margin, came out on top under the heading: " Suitability as Name for the Special Car.

The Piedmont Center of the Arts and The Ford Place Restaurant, Pub & Special Events Center were two projects which were successfully created as a result of funds from the North Carolina Rural Center.

In 1985, a final attempt at a revival was spearheaded by new editor T. C. Ford with a direct-market Charlton Bullseye Special.

He is widely known for his exhibition designs during the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, such as the Ford Building, and his iconic product and package designs, from Eastman Kodak's Bantam Special to the steel-legged Steinway piano.

Other European OEM standards are from General Motors ( dexos ), the Ford " WSS " standards, BMW Special Oils and BMW Longlife standards, Porsche, and the PSA Group of Peugeot and Citroën.

The Droopsnoot Firenza's front end strongly influenced the design of the Arcadipane " Concorde " body kit marketed for the Ford Falcon XB, famously portrayed by the Pursuit Special in the Mad Max films.

Filled with rage, Max dons his police leathers and takes a supercharged black Pursuit Special ( Ford XB Falcon ) from the MFP storage to pursue the gang.

The most memorable car, Max's black Pursuit Special was a limited GT351 version of a 1973 Ford XB Falcon Hardtop ( sold in Australia from December 1973 to August 1976 ) which was primarily modified by Murray Smith, Peter Arcadipane and Ray Beckerley.

* Special Service Package, a trim designation for Ford products used by Police Departments

In January 1976 he was appointed Special Assistant to President Ford and Director of the White House Speechwriting Department.

Having considered using an outside design team, Ford turned inside to their own Special Products Division.

To be competitive in drag racing Ford produced 212 ( around 170 from Ford Norfolk, about 20 from Ford Los Angeles ) lightweight versions of the " R " code 427, in the Galaxie 500 Sport Special Tudor Fastback.

Both standard and Custom could be ordered with any engine available for Ford cars, all the way up to the " Thunderbird Special.

* 1971-1972 Robert C. McFarlane ; Chairman and CEO, Energy and Communications Solutions ; former National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan ; former Counselor to the U. S. Department of State ; former Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to President Gerald Ford ; former Military Assistant to Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft

During his tenure as mayor, Shaw served on the Advisory Board and Executive Committee of the U. S. Conference of Mayors, former President of the National Conference of Republican Mayors, and was named Special U. S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea by President Gerald Ford.

" A Special " Platoons were fully mobile using a Ford car for the officer in charge, two armoured cars and four Crossley Tenders ( one for each of the sections ).

A specially modified Special Service Vehicle version is also available from Ford Fleet for law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and EMS agencies.

The first Ford Special, was the Capri Vista Orange Special.