OnDetroitMI.com - ford articles

Leather-Bound Lions: Dutch Clark

Tagged with:

detroit lions, ford, ford field

Published June 3, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.

Ty from the always great The Lions In Winter ... stops by for a history lesson on Lions great Dutch Clark ... With his rocket arm, aw-shucks grin, competitiveness, surprising athleticism, and #1 overall NFL draft pick status, Matthew Stafford has often drawn comparisons to John Elway. Stafford modeled his game after John Elway in high school and wore Elway’s #7 at Highland Park and Georgia ... There’s even a Facebook group called "Matthew Stafford Looks Like John Elway." So, how come

Read

Post Talkback

Lions Game-Changing Offseason Moves: House of Spears

Tagged with:

ford, ford field

Published May 28, 2010 at 10:54 a.m.

780835-lions-game-changing-offseason-moves--house-of-spears

Sponsored Post: This post is presented by Sprint. Bringing you the first wireless 4G network from a national carrier. Only on the Now Network ... I will admit it, back towards the end of the 2009 season, I was hoping the Lions would somehow end up with the first overall pick yet again, even if that meant taking a loss to the Bears in the final game. I wasn't actively rooting for a loss or anything, but my feeling was that if the Rams also lost, I wouldn't be too upset with a 1-15 record

Read

Post Talkback

Ford to Invest $135M in 2 Factories

Tagged with:

ford

Published May 24, 2010 at 9:15 a.m.

Two Ford Motor Co. factories near Detroit will see 170additional jobs in the next two years as the automaker bringsbattery pack and gas-electric hybrid transmission assembly to theUnited States ...

Read

Post Talkback

Ford To Invest $135M In 2 Mich. Factories

Tagged with:

ford

Published May 24, 2010 at 8:56 a.m.

Ford Motor Co. said it will invest $135 million in two Detroit-area factories to design and build parts for future electric and hybrid vehicles ...

Read

Post Talkback

Behind the wheel of Ford ads. Toby Barlow: Creative director, creatives' advocate

Tagged with:

ford

Published May 23, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.

Philadelphia native Toby Barlow is a practicing Quaker, studied philosophy at St ...

Read

Post Talkback

Parade Co. moving Hob Nobble Gobble to Ford Field

Tagged with:

ford, ford field

Published May 19, 2010 at 2:37 p.m.

The Parade Co. is moving its largest annual fundraiser, the Hob Nobble Gobble, to new digs and a new date ...

Read

Post Talkback

AM General to assemble Ford’s electric vehicle in Livonia

Tagged with:

ford

Published May 18, 2010 at 12:09 p.m.

AM General L.L.C. will assemble Ford Motor Co.’s all electric Transit Connect commercial vehicle at its engineering and product development center in Livonia ...

Read

Post Talkback

Monday Notes: Playing Catch Up

Tagged with:

detroit-lions, ford, ford field

Published May 3, 2010 at 9:36 p.m.

Note: This is a long post, as it's the first notes one I've done since before the draft. That means there's a lot of stuff to talk about, so let's get right to it ... First things first, I want to thank you all for making April the biggest month ever in Pride of Detroit history traffic-wise. March's record quickly went by the wayside, as April ended up with more than 668,000 page views when all was said and done, and that was with one less day. Between the insane traffic and the amazing

Read

Post Talkback

Ford's April sales up 25 percent

Tagged with:

auto industry, ford, ford's

Published May 3, 2010 at 3:20 p.m.

Ford Motor Co. says April sales rose 25 percent from the same month last year as the auto industry continued to see signs of recovery. Ford says sales of its cars, trucks and SUVs all were higher compared with last April, when the industry was in a severe downturn. But sales fell 9 percent from March, when the industry saw a boost from big incentive spending led by Toyota Motor Corp ...

Read

Post Talkback

Henry Ford Health System seeks like-minded neighbors for campus

Tagged with:

ford

Published May 2, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.

Henry Ford Health System has been recruiting developers to locate their real estate projects near the medical system's planned $500 million expansion in Detroit's New Center ...

Read

Post Talkback