Article: Dealers protected as Ford quits big trucks. (Ford Motor Co. )

Article: Ford pulls plug on big rigs. (Freightliner's ...
Construction Equipment;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... shock announcement made by Ford and Freightliner in mid-February, the two said they have agreed to Freightliner's purchase of Ford's heavy-truck technology ... executive Jim Hebe says the Freightliner acquisition of Ford's big truck business ...

Article: More on Freightliner & Ford heavy truck ... Detroit ...
Diesel Progress North American Edition;  May 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... with 29.4 percent. The agreement calls for Freightliner to acquire Ford's heavy truck business, including the HN80 ... divisions and separate dealer networks for Ford and Freightliner. Ford's heavy truck parts business and product ...

Article: Ford-to-Freightliner sale gets go-ahead.
Business Wire;  June 10, 1997 ;     636 words ... ... historic transfer of Ford Motor Co.'s ... truck business to Freightliner Corp. can now ... May that enable Freightliner to buy Ford's technology ... purchased from Ford and other details ... late June." Freightliner Corp., with ...

Article: Focus on core business leads Ford to sell out and ...
Diesel Progress North American Edition;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... truck business of Ford added to the core, Freightliner truly becomes the ... organizations for Freightliner and the products acquired from Ford." Daimler-Benz ... The acquisition of Ford heavy truck should put Freightliner turnover just over ...

Article: Freightliner to Buy Ford's Heavy-Truck Business
PR Newswire;  February 19, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... letter of intent for Freightliner to buy Ford's technology, unique ... products acquired from Ford." With this acquisition, Freightliner would gain a "vocational ... products when the sale to Freightliner is completed. Ford expects to maintain ...

Article: Truck sales off 35% in June.(Sales )(sales figure of trucks of ...
Automotive News;  July 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... year's market leaders, Freightliner and International, again ... from the year-ago month. Freightliner sales plummeted 46.1 percent ... percent to 4,644 units. Ford was one of the few truckmakers ... 006 units, and it overtook Freightliner in year-to-date sales ...

Article: / C O R R E C T I O N -- Freightliner /(Correction Notice)
PR Newswire;  June 26, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... truck series purchased from Ford. Freightliner will invest $5.6 million ... headquarters staff. In May, Freightliner and Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F ... definitive agreements that enabled Freightliner to buy Ford's technology, unique tooling ...