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Article: 2009 Ford Fleet Preview and Police Advisory Board

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Mark Fields, Ford's executive vice president and president of the Americas, opened the 2009 Ford Fleet Preview by introducing the Euro-based Transit Connect, a small and fuel-efficient delivery and passenger van. Fields said the fleet business is important to Ford, amounting to 30% of the U.S. volume. He also said that Ford's quality is now better than Honda and equal to Toyota.

Ford is in the middle of a productled turnaround. Compared to 2005, 70% of their vehicles would be new or greatly changed by 2008, and 100% would be new by 2010. The production of the Ford CVPl, now extended until 2011 , is the only exception.

Fields also introduced the new Ford Flex, a seven-passenger, three-row ...

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