@Ford161 - February 2016

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Ford of Britain chairman and managing director
Andy Barratt shares his news and views
I had the pleasure recently of going to Valencia for the press
launch of the stunning new Ford Focus RS, a truly breathtaking car
and, in my mind, the most single-minded example of brilliant engineering ever produced by Ford.
I am not overstating it when I say that this exciting new car sets a
new benchmark for a performance Ford, truly exemplifying the Ford
DNA.
Motoring journalists are not unknown for greeting a new car with a
measure of ‘seen it, done it’ cynicism, but not this time. Everyone I
spoke to said the Focus RS significantly exceeded their expectations, and the reviews I have read certainly bear that out.
While in Valencia I also talked to the UK journalists about our justlaunched Unlearn marketing campaign, and many of them commented that it was exactly the positive move that a market leader
such as Ford should be making.
A great advertising campaign stimulates dialogue, and Unlearn is
certainly doing that. From the first day of the campaign’s launch it
has clearly stirred opinion, and we have seen a huge degree of positive response to the ad’s key message.
The whole of Ford of Britain is now gearing up for the March sales
campaign, the importance of which cannot be understated, and
certainly should not be under-played.
Without a doubt, March will be our biggest sales month in 2016,
and we are going in to March with our best-ever product line-up,
both of cars and commercial vehicles.
There will be a number of factors in our success, both in March
and in the year as a whole, and I would like to think that one of those
factors will be you, acting as ambassadors for Ford and the great
vehicles we build and sell.
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Celebration cake marks milestone in CV sales
Ford of Britain marketing and sales teams marked the sales of more than 100,000 commercial vehicles (CVs) with a celebration cake cut by product marketing
manager Chris Muers.
The 100,000 landmark was reached in early December, the first time sales have passed six figures in a full year since 1989, when a 104,721 sales record was set.
Ford of Britain chairman and managing director, Andy Barratt, said: “The Ford Transit has been a staple commodity for Britain for half a century, and our commercial
vehicle line up has never been stronger.
“With the introduction of our Euro Stage 6 engines later this year, designed, developed and built here in the UK, the Ford commercial vehicle range will be among
the cleanest vehicles on the road today.”
More awards for Ford vehicles
The Ford Transit has rounded off its 50th year by joining What
Van?’s Hall of Fame, and the Fiesta ST has been crowned the UK’s
best hot hatch for the third year running at the 2016 What Car?
Awards.
“The Transit is the most iconic of vehicles in the UK, and its
dominance looks as controlled now as at any point in the last 50
years,” said What Van? editor, Paul Barker said. “It’s impossible to
not encounter the influence of the Transit van on a daily basis in all
walks of life, and this legendary figurehead of British industry, business and society looks set to rule for a long time yet.”
Ford continued its winning streak with the Transit Courier also
picking up Small Van of the Year, the second successive year it has
won the accolade since launch in 2014.
“The Transit Courier proves that small can still be fun, sensible,
practical and high-quality,” Barker continued. “Our 2015 Van of the
Year is, a year on, still the most impressive vehicle in its segment by
a distance, and very easy to recommend for businesses that don’t
need to be hauling large or heavy loads.”
Ford of Britain sales director, Kevin Griffin, said: “We are immensely proud of the Transit and its enduring success in the UK, so I am
delighted to receive this award. In its 50th year of sales leadership,
the Transit doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. This year for the
first time since 1989, sales of Ford’s commercial vehicles have
topped 100,000 with both Transit and Transit Custom leading their
segments.” 6
The new Ford Galaxy has been named as best multi-purpose
vehicle for its price in the What Car? Awards.
Ford has been successful in the 2016 BusinessCar Awards, with
the Fiesta winning the Mainstream Supermini category, Focus
winning Mainstream Lower Medium and Mondeo winning Mainstream Upper Medium. Fiesta was the UK’s best
seller for the seventh
consecutive year
2015 sees Ford continue car
and LCV market leadership
Ford increased its UK market lead in 2015
while recording 39 consecutive years of car
sales leadership and 50 years of UK commercial vehicle (CV) sales leadership. Ford
is carrying significant sales momentum into
2016, outpacing UK industry growth in all
sectors: total vehicle, cars and CVs.
Highlights of the official full-year 2015
figures issued by the Society of Motor
Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) include:
Ford has been number one UK car
brand for 39 successive years.
Ford commercial vehicles have been the
UK’s favourite for 50 years.
Ford’s sales lead increased across all
sectors: total vehicle, cars and CVs.
Fiesta was the UK best seller for the
seventh successive year.
Ford CV sales were the second highest
ever, comfortably exceeding 100,000.
Ford recorded highest ever retail car
sales share in December.
Ford of Britain chairman and managing
director, Andy Barratt, said: “Ford has
consistently provided UK customers with
the most appealing vehicle range and the
best aftersales support, supplied through
the strongest dealer network. This year has
seen a transformation across the network
with 57 new flagship FordStores now open
representing a combined investment of over
£50 million by these dealers.
“In 2015, Ford extended its sales lead in a
fiercely competitive market and launched a
number of award-winning vehicles and
technologies. “The latest vehicles to be recognised in
this way are the Ford Fiesta ST and the Ford
S-MAX – category winners in the Sunday
Times Top 100 Cars.
“We aim to reinforce our sales lead in
2016, after very encouraging results in
November and December that saw Ford
exceed overall sales growth in all sectors of
the market.”
According to the official SMMT figures,
full year car sales in the UK in 2015 were up
6.3 per cent at 2,633,503 registrations,
compared with 2014. Ford sold 335,267 cars in the UK last
year, up from 326,643 in 2014. Ford’s car
sales lead in 2015, over its nearest rival,
increased by 14.0 per cent to 65,501.
Ford was also the clear leader in retail car
sales, which most accurately reflect the
preferences of private buyers. At 14.9 per
cent, Ford’s December retail car sales share
was its best ever, 7.2 percentage points
ahead of its nearest rival. For the full year, Ford’s retail car sales
share was 12.3 per cent, a lead of 4.3
percentage points.
Ford Fiesta’s total registrations of
133,434 in 2015, up from 131,254 in 2014,
made it the UK best-seller by a significant
margin: 41,357 sales and 1.6 percentage
points of market share ahead of its nearest
competitor.
Kuga sales were at the highest level since
it was launched with three times as many
sold compared with five years ago. Kuga
registrations in December were 2,444, up
36.2 per cent, compared with December
2014, and Kuga sales for the full year were
32,936, up 35.2 per cent, compared with
2014.
Ford Transit has led the UK CV (commercial vehicle) sector from its launch in 1965
and Ford’s CV range secured a 24.8 per
cent share in 2015, up from 23.5 per cent in
2014. Ford’s CV sales lead of 61,041 in 2015
increased by 38.8 per cent compared with
2014, while Ford’s UK total vehicle 2015
sales lead of 126,609 units increased by
16.1 per cent compared with 2013.
Ford’s fresh and extended CV range
helped deliver Ford’s second best ever
commercial sales in 2015. UK CV sales in 2015 were 429,576, up
16.5 per cent, compared with 2014. Ford CV sales in 2015 were 106,356, up
22.9 per cent, compared with 2014.
The December registration figures released by the SMMT show that UK car sales
were up by 8.4 per cent at 180,077 units,
compared with December 2014. Ford car sales were 23,261, up 13.4 per
cent, compared with December 2014.
UK commercial vehicle sales in December were up 20.3 per cent at 35,565, compared with December 2014. Ford News February 2016
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Paul is named new manager
of Dagenham Engine Plant
Paul Neighbour has been appointed Dagenham Engine Plant
manager following the departure of Martin Everitt, who becomes
Ford’s director of powertrain manufacturing engineering for Europe,
Middle East and Africa.
Neighbour was previously vice-president of manufacturing for
Getrag Ford Transmissions. He has been with Ford for 38 years and
has held a number of senior positions within powertrain operations,
including manufacturing engineering, production operations and
quality leadership roles.
Paul has been at the forefront of key Dagenham-based engine
programmes, including the planning and implementation of the V6
diesel engine line and the launch of the small capacity and commercial vehicle four-cylinder diesel engines.
Martin Everitt was appointed in May 2014 and he has seen through
to production the new low-CO2 2.0-litre turbodiesel engine at Dagenham, which was designed and engineered at Dagenham and Dunton.
In 2015, combined production from the Ford Bridgend engine
plant and Ford Dagenham exceeded 1.6 million engines. Significant new investments are being implemented at both
facilities, including the new, next-generation diesel engine at Dagenham and new, fuel-efficient high-tech petrol engines at Bridgend.
Paul Neighbour, left, with Martin Everitt
Ford to supply 550 vans to the AA
The AA has ordered more than 550 Ford
Transit Custom and Courier vans for its
3,000-vehicle fleet of breakdown and
membership sales vehicles.
The bulk of the order is for 397 Transit
Custom vans equipped with the AA’s new
recovery trailer system, heavy duty electrical
systems and special equipment racking.
In one of the largest orders to date for the
recently-launched Transit Courier, the AA is
taking 77 for use by agents selling memberships across the UK.
A further 70 Transit Customs are
equipped as AA Battery Assist vehicles and
there will also be nine Transit Customs
kitted out as AA Fuel Assist vehicles, on call
to members who have misfuelled their car.
This order takes the AA’s total delivery of
Transit Custom vans to 828 in the two years
since it was launched. It’s a popular choice
among the AA’s technicians: “Transit
Custom is very well received by its users,”
said the organisation’s commercial vehicle
fleet engineer, Chris Wiltshire, “because
they like the working space, the cab and the
driving position. We like it because it offers
the best load area for that class of vehicle,
an enhanced towing capacity, and very
good wholelife costs.”
Ford direct sales business manager,
James Powell, said: “This further strengthens the ties between us, already strong
thanks to our deal to supply 2,000 cars
annually to the AA Driving School.”
UK police forces order 1,100 cars and commercial vehicles
Britain’s police forces have started 2016 with orders for 200 Ford Kugas and 760 Transit Custom vans in a total order of 1,100 Ford CVs.
The northern consortium of 22 police forces has ordered 120 Kugas and 560 Transit Custom medium vans. Half of the Transit Customs will be supplied as cell vans,
converted by Ford Special Vehicle Preparations into a vehicle capable of carrying two detainees, and up to five police officers.
The country’s southern consortium, which includes six fire services as well as 28 police forces, also added 110 Ford Transit Connect light vans and 30 Ranger
pick-ups to the 80 Kugas and 200 Transit Customs which made up their Ford order.
“Ford has a long history of working with emergency services spanning over 50 years,” said Ford direct sales manager Terry Adams. “The stylish and capable Ford
Kuga has established itself as their rural beat car of choice with all-important all-wheel drive necessary for winter conditions.”
British Transport Police, South Wales and Dyfed Powys are other forces with Ford Kugas on their fleets. The market-leading Ford Transit Custom is used in every
police force in the country, with roles as cell vans, crime scene units, dog carriers and camera vans.
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Stills from the new marketing campaign
advertisement urging us to ‘Unlearn’, featuring
the new Mustang, a record-breaking 104-yearold runner, and a micropig who’s become a
family pet
Challenging preconceptions
It’s time to let go of what you know about
Mondeo Man, Ford and life itself. In a new
marketing campaign, Ford of Britain is
urging the nation to “Unlearn” by demonstrating that progression comes from
abandoning preconceptions.
The campaign, which has launched
across out-of-home and digital media, takes
a surprising look at the familiar and shows
just how far we can progress if we’re
prepared to let go of limiting beliefs.
As part of the campaign, Ford has unveiled a new look with a bold change to its
iconic script, which now sits outside of the
blue oval logo with splashes of colour in
place of the traditional white font.
The new look will feature in all aspects of
the brand campaign, including the TV
commercial and banner advertising.
In the creative treatment, the familiar is
challenged to show just how far we can
progress when we Unlearn:
Think you know OAPs? Meet the
104-year-old record-breaking runner Fauja
Singh.
Think you know family pets? Meet
Tiddles, the micropig who’s taken over the
cat flap.
Think you know Ford? There’s a new
kind of horseback as the iconic Mustang
arrives on British soil for the first time.
The TV commercial, which aired for the
first time during ITV’s National TV Awards,
closes with an emotional moment featuring
a new-born baby that reminds us that we all
have the ability to Unlearn.
Created for Ford of Britain by Blue Hive
UK, the campaign is designed to drive
re-appraisal of Ford as a brand committed
to innovation and progress to meet the
nation’s changing needs when it comes to
mobility.
“The campaign is about taking a fresh
look at the familiar and anyone in the UK
who takes a fresh look at Ford may be
surprised by what they find,” said Ford of
Britain chairman and managing director
Andy Barratt.
“We now have a line-up of vehicles that
demonstrate our performance prowess and
innovation, from the Ford GT which will race
this year at Le Mans, to our new flagship
SUV, Edge, which is laden with driver-helping technology.”
Alongside the TV commercial, filmed by
production company 2am, the Unlearn
campaign is being communicated through
an influencer programme, featuring some of
the UK’s best-known online personalities,
who will be sharing their own Unlearn
experiences.
Ford’s marketing manager, Richard
Beard, said: “Unlearn is about casting aside
preconceptions, having another think about
Ford, and reappraising. It’s about not being
held back by limiting beliefs.”
Blue Hive creative director Bryn Attewell,
said: “Unlearn is a big, bold idea that
demonstrates Ford isn’t – and has never
been – afraid to cast aside limiting beliefs in
order to make progress.
“We think people will be surprised by
what Ford are up to. They’re not just building amazing cars like the GT and Mustang,
they’re changing the way people interact
with their vehicles and looking at every
aspect of how the world gets around.
“That’s why we’re asking people to let go
of any preconceptions they might have
about Ford. And maybe at the same time
we can all Unlearn a few things about
ourselves and the world around us.”
For more information on Unlearn visit:
Unlearn.ford.co.uk
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Dagenham celebrates Job
Lion engine reaches the million milestone
Dagenham Diesel Centre and Dagenham Engine Plant were celebrating in December with production of the millionth Lion diesel engine, which has been in production
in V6 and V8 versions since 2003 for use in customer car applications.
Lion area manager Paul Vickers, said: “This event encompasses One Ford at its best. The achievement of one million units is not down to one person, it is down to
the whole team working together with the same goal to ensure quality engines are being built. Everyone has played a part in this and I would like to thank everyone
involved for their contribution to the Lion engine’s success story.”
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b 1 for new Panther diesel
Panther assembly group leader Tony
Smith with one of the new engines
The new Panther line, representing a $450
million investment in Dagenham Engine
Plant (DEP), has officially started producing
diesel engines.
Job 1 was celebrated with a gathering of
the Panther team, representatives from the
other production areas, DEP managers and
Ford senior leaders, who saw a number of
presentations on the shop floor.
The Panther turbodiesel is a four-cylinder
engine designed to go into commercial
vehicles like the Transit. It will be available
in 130 and 170PS guises.
With the whole cross-functional team
wearing special ‘Ford Panther Job 1’ polo
shirts, Martin Everitt, the plant’s outgoing
manager, said at the presentations: “We
have a 1931 Ford AA truck with us today,
which means that it was one of the first
down the original production lines here at
Dagenham. That means we have been
involved in and been at the heart of commercial vehicles since day one.
“It’s a combination of our excellence and
that of the whole cross-functional team,
which has been instrumental in bringing
Panther to DEP, that we will ensure that
DEP is involved in CVs going forward, as we
build this fantastic product for use in Transit
all around the world.”
Martin, who has left DEP to take up a new
role with the Company, added: “It has been
a great privilege being involved with all the
teams that have worked so hard to bring
Panther to DEP.
“This is a fantastic engine, a fantastic
plant and a fantastic team. I am absolutely
confident that the plant and most importantly our teams – whether inside the plant or
with our partners outside the plant – are
willing, fit and able to take all the challenges
facing us going forwards.”
Bob Fascetti, global vice-president for
powertrain engineering, also attended and
said: “The Panther engine required 250
newly tooled end items and every one of
them involved blood, sweat and tears.
“But thanks to the very special teamwork
on Panther – involving everyone across
multiple departments – we have managed
to build a brand-new engine in a very short
span of time.
“We first talked about this project in 2012
and we have reached Job 1 ahead of the
original target of early 2016.
“This has been a massive effort by
everyone and I want to thank you for
everything you have done so far. I can’t wait
to see the line running at full capacity.”
Richard Martin, the Panther launch
manager and area manager going forward,
added: “When you used to walk into plant,
Lynx was the most prominent thing you
could see. It spread out over the shop floor,
while the production monorail ran from one
side of the plant to the other and you were
hit by a wall of sound as you walked in.
“I worked with some fantastic people,
both individuals and teams, during my time
on Lynx and it held a very special place for
me, so I was sad to see the monorail stop; it
was difficult to get my head around the fact
that production had finished.
“But the journey to Panther has been
even more special. The people who have
worked on Panther have been the best I
have ever worked with, second to none, and
we end up with this fantastic facility that
everyone has contributed to – and, as you
can see, it is very different from the dull,
noisy environment we used to have in plant.
“We’ve invested so much time in people
for Panther, including training plans for the
employees on the line, and we’ve really laid
the groundwork for success. I want to thank
all of you in advance for the success this
engine will bring to the Ford brand going
forward.”
Assembly operator Ranjeet Singh Marwhay on the line
From left: engineer Colin Johnson, new
model launch senior manager Alexandra
Walker, chief engineer Chris Hinton and
new model launch manager Mark Clifton
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Dunton Lego the biggest yet
The biggest ever regional final of the First
Lego League (FLL) was held at Dunton.
More than 200 children took part in the
challenge, in which their own designs of
Lego robots were put through a series of
challenges pertaining to this year’s theme of
Trash Trek – the collection, sorting, smart
production and re-use of waste.
A total of 23 local schools were represented by 25 teams, with two going forward
to the national final in Loughborough in
February.
Nicola Gregory, from Dunton’s community outreach department, organises the FLL
regional final each year and said: “The
attendance was incredible. We are starting
to see more female interest in design and
engineering. Thank you to all the Ford
volunteers who helped on the day, especially Darren Bull, Colin Foley and Matt
Jackson.”
The region’s winning and second-placed
teams, Bawdsey Bots and B6 Berillium, now
progress to the national final.
Shoebox appeal success
Less fortunate children around the world
will have had a brighter Christmas thanks to
a charity shoebox collection at Daventry.
Supporting the Operation Christmas Child
programme which is organised by the
Samaritan’s Purse charity, the site collected
over 50 colourfully decorated shoeboxes.
The boxes were packed with gifts to help
bring a smile to a child’s face, such as a
doll, cuddly toy or football, plus other much
needed items such as toiletries and school
supplies. The finished boxes were sent to
the charity’s regional collection centre,
before being readied for shipment to
destinations around the world.
“Our collection was a fantastic way to
help less fortunate children, and we had a
tremendous response from all areas of the
site,” said Lauren Worthington who helped
to organise the collection along with Lucy
Gardner, Laura Sheridan and Michelle
Tustin from the Daventry front office team.
“Daventry ships vehicle parts all around
the world every day, so this was a great
opportunity to send some Christmas cheer
around the world too.”
In addition to the shoe boxes, the Daventry donations also included an extra £3 per
box to enable the people who donated them
to follow where in the world they were being
sent.
Eighty five boxes were collected around
Dunton and Warley as part of the Operation
Christmas Child shoebox appeal – and
more than 60 Ford volunteers helped in the
Essex handling warehouse.
Back row, from left: Michelle Tustin,
Peter Thomson, Charley Sutch, Sylvia
Docherty. Middle row: Mark Caldwell,
Simon Chisholm, Linda Rumble, Stephanie Duff, Louise Gouldstone. Front row:
Lauren Worthington, Laura Sheridan
Facilities team deliver gifts to ill
children at Little Havens Hospice
Money raised during the year by the Ford Warley facilities team was used to buy 10 bicycles,
four tricycles, two scooters, games, toys and items such as dressing gowns, for children at
Little Havens Hospice in south Essex.
They were delivered by Warley house manager Jackie Hunter, left, and facilities helpdesk
supervisor Amanda Key.
A donation of £350 was also made, raised by a guess the weight of the cake competition
and guessing the name of Humphrey the cuddly polar bear.
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Driving the new Mondeo AWD
Ford News reporter Matt Robinson
gets behind the wheel of a Mondeo
All-Wheel Drive – and finds it an
accomplished all-rounder
Ford has decided to add the all-weather
reassurance of all-wheel drive (AWD) to the
fifth-generation Mondeo range, where it is
available on the 150- and 180PS TDCi
diesel models.
The system, which can send up to 70 per
cent of the available torque to the rear axle
when required, adds £1,500 to the price of a
Mondeo and is designed to take the fight to
the premium German brands – all of which
offer all-wheel drive on the rival machines to
the Ford. We spent a week in a 150PS
Titanium hatchback AWD model to see how
the extra driven axle affects the Mondeo’s
brilliant blend of impressive refinement and
superb handling.
Scroll through the screens in the
Mondeo’s super-clear digital instrument
cluster displays and you can bring up a
graphic that shows where the torque is
being distributed at any one time. Ostensibly, in normal driving conditions, the
Mondeo AWD only sends a little of the
torque to the rear wheels when accelerating
in the lower gears, providing extra traction
when moving off from a standstill. It is of
course absolutely imperceptible when it
does this, the Ford all-wheel drive system
proving to be up there with the best set-ups
in the industry.
And when it comes to grip in wet conditions, that’s when the AWD system really
excels. As fantastic as the front-wheel drive
Mondeo is at clinging on to the road at all
times, there’s an extra sense of security in
the sure-footedness of the AWD model. It
feels extremely composed when cornering
even on very soggy roads, while it deals
with large patches of standing water with
great ease. That safety aspect will be what
appeals most to buyers of the AWD.
Naturally, all the rest of the Mondeo’s
commendable attributes remain intact. The
fifth-generation car is supremely refined, the
ride supple and comfortable whether you’re
pottering about town or travelling along a
motorway, while wind noise and tyre roar
are simply not an issue. The beautiful cabin
is well-equipped and simply huge inside,
with more than enough room for five adults.
The boot, too, is enormous, even on the
hatchback model. It’s extremely deep from
the rear of the car to the back of the seats
and it’s more than capable of handling large
loads with a full complement of people on
board. Meanwhile, fuel economy is quoted
at 58.9mpg and the car’s CO2 rating of
124g/km means it sits in VED Band D,
costing nothing for road tax in year one and
then just £110 annually thereafter.
And as the TDCi engine provides ample
performance at all engine speeds, driving
through a crisp and clean six-speed manual
gearbox, then the Mondeo AWD proves to
be a winner. While £1,500 is a fair premium
over the FWD versions, the extra investment
is well worth it for such a thoroughly accomplished all-rounder as this.
FORD MONDEO 2.0 TDCi 150PS
TITANIUM ALL-WHEEL DRIVE
HATCHBACK
Car as tested: from £25,295
Engine: 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel
Transmission: all-wheel drive, six-speed
manual
Power: 150PS at 3500rpm
Torque: 370Nm from 2000-2500rpm
Top speed: 134mph
0-62mph: 10.3 seconds
Claimed combined fuel economy: 58.9mpg
CO2 emissions: 124g/km
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Looking back over a b
2015 was a very good year for Ford. The
Company increased its market lead
while recording 39 years of car sales
leadership and 50 years of UK commercial vehicle sales leadership. During the
year, Ford launched the Vignale brand,
with the exciting new Mondeo Vignale
sold exclusively through the new FordStore network, which had extended to 57
locations by the end of the year.
The trophies kept coming in during 2015,
including an impressive eighth accolade
in four years for the 1.0-litre EcoBoost
petrol engine at the International Engine
of the Year Awards and a Van of the Year
title for the Ford Transit in its 50th year..
JANUARY
Ford started 2015 as market leader in all
sectors – car, commercial vehicles and
total market – after ending 2014 as
number one UK car brand for 38 years and
leader of the CV market for 49.
The year got off to a good start, with a
host of important awards, including What
Car? accolades for Mondeo estate and Fiesta
ST, and Transit Courier being declared What
Van?’s van of the year.
Ford News brought the story of a Dagenham visit by prime minister David Cameron
and business secretary Vince Cable where
they welcomed Ford’s investment of an
additional £190 million in the site. The first
phase of investment related to the production
of state-of-the-art 2.0-litre diesel engines for Ford commercial
vehicles globally –celebrated with Job 1 for the new Panther
engine – followed by low carbon 2.0-litre engines for cars.
FEBRUARY
Ford was looking forward to one of the
busiest years for new product in Ford of
Britain’s history, including Mustang,
Mondeo Vignale, Mondeo Hybrid and the
start of production for all-new Edge, Ford’s
most advanced SUV.
There was a thrilling racing season lined
up for the 12 teams that snapped up all 32
available chassis for an exciting new Ford
EcoBoost-powered junior single-seater
racing championship.
We told how a neighbouring school helped
celebrate the installation of a 77-metre high
wind turbine at Bridgend Engine Plant,
capable of producing 1,700 megawatt hours
of electricity annually – and reducing carbon
emissions by up to 490 tonnes.
MARCH
Ford announced that it was on target to
complete its new nationwide network of
105 Transit Centres and 76 Transit Service
dealer locations within a few months,
providing a one-stop shop for CV customers.
Bridgend Engine Plant passed two
milestones in the early part of the year – its
eight millionth Sigma engine assembled,
followed by production of the 19 millionth
engine built since the first CVH engine rolled
off the lines nearly 35 years before.
Nas Khan, managing director of Jennings
Motor Group, received the global Salute to
Dealers, the highest honour for community
involvement.
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The new Ford Focus ST claimed its
first award in the UK – named Best Hot
Hatch by Carbuyer – and the all-new
Mondeo was named best family car
within just two months of launch, by
the UK Car of the Year judges. Ford of
Britain and the Fiesta won Manufacturer
of the Year and Used Car of the Year
respectively at the AM Awards.
Ford’s support for National Apprenticeship Week included activities at
Dunton, Warley and Dagenham, co-ordinated by the National Apprenticeship
Service, including shadowing of current
apprentices by senior managers.
MAY
Ford News visited Dunton’s $50 million
environmental test laboratory to look at
the vital role of robots in helping Ford
engineers carry out extreme weather
testing; temperatures in the four thermally-sealed test chambers can go from -40C
to +55C, and altitude of up to 12,000 feet
can be simulated.
We reported that Ford of Britain had
recorded its all-time best month in March
for commercial vehicle sales - and an order
for 1,000 Ford CVs from BT.
The awards kept on coming, including
five in the 2015 Fleet News Awards and five
more in the annual VansA2Z Awards.
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JUNE
OCTOBER
We told you how the employee spring
drive had got off to an excellent start,
with the number of test drives topping
200 on individual days in both Dagenham and Dunton. Employees were able
to drive the all-new Mondeo and new
Focus ST on road routes that gave the
opportunity to try the cars’ new
technology.
Dunton-based Tom Thompson and
Paul Wraith were at the CV Show in
Birmingham to show off the prize-winning electric bike they designed and
developed. It won first prize in a global
Ford competition to create a concept bike
as part of the Ford Smart Mobility project.
Ford’s exciting new upscale Vignale
brand – the highest expression of luxury
from Ford of Europe, was bringing new
customers into FordStore dealerships,
and bringing back some old ones, too.
The Mondeo Vignale, hand-finished using
the latest technology to support 100
additional quality checks, was attracting a
great deal of interest from potential
buyers who have either never driven a
Ford or have moved away from Ford and
are driving German brands.
There was good news for Bridgend
Engine Plant with the announcement of an
investment of £181 million to build a family
of all-new, fuel-efficient petrol engines.
JULY/AUGUST
NOVEMBER
Ford car and commercial vehicle
sales continued to surge ahead, with
Fiesta leading the market, and
B-MAX, Focus, C-MAX, Kuga and
Galaxy all performing extremely well.
In his last column before leaving to
head up the Ford Sollers joint venture
in Russia, Mark Ovenden welcomed
Andy Barratt as the new chairman and
managing director of Ford of Britain,
and said: “It has been both an honour
and a privilege to have led the team.”
Ford’s 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol
engine did it yet again – winning an
eighth accolade in four years at the
International Engine of the Year Awards.
Ford Driving Skills for Life returned to
the UK for the third year, with free
hands-on training for young drivers aged
18-24 keen to advance their skills behind
the wheel.
We also announced that Ford had
further extended its agreement with
insurance provider Marmalade to help
reduce the cost of motoring for
18-24-year-old drivers and to make the
dream of owning a new Ford Fiesta or Ford
Ka a reality.
And we revealed that Ford’s all-new
Focus RS had raced up to 1,500 orders
from UK buyers by mid-October without
even a single test drive being taken.
SEPTEMBER
The Ford Transit celebrated its 50th
birthday – and fittingly was named as
Auto Express ‘Van of the Year’. The
birthday celebrations included a party at
Dunton for the hundreds of Ford
employees who work on Transit
programmes.
The stunning new Ford GT and Ford
Focus RS were unveiled to employees in
Dunton, Warley and Dagenham. At Warley,
it was Andy Barratt’s first task in his new
job.
The Henry Ford Academy, a state-ofthe-art multi-million pound training facility
for technicians, sales staff and management from Ford’s UK dealer network,
opened its doors, next to the Daventry parts
distribution centre.
DECEMBER
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From re-using rainwater to selling off
metal shavings as fuel, and recycling oil to
harvesting the wind for power, Ford’s
Dagenham estate is doing everything
possible to be sympathetic to the
environment.
While some of the measures are obvious
– such as the three huge wind turbines that
dominate the skyline of the estate – others
are less so, for instance using durable
packaging materials to reduce the creation
of waste cardboard and installing a new,
more efficient boiler house to reduce CO2
emissions.
Ford announced that it was gearing up for
a New Year marketing initiative designed to
change people’s preconceptions in Britain about Ford
and its cars.
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Shining the spotlight
DAGENHAM APPRENTICES
The iconic Ford BB delivery van used in the Dad’s Army TV series
and film, returned to Dagenham, where it was built in 1935, for a
mechanical overhaul.
Ford’s heritage specialists, Ivan Bartholomeusz and Colin Gray,
rebuilt the engine, gearbox and running gear with the help of Ford
apprentices.
The two-ton Ford BB found fame as lance corporal Jack Jones’
butcher’s delivery van, doubling as occasional troop transport for the
Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard – complete with opening gun
ports.
It was bought in 2012 by the Dad’s Army Museum in Thetford,
Norfolk – where scenes for the series were filmed – and the plan is
for it to be a permanent exhibit there after the Ford heritage team and
apprentices have finished.
CEME APPRENTICES
Ford apprentices Melanie Morey and Holly Fernie
(pictured left) have been adding to their CVs by taking
second place in a mobile robotics competition to design
an autonomous robot that uses sensors to navigate
around obstacles.
After a year of A levels, Melanie knew she had made
a mistake and that A levels were not for her – so she
became a Ford apprentice, and loves every minute of it.
“I felt I was going down the wrong route, but now I
am doing something that suits me perfectly. I am really
enjoying my apprenticeship and love what I do,” said
Melanie.
Holly took a little longer to make up her mind – she
did two years of A levels and then took a year out
before becoming a Ford apprentice, and now, she said:
“I really love it.”
Both are second year apprentices, studying at CEME
in Dagenham, before going into the workplace in March
for their final two years – Melanie to Dagenham and
Holly to Dunton.
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on Ford’s young stars
FORD STEM STUDIES
The 2015 Ford STEM Studies prize has been won by
University of London student, Melissa Matthews, who
is in her first year of a biomedical degree.
Recognising that women are traditionally under-represented in STEM (Science, Technology Engineering
and Maths) studies and the related professions, the
prize aims to recognise the achievements of women
studying STEM-based subjects and to encourage other
women to become involved.
Director of Ford global engineering operations,
Graham Hoare, presented the £1000 prize to Melissa
and £250 prizes to runners-up Zahra Farsijani, Alice
Goodwin and Zoe Slattery.
After receiving her prize, Melissa said: “It was motivating to see women in senior positions within Ford
promoting STEM careers, and I will do my best to
inspire the next generation of women in STEM and to
encourage all young girls, with a passion for science, to
consider a degree within these fields; the opportunities
are endless.”
The assessment process was supported by Your
Life, a business-led initiative sponsored by Ford that
aims to boost young people’s participation in science,
technology, engineering and maths, the STEM subjects. Its campaign director, Karen Gregory, said:
“Young people need to know that maths and science
can lead to all sorts of exciting opportunities and it’s
with the help of ambassadors, like Melissa, that we can
succeed.”
Graham Hoare presents the prize to Melissa Matthews
FORD SATURDAY CLUB
The pioneering Ford Saturday Club at Bridgend is becoming a model for
others in Wales.
The Bridgend Engine Plant-backed club has been running since 1999 in
Waterton Centre adjacent to the plant and thousands of young people have
attended. They give up 12 consecutive Saturday mornings and in return are
given basic training in mechanical engineering, electrics and computer
controlled pneumatics.
Each course can accommodate just 24 students but is heavily over-subscribed, and interviews are held to pick the best in each tranche of talent from
the 14 – 16 year-olds. The first course of 2016 is already full.
Initially, the young people came from Bridgend and surrounding areas but
the popularity of the Saturday Club has seen it widen its catchment area to
cover nearly all of South Wales and typically hundreds apply for each 12-week
course.
Backed by Bridgend Engine Plant in collaboration with Control 2K, who
provide one tutor and support services, the courses include a visit to see the
petrol engines being assembled in plant.
Philip Catherwood, senior strategy manager in the advanced materials and
manufacturing sector of Welsh Government, presented some of the certificates to the “clubbers”.
He told them and their parents who turned up in support: “Having an
apprenticeship behind you can really open doors and you can go anywhere.
With so much competition for jobs it’s a really good basis to get an
apprenticeship.”
Turning to the girl graduates in the club this autumn, he added: “We need
more females going into engineering because it’s important they realise they
can compete alongside males.” He concluded by saying that the Welsh
Government is fully behind the idea of Saturday Club as pioneered at Bridgend
Hazel Schurer with (left) Mark Thomas of Ford and Philip Catherwood, representing the Welsh government
since 1999 and revealed discussions are going on with other potential
industrial supporters for other parts of Wales.
BEP engineering manager Mark Thomas told the clubbers he started as a
Ford apprentice and loved engineering from the outset because it was so
challenging and rewarding but never boring.
He presented each Saturday Club member with a Ford toolkit and Mr
Catherwood handed them certificates to go into their personal statements and
achievements portfolios to show prospective employees.
At the end of this club course, Hazel Schurer, from South East Wales, was
presented with a special Crest Award after being the runner-up in the annual
Engineering Education Scheme Wales competition for the student of the year
in secondary education.
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Ann and Becky
help Christmas
charity appeals
In November and December,
Warley-based Ann Cardus in Ford
of Britain sales operations and
Becky Reilly in Ford Credit
marketing organised a collection
for the Trussell Trust foodbank in
Brentwood and the New Direction
homeless shelter.
It meant the New Direction
team were able to supply hats,
gloves, scarves, toiletries and
chocolates at Christmas to the
homeless people that they
support, and the Brentwood
foodbank team were able to sort
the donated 400kg of food in
time to provide many families in
need with some store cupboard
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“It costs little to donate
something but it really can make
the difference for people in need
of a helping hand at Christmas
time. Becky and I were delighted
with the response this year and
would like to thank everyone at
Warley for their generosity,” said
Ann. Bowls club
presentations
Alex Gay was the big winner at
70-member Ford Sports (Basildon) Bowls Club’s annual
presentation lunch. Club
president Barry Barclay presented Alex with trophies for the
pairs, fixed jack and triples
competitions and he was also
runner-up in the singles.
“We are always pleased to
welcome new members, both
new bowlers and those who have
played before,” said social
secretary Terry Pickett. “If you
are interested, please contact our
membership secretary, Christine
Williams, on 01268 419831.
Coaching is available at no cost
to members.”
Top conversion
The Danbury Fun, based on the
Ford Transit Custom, was named
Campervan of the Year at the
National Motorhome Awards
2016, the highest awards in the
industry.
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Leading MPs visit
Dagenham estate
London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan and
fellow Labour MP Alan Johnson visited Ford at
Dagenham to see engines designed and developed in Dunton and Dagenham being built on the
new Panther line.
Mr Khan, MP for Tooting and a former transport minister, and Mr Johnson, MP for Hull West
and Hessle and a former home secretary and
shadow chancellor, were given a conducted tour
of the plant and had the opportunity to chat to
workers on the line to find out more about assembling the brand new Panther turbodiesel engine.
The MPs heard about Ford’s continuing
investment in Dagenham, and learned that the
teams behind the development and production of
the four-cylinder Panther engine, which is designed to go into the Ford Transit and other
commercial vehicles worldwide, had beaten their
Job 1 target of early 2016 to send the first completed engines down the line before the end of
2015.
The launch of the new Panther line has brought
into focus the continuing importance of Ford at
Dagenham to Britain’s manufacturing base.
Stuart Smith, left, Allan
Moorton and Carl
Prodrick on the new
Panther engine line with
MPs Sadiq Khan and Alan
Johnson
Daventry photo competition
There were some colourful images in evidence at Daventry as the site’s keen amateur photographers
fought it out in the annual EDAP photo competition.
Now in its sixth year, the competition saw another fine crop of photographs being judged by Daventry’s
EDAP committee, as they whittled down the entries to the 12 finalists which would be included on the
2016 EDAP calendar made available to employees at the site.
This year’s overall winner, with his photo of the local Jurassic Park, was Philip Cieszczyk. Like previous winners, he sees an A3 copy of his picture mounted on the Daventry canteen wall alongside the
winning photographs from prior years.
“Congratulations once again to Daventry’s photographers, who made it a very tough job for judges to
select their favourites,” said Daventry EDAP coordinator, Ian Prentice. “To ensure a level playing field we
restricted all entrants to just six pictures, all to be taken in the UK, but the standard was as high as ever.”
The other pictures selected for the calendar were taken by Terry Ashby, Gary Farmer, Sally Merrill,
Anne Marie Walduck, Paul Wallage and Mike Willis, each of whom received a framed A4 print of their
winning photograph at the award ceremony
Movember raises £30,000
A proliferation of moustaches around
Ford’s UK sites has once again been pivotal
in raising thousands of pounds for
Movember.
The annual campaign, which raises
awareness of various men’s health issues
such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer,
poor mental health and physical inactivity,
sees men forgoing the razor for a month to
grow top-lip facial hair. Women can get
involved too by joining in with fundraising
activities.
This year, Ford’s global Movember
network raised £30,125 for Movember, with
£8,251 coming from UK teams. Matt
Loynes, the Dunton-based global Movember co-ordinator for Ford, said: “We raised a
good amount of money again this year,
The YMCA team: Andy Carter (army), Andrew Fletcher
(biker), Owen Styles (native American), Peter Brittle (NY
policeman), Graham Kitchener (cowboy), Howard Grundon (builder)
Ayhan Gunsaya
Jonjo McArdle and Paul Kane
although now the focus will shift to getting
everybody at Ford on the move for men’s
health – this is the Move For Movember
campaign and it aims to get everyone doing
some form of physical exercise each day of
the month that they wouldn’t normally do.”
More information can be found on the
Ford Movember community page: www.
facebook.com/FordMovember
Above: Chris Bligh
Right: Matt Loynes
Miss Movember Rebecca
Moseley being
presented with
her award by
Alan Draper
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Helping Ford people in
Around 300,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in the UK every year and more than 150,000
people die from the disease. Every two minutes someone in England will be told they have cancer and
half of all people born since 1960 will be diagnosed with it in their lifetime.
Radiotherapy is a key component of both radical treatment, which aims to cure the disease, and
palliative treatment, for symptom relief in patients who are in the advanced stages of their disease.
A course of radical radiotherapy at Queen’s Hospital in Romford may vary from 15 treatments over
three weeks to 37 treatments over seven and a half weeks. Of around 1,250 cancer patients seen at
Queen’s each year, 36% will receive radiotherapy for breast cancer and 20% for prostate cancer.
Every year, a huge number of Ford people
use the facilities of the Barking, Havering
and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS
Trust, which serves around 750,000 people
and runs both Queen’s Hospital and King
George Hospital in Ilford.
Between them, the two hospitals see 1.2
million patients a year, including 55,500
emergency admissions and 650,000 outpatient appointments; they perform 8,500
in-patient operations in 25 operating theatres, deliver 8,000 babies and handle 130
ambulances a day. All of that costs a huge
amount – close to £500 million a year.
While the NHS excels at providing core
funding for the necessities, King George
and Queen’s Hospitals Charity funds
projects which boost the hospital experience for everyone who visits and works for
the Trust – with the charity proudly declaring that not a single donation is used to
replace NHS funding.
“As a charity, we are really proud of the
services the NHS provides and our aim is to
work alongside our trust and raise the funds
that support and enhance the hospital
journey,” said the charity’s head of fundraising, Lynda Head.
“We listen to the concerns and innovations of our staff, patients and visitors and
try to turn that into making our hospitals
even better.”
As chairman of the charity, former Ford
Credit director George Wood – who worked
in both the UK and Brazil – is determined to
raise the profile of the fund-raising that
currently accounts for around £400,000 a
year and has paid for projects such as an
underwater-themed children’s A & E waiting
room and laptops for use by patients on
cancer wards.
The biggest project has been the
£500,000 upgrade to one of Queen’s
Hospital’s three linear accelerators in the
radiotherapy department which has revolutionised the way cancer patients are treated, by offering much greater accuracy,
fewer side effects and shorter treatment
times.
It is those projects to improve cancer
services that resonate with George after
receiving the news he had non-Hodgkin
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Former Ford Credit director
George Wood with the
charity’s head of fundraising, Lynda Head
lymphoma – an uncommon form of cancer
– more than a decade ago.
Despite receiving chemotherapy and a
stem cell transplant with his own cells, he
needed an external donor to eventually put
his cancer into remission.
“More people are needed as donors
particularly in the black and Asian community where their participation is very low,”
said George. “Being a donor can save
someone’s life.”
King George and Queen’s Hospitals
Charity relies on donations from individuals,
volunteers, community groups and businesses who have been instrumental in
backing projects such as the Snow Drop
suite, at Queen’s, which is designed to
create a space within the hospital for
parents who have experienced a stillbirth or
neonatal death.
“There are plenty of charities that do
terrific work for specific health causes, but
here at Barking, Havering and Redbridge
Trust, we provide care and support in the
areas of cancer, heart, stroke, diabetes,
pregnancy, accidents, mental health and
infections… the list goes on,” said marketing and fund-raising officer, Denise
Stanborough.
“It’s highly likely that most of us in the
local area will visit King George or Queen’s
Hospitals to receive care in the future. If the
very community we serve can give something back to help our charity, we’ll not only
have secured a better hospital experience
for ourselves and the people closest to us,
but also for generations to come.”
The charity stresses that fund-raising is
an incredibly important source of revenue,
whether it’s a cake sale or a leap of faith
from 10,000 feet. Donations are needed
even more so under the growing pressure of
governmental cuts and the message to “do
more with less”.
This can mean pushing aside the non-essentials such as bravery stickers for sick
and anxious children or redecorating a tired
relatives’ room where difficult news is given.
But, the charity adds, it’s hard to deny what
a difference these provisions can make to a
n Essex to beat cancer
Con’s story: ‘If in doubt,
get it checked out’
Radiographer Kirsty-Anne Daly with one of the three linear accelerators
crucial to cancer treatment
patient or family member going through a
stressful time in hospital.
“With bigger challenges on the horizon for
the charity, the need for community support
is even more crucial to help us strive to
enhance elements of patient care, innovative medical equipment and ground-breaking research,” said Lynda. “That focus
remains at the core of everything we strive
to achieve.”
To find out more about the charity visit
www.supportyourhospital.org, or find them
on Facebook at www.facebook.com/
KingGeorgeandQueensHospitalsCharity.
They are also on Twitter @SupportHospital
Above: three-year-old
Damilola John and his
mum Tosin in the charityfunded Butterfly Room at
Queen’s, with play specialist Alison Stephen
For Con O’Leary (pictured), 2007 was a momentous year – the
year his world turned upside down. He had been a toolmaker at
Dagenham Engine Plant for close on 40 years, working three
shifts, when he started to get symptoms that became too acute
and persistent to ignore. “I needed to use the toilet more often,
was passing blood, lost two
stones, so my clothes were
hanging off me, and had a
pain in the side,” said Con.
“When that happens to you,
you know there is something wrong, and that’s
when you start a journey of
hope.”
There was obviously a
problem, but it was still a
shock to be told he had
bowel cancer. There
followed multiple tests at
Queen’s Hospital, with
various scans, barium
meals and the necessary
indignity of an internal
examination by camera.
He went on to permanent late shifts so he could have tests in
the mornings – but suffered in silence, without telling is workmates why he had changed his working hours.
A course of radiotherapy was followed by surgery, also at
Queen’s “and I had more tubes coming out of me than the
underground,” said Con. “I was in hospital for a fortnight, then at
home in bed for the best part of another fortnight.”
Then followed six months of chemotherapy. “Every day I took
five tablets at 8am and five more at 8pm, and during the day had
to drink 16 tumblers of water. I was tired all the time – in fact I
was absolutely knackered.”
He had to do that in eight strength-sapping 14-day stretches,
with a week off between each. The lack of physical activity led to
deep vein thrombosis, and when he started to exercise again it
was limited at first to walking to a lamp post and back, then two
lamp posts and eventually a walk to the park.
“That’s the sort of ordeal it is,” said Con.
During that period he was off work for ten months, but
eventually went back and worked for five more years before
retiring in 2013. He now goes to Queen’s for what he calls his
annual MOT, and, although not so active as he once was, is
otherwise fit and well.
Con knows he is a lucky man, and knows how much he owes
to the team at Queen’s: “They saved my life. What other way can
you look at it? Now they are hopefully going to save the life of a
close relative’s wife who is being treated there for breast cancer.”
His message to others is simple: “If you had a car and it was
giving you trouble, didn’t sound right or was leaking fluid, you
would do something about it quickly. But when it happens to your
body you tend to say ‘Oh, that will be all right’ and not do
anything about it, but we mustn’t be like that - if in any doubt, get
it checked out.
“When I had my symptoms, the Street Doctor on TV was telling
people to get checked out, and that was the push I needed.”
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Arvinder plays
key role in £71k
charity donation
A Dunton employee has played a
key role in seeing more than
£71,000 donated to a children’s
cancer charity hospital in
Birmingham.
Arvinder Singh Marway, who
works in the environmental test
laboratory, is a volunteer for the
Sikh Arts and Cultural Association
charity, which organised a huge,
130-mile bike ride from Birmingham to London.
Ford Dunton played its part
with logistics support through
East London, thanks to Arvinder,
and as a result of the entire
fund-raising efforts of the ride,
£71,173.26 was donated to the
children’s cancer ward of the
Queen Elizabeth Hospital (www.
qehb.org) charity in Birmingham.
This money comes on top of
£6,000 raised for the Well Child
Charity by the Three Peaks team
earlier this year.
An appreciation award for
Arvinder’s efforts was presented
by Kevin Lazell to Mike Corder,
Arvinder’s line manager.
To find out more about the
bike ride, visit www.charity
bikeride.com.
Carers guide
Caring can present all kinds of
challenges, from knowing what
support is available to filling in
paperwork. Having the right
information at the right time can
make a huge difference.
If you look after someone,
contact the Ford UK Carers
Network to get a free copy of the
latest Carers Rights Guide.
If you are thinking of leaving
Ford or reducing your working
hours to look after someone,
contact the Ford UK Carers
Network to ensure you’re getting
all the help you are entitled to.
The contacts are Josephine
Sanders ([email protected]) on
8738 4944 or Chris Crook
([email protected]) on 8709
1336. The website is x.Ford.com/
CarersUK.
Ford News
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News/Clipsheets.
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Warley unveiling
for RHD Mustang
There were claps and cheers when the covers came off a new Ford Mustang convertible in the
employee-packed foyer at Warley – one of the first production right-hand drive cars since the
original Mustang was launched in April 1964.
There was no shortage of takers for a turn behind the wheel of the stunning yellow Mustang,
and no shortage of people wanting their pictures taken with the iconic car, which is being sold
exclusively through Ford’s nationwide FordStores network. Also on display was an immaculate
example of the first Mustangs – a bright red 1965 fastback – which was also a real head-turner.
Tough walk for Kevin on the Great Wall
Kevin Farnsworth, a Puma assembly group leader at Dagenham Engine Plant, has
walked part of the Great Wall of China in order to raise money for the NSPCC.
He spent five days trekking along the wall and said pre-event advice to train for it
was most welcome, as it was physically challenging. He added: “Some of the ‘steps’
were rocks from shin to waist height. The surfaces were steep and heavily sloped, so
it was not only physically gruelling but mentally tough as we had to concentrate.”
Kevin, who so far has raised £250 for the NSPCC, said the trek was one of the best
things he had ever done and added that he would like to go back to walk different
sections of the monument: “The weather was great and visibility along the wall was
fantastic, we saw some amazing scenery and countryside along our trek.”
Ford backs forces ski team
Ford is continuing its support for the Armed Forces ParaSnowsports Team with the loan of a new Ford Transit Custom
minibus to transport team members and equipment.
Ford has provided similar support since 2010, when the team
was known as the Combined Services Disabled Ski Team; it is a
tri-services team for wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans.
“Thanks to the support we receive from companies like Ford,
we have been able to grow so that we can now offer more
disciplines to more injured service people and veterans than
ever, and we are aiming to get three athletes to the 2018 Winter
Games in South Korea,” said team coach WO2 Mark Scorgie of
the Royal Engineers.
Ford’s Debbie Ling hands over
the keys to the new minibus
The winners of Dunton’s
diversity awards
Dunton diversity awards
Dunton recognised the teams and individuals who contributed to its diversity
achievements during 2015 at its sixth
annual diversity recognition ceremony held
at the site.
It was “to celebrate the outstanding
contributions being made by individuals and
teams here at Dunton, and also give our
thanks to those who have worked tirelessly
over the past year to drive diversity achievements forward across our site,” said Graham Hoare, director of global vehicle
evaluation and verification.
Leading the way – Simon Falzon;
Dunton Karting Club; Ford of Europe
purchasing diversity committee; Meridian
Magnesium tailgate launch for new Mondeo.
Valuing a diverse workforce – Commercial vehicles programme purchasing
team; National Women in Engineering Day;
Creative technology digital team; Dunton
board community involvement diversity
events; Ford of Europe manufacturing IT.
Building a respectful and inclusive
environment – Darren Coan; Business
excellence centres; Ford of Britain purchas-
ing; Fund-raising for Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Valuing worklife flexibility – Chris
White; Jenan Alobaidi; Paul Wingave; Alan
Morgan; European purchasing strategy and
systems office.
Developing external partnerships –
Simon Falzon; Hannah Pearlman; Joanna
Barton; PWN community outreach; Paris to
Upminster charity ride; Ford Foyer SMMT;
Essex Fire & Rescue Ford RTC team; The
Robert Clack Partnership; Supplier diversity
team; Matthew Loynes; Jilian Blissett.
Bridgend forest planting project
Bridgend has embarked on the ultimate
green project – planting a forest.
With one-in-six employees living in the
Llynfi Valley overlooking the plant it has
joined forces with Natural Resources Wales
to establish new woodland on the open
mountains of the valley.
Coedtir Yspryd Y Llynfi or Spirit of Llynfi
Woodland covers 30 hectares and will be
part of a much larger scheme by NRW and
the Welsh Government to provide recreation, leisure and exercise facilities through
the valley.
The long-term project is part of the Ford
in the Community scheme and will see the
Company and its Bridgend employees
planting trees and creating exercise facilities
in the woodland to promote health and
well-being for everyone.
Bridgend plant sustainability manager,
Mark Thomas, attended the first planting
with local dignitaries and NRW staff and
said the Company was delighted to be
supporting such a worthwhile and beneficial
scheme.
He said: “Ford is very excited to be
Natural Resources Wales’ partner in the
development of a woodland in the Llynfi
Valley. “This encapsulates our sustainability
strategy to interconnect our products,
plants, people and the communities in
which we operate, by giving the provision
of attractive green space for a community
that hosts so many of Ford’s employees.
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Colour editions join range
Ford’s successful small car range has
headed into 2016 further strengthened by a
number of colour editions.
The Ford Fiesta and B-MAX will join Ka
with Black, White and other colour editions
to enable eye-catching personalisation of
more Ford small cars.
Ford of Britain marketing director, Lisa
Brankin, said: “Demand for our existing Ka
Black White Editions, and Fiesta Red Black
Editions before that, show that customers
like to personalise their cars beyond series
and colour.” The new Fiesta Editions are available in
Frozen White or Panther Black with contrasting roof and wing mirrors.
They feature 15in black-painted alloy
wheels with contrasting white inserts, rear
privacy glass and power-folding door
mirrors with puddle lights.
Engine choice is the award-winning
1.0-litre EcoBoost with 100PS or 1.25-litre
Duratec with 82PS in both three-door and
five-door bodystyles.
The Fiesta Black and White Editions
follow on from Ka Zetec Black and White
Editions launched in 2015, and Fiesta Black
and Red Editions which were the first
vehicles to debut Ford’s 1.0-litre EcoBoost
140PS engine and already represent around
four per cent of total Fiesta sales, with over
6,300 sold since launch.
Clockwise, from above: Fiesta Black
edition, Focus Zetec S Black edition and
B-MAX Red edition
The B-MAX line-up will grow with the
introduction of three new Zetec-based
Colour Editions – red, white and silver - featuring black painted contrast roof and door
mirrors, sporty styling details and exclusive
availability of the 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine
delivering 140PS, available for the first time
beyond Fiesta Zetec S.
The three powertrains on offer are the
1.0-litre EcoBoost 140PS, 1.4-litre with
90PS and 1.6-litre 105PS PowerShift.
Equipped with Auto-Start-Stop as standard,
the 1.0-litre EcoBoost delivers 0-62mph in
10.4 seconds with 116g/km CO2 and
56.5mpg. Further features include a black
painted front grille and body colour rear
spoiler, unique 16in black alloy wheels, rear
privacy glass and black a front aerofoil and
rear diffuser.
The new Focus Zetec S Red Edition
features a Race Red exterior and contrasting Panther Black roof, black mirror caps
and black grille surround. The Focus Zetec
S Black edition reverses the combination.
The theme is carried through the interior
with a black painted centre stack; black
leather sports steering wheel and gear lever
gaiter, handbrake lever and gaiter and floor
mats, all with red stitching; and black sport
seats with red stitching.
Both models feature unique Panther
Black 17in alloy wheels, a black grille and a
Race Red diffuser element beneath the rear
bumper. It will also deliver sportier driving
experience with standard sport suspension
featuring front and rear springs stiffened
approximately 10 per cent, tuned shock
absorbers for enhanced body control, and a
front anti-roll bar optimised for front-end
grip and turn-in performance.
Available in five-door only, customers will
get a choice of either a 1.5-litre EcoBoost
182PS petrol engine delivering 127g/km
CO2 and 51.4mpg or a 2.0-litre Duratorq
TDCi 150PS diesel engine with 105g/km
CO2 and 70.6mpg. Both models feature a
six-speed manual gearbox.
Ford extends mobile servicing scheme for fleet customers
Ford’s mobile service programme has extended
its reach beyond the M25.
Further enhancing the Transit24 proposition,
Ford’s mobile servicing offers commercial
vehicle fleet customers the flexibility of on-site
servicing, maintenance and warranty repairs.
Mobile technicians will also be able to service
non-Ford vehicles making it easier for fleet
operators running multi-brand fleets.
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Following a pilot scheme run in 2015, Greater
London is now completely covered by Trust
Ford’s Transit Centres and its eight Ford Transit
mobile service vehicles. Fleets elsewhere will be able to call on the
service as Ford continues to expand the
programme across the country with Think Ford
in Farnborough and Jennings Ford in County
Durham already signed up. Ford mobile servicing has been designed to
ensure minimum fleet disruption by reducing
vehicle down-time with on-premises maintenance and which also improves service lead
times in Transit Centre workshops.
Mobile technicians operate from a fleet of
liveried Transit vans equipped with on-board
diagnostics and all necessary equipment to
carry out comprehensive servicing.
Daventry raises
£200 for charity
at Christmas
True Blue training
Designed to celebrate every aspect of the Ford
brand, the latest True Blue dealer training event
organised by the Henry Ford Academy invited
delegates to join a ‘Festival of Ford’.
Held at the Donington Park circuit at the end of
2015, the event saw 2,000 sales personnel and
managers from UK dealers experience a wide
range of exciting Ford vehicles and technologies.
Attendees followed an action-packed journey
through a series of sessions, taking in everything
from fast laps in a Fiesta Red Black to experiencing Ford’s Intelligent All Wheel Drive.
“This really was a festival of everything which is
great about Ford today,” said lead training
consultant Matthew Warrener. “Delegates were
able to explore our vibrant new product line-up,
and see how these vehicles are helping to transform the Ford brand for our customers.”
The event featured the full range of Ford’s
latest product portfolio. A highlight was provided
by a session about the exciting halo vehicles
which are extending the Ford brand, including the
all-new Edge SUV, the all-new Focus RS high
performance hatch, the exclusive Mondeo
Vignale and the iconic new Mustang.
Driving exercises were a key part of the day,
and included the opportunity to experience the
acceleration of the latest Focus ST model with
both petrol and diesel engines, as well as setting
a Top Gear-style lap time at the wheel of the
Fiesta Red Black.
Delegates were also able to explore the technology features available in the all-new S-MAX
– including its Intelligent AWD system – and were
put to the test in a prize competition to correctly
identify all of the new features and colours
available in the latest EcoSport SUV.
Other valuable opportunities included a session
on Transit commercial vehicles and Tourneo
people movers with the chance for attendees to
discuss with specialists on the Motability programme, to gain additional insights into this
important customer group.
The next True Blue dealer training event is
being organised by the Henry Ford Academy
team for mid-2016.
A Transit with a difference
Ford dealer Tarnock Garage’s Transit is a definite
one-offr. It started life as a 1974 Mk I short wheelbase
van, and when Tarnock bought it it was in a sorry state
of repair. The body was taken off and given a refurbishment, which included adding a four-inch wide body
panel behind the front doors so that the body fitted on
to the running gear of a 2005 Transit 260 swb.
“We use it as a marketing tool and a general workhorse,” said Simon Brace, sales director of the Axminster dealership. “We always run a new Transit van, but
we wanted something different, and that’s what we
have got – it turns heads.”
Festive employees across the
Daventry site helped donate a
total of £200 for the Christmas
charity Text Santa, which raises
money for Macmillan Cancer
Support, Make-A-Wish UK and
Save the Children.
Participants in the warehouse,
front offices and Customer
Relationship Centre all wore their
finest knitwear to work on 18
December – Christmas jumper
day – in return for a donation to
the charity.
The customer relationship
centre team raised further
contributions through festive
fund-raising activities such as
playing ‘guess the number of
snowflakes’.
Appeal for new
6-a-side teams
in Basildon
The Ford summer 6-a-side
football league is looking for new
teams for 2016. All games are
played at the Ford Basildon social
club ground.
To register interest or to get
more information, contact Darrell
Reynolds ( [email protected]),
Daniel Gittins (dgittin3) or Tony
Neville (tneville), and there is
more information on the league’s
SharePoint site: https://comm.
sp.ford.com/sites/DCI/clubs/
Ford6s/SitePages/Home.aspx
The deadline to register
interest is Friday, 11 March.
Funeral tribute
to ‘Mr Transit’
A procession of Ford Transit vans
followed the funeral cortege of
the man known as ‘Mr Transit’,
Ford’s former Southampton plant
manager Stan Kelley, who died in
January aged 86; he was
manager of the plant from 1972
until 1991.
The vans included the last one
built before the Southampton
plant closed; now part of Ford’s
heritage collection, the iconic
white Transit was one of a
number which escorted the
hearse to Southampton
crematorium.
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Personal
Activities / Clubs
It is with great sadness to report the death of Vincent Hession on
1 June, 2015. Vincent worked for Ford for 30 years from 1970 to
2000. He began in H building at Dagenham and for the last 17
years at Dunton in the print room. Vincent is greatly missed by his
wife Brenda, his children, grandchildren and great grand-daughter. The family would also like to thank Ford Motor Company for
the beautiful floral tribute.
The family of Dennis McCrone are sad to announce his passing on 30 September, aged 94. Dennis was born in Edinburgh
in 1921. He joined the Army, and later the Royal Air Force during WW2. He joined Ford Motor Company after the war, rising
through the ranks and will be best remembered as manager of
paint operations at the Dagenham plant, and plant manager at
Halewood. He had many friends throughout the Company, and
will be remembered fondly by all who worked with him and for
him. The family would like to thank all who sent condolences,
and those who attended his funeral in Edinburgh.
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BADMINTON club. Brentwood
area. Intermediate club standard. Tuesdays 7.30 -10.30 pm.
Four courts. Please call Peter,
01708 473997.
Bridge - Thorpe Bay Bridge
Club (Southend-on-Sea) welcomes players of all abilities.
The Club also runs classes
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For more details: bridgewebs.
com/thorpebaay/ or telephone
Danny on 07843 771774.
FORD Basildon Rendezvous
Club,
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Lane,
Basildon, is now able to
accommodate new members. Ford retirees can
apply. Meetings take place
on Tuesdays from 1.30pm.
Information from 01268
289763 or 01268 420822.
FORD Sports (Basildon) Bowls
Club would welcome new
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experienced bowlers welcome. Coaching available.
Contact Christine, 01268
419831.
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Bowling Club welcomes new
members, plenty of games
available and also a full social
calendar. Friendly club come
along and try, for more information contact Dave Saggers
01708 442831 or Martin
Cuthbert 01708 470751.
RAMBLERS - Friends Group
welcomes new members. We
are the social walkers, 4 mile
walks around Essex with pub
lunches. Recent Ford retirees
are members. Come along
and try us. Contact Steve
Gunn on 01268 774730.
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PORCH awning, Magnum
Issabella, fibreglass frame,
collection only. £300 no
offers.
Jacobs,
01708
751335. (Romford)
Cars
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reg, 42,227 miles, 19 service
stamps, red, 3 door, immaculate for year, JVC cd/radio
player, spot lights, declared
SORN, MOT expired October
2015. £500 ono. Stannard,
07768 074034. (Ipswich)
ROOFRACK to fit 5 door
Focus 2004 - 2010. £30.
ROOFBARS to fit Mondeo
Estate 2000 - 2007. £30.
O’Riordan, 07957 223942.
(Corringham)
MINI Cooper convertible, 2006,
1.6 petrol, manual, blue,
leather interior, MOT July
2016, service history. £4100
ono. Carr, 07738 477961.
(Dagenham)
UK Ford dealers had received 2,300 orders by
mid-January for the all-new 165mph Focus RS
ahead of deliveries in spring. 89 per cent of buyers
have specified the Luxury Pack, including powerfold door mirrors, rear parking sensors, Ford
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101179 (Canvey Island)
FOLDING bikes x 2, lightweight, plus carry bags,
covers, gel saddle covers,
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754385. (Benfleet)
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blades, 24 speed, Shimano
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TEMPO aero bars £30 ono.
Scott, 07910 754698. (Essex)
Hobbies
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BOWLS, set of 4 woods,
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218674. (Brentwood)
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WOODEN handled pickaxe and shovel, old, heavy
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rosewood. £40. Howe, 01708
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DAVENTRY
OCTOBER DRAW. £5000 goes to A
Simms. £600 goes to I McKenzie. £400
to K Rea. £250 to J Blakeman. £150 to L
Ashwell. £100 to K Ridley. £50 to S Evans.
November draw. £5000 goes to G Morris.
£800 to P Morris. £550 to D Kirk. £450 to
P O’Rafferty. £350 to M Ray. £250 to D
Capell. £200 to E Cooke. £150 to S Blackwell and J Bent. £100 to S Steff.
ESSEX
OCTOBER DRAW. New Fiesta Style goes
to H Sandhu. £2500 goes to G Nolan.
£1000 goes to A Page, L McDonald and
J Dowson. £800 goes to D McCrudden. £500 goes to H Dodkins and D
Tilson. £400 goes to C Murch, G Evans,
M Kanbur and A Dass. £300 goes to A
Turner, N Mevada and D Coe. £200 goes
to S Shaw, J Boddy, A Martin, N Malik, N
Baker, J Lewis, C Rushbrook, P Francis,
W Willoughby, M Simson, T Harmsworth,
S Webster, F Douglas, K Bell and A Allan.
November draw. New Fiesta Styles go
to M Reed and D Hagan. £1000 goes to
J Harold. £800 goes to E Young. £500 E
Clark, M Franks and L Harris. £400 goes
to F Devaney and W Weeden. £300 goes
to L Greenfield, N Macdonald, C Norris, F
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goes to B Biggerstaff, P Degnan, P Udell,
M Bull, A Goldstein, V Cox, S Murray, J
Smith, G Lees, F Hole, M Bottomley, E
Sallis, C Booth, J Fearn and L Angel.
HALEWOOD
OCTOBER DRAW. £5000 goes to P
Watson. £1000 goes to M Scott. £800
goes to P Noone. £750 to A Miller. £700
to S Baker. £500 to K Van Cleemput.
£450 to H Connor. £400 to J Adamson.
£350 to P Gibson. £300 to L Melling and
J Larne. £250 to W Erickson. £200 to J
Holland. £150 prizes go to P Broadhead,
R Powley, M Gilbertson, K Watkinson and
J Smith. £100 prizes go to G Gallagher, D
Whitfield, T Parker, J Bethel, D Roberts,
M Reichardt, S Glover, R Hooson, I Mears
and D Cooke.
NOVEMBER DRAW. £5000 goes to B
Nixon. £1000 goes to P Heston. £800
goes to P Smith. £750 to A Sellar. £700
to S Glover. £500 to A McGrail. £450 to
E Jones. £400 to D Williams. £350 to J
Davies. £300 to D Kemp and F Wyke.
£250 to C Watson. £200 to R Parr. £150
to S Honey, P Lunt, I Williams, M Jones
and W Rogers. £100 goes to A Seagraves,
J Cain, R Kelly, A Dunne, T Singh, G
Toohey, J Williams, G Dickens, S Cooke
and J Riley.
CHRISTMAS 2015 DRAW. £100 prizes
go to D Attwood, G Dix, R Blakenley,
U Creedon, G Makin, C Gilbertson, A
Bilsborough, P Berry, M Dwyer, D Jones,
D Collins, J Joyce, J Hagan, S Taylor,
R Maddocks, C Tucker, K McHugh, D
Leppert, T Frederickson, M Riley, M Allen,
M Daniels, J McShane, P Chester, C
Cuningham, D Robinson, C Woof, C Hammond, P Rouski, E Buckley, A Halewood,
J Nash, R Gallagher, G Walters, P Bartlett,
A Jones, E Lee, E Jackson, A Hedgcock
and W Dobinson.
SOUTHAMPTON
NOVEMBER DRAW. £250 goes to J
Whitlock. £200 to M Brown and M Dukes.
£150 to S M Martin and D Morgan. £100
to D Francis, J Russel and D Waddilove.
£75 to S Crabbie
£20 crossword
Quick across
Cryptic across
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Vend (4)
Ripeness (8)
Insult (7)
Lethal (5)
Censorious (12)
Modern (6)
Abrupt (6)
Type of biscuit (5-7)
Boredom (5)
Flap on aircraft wing (7)
Meant (8)
At one time (4)
Spheres or balls lose everything (4)
He does his running on the quiet (8)
Organise a gay reel with zest (7)
Copy wrongly (5)
How detectives collaborate to catch counterfeiters? (7,5)
Trifling affront (6)
Put off one’s retirement (4,2)
Work in harmony, as rowers should (4,8)
Greets in stony fashion? (5)
Appreciative watcher gives tongue! (7)
Encouraging applause (8)
To a doctor it’s grave (4)
Quick down
Cryptic down
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Defames (8)
Elevates (5)
Dress (6)
Inauspicious (12)
Chanted (7)
Bawl (4)
Recompense (12)
Way in (8)
Small crown (7)
Abrade (6)
Moslem bible (5)
Abominable
snowman (4)
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Showed that one’s judgement as a producer had become
clouded? (8)
Possibly be a fool being brought up as a princess (5)
It’s a crime when he has a number after one month (6)
There’s a lot to be said for having it (4,2,3,3)
One takes something for it (7)
Lines, we hear, of eggs (4)
It will be a blow to take this test - and fail! (12)
Joint description of Eve’s origin (5,3)
Useless, until changed inside that is (7)
He has an enormous bill to face (6)
Animal in hardship popularly abbreviated (5)
Elegant style in which ice-cream is served (4)
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Quick Across:
6 Vehicle; 7 Utter; 9 Taint; 10 Deliver; 12 Fraudulence; 14 Hairdresser; 18
Tripper; 19 Bogus; 21 Scant; 22 Acquire.
Quick Down:
1 Regal; 2 Winner; 3 Old; 4 Strive; 5 Beseech; 8 Request; 11 Quarrel; 13
Caprice; 15 Repine; 16 Exodus; 17 Hurry; 20 Act.
Cryptic Across:
6 Malaise; 7 Solve; 9 Media; 10 Artisan; 12 Pet aversion; 14 Hunger
march; 18 Version; 19 Girth; 21 Towel; 22 Take off.
Cryptic Down:
1 Label; 2 Malice; 3 Use; 4 Tonics; 5 Aviator; 8 Freeman; 11 Carry on; 13
Yule-log; 15 Gasket; 16 Crises; 17 Staff; 20 Bar.
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Ford News February 2016 27
We’re back at Le Mans
with British drivers
Marino Franchitti and
Andy Priaulx,
Frenchman Olivier Pla
and Stefan Mücke of
Germany. Follow
#LetsGoRacing and
#FordWEC on Twitter
for all the action!
We’re pleased to
announce that Ford
is the official
supplier of cars and
vans for Team Sky,
supporting its
racing and nonracing programmes
With the cold weather setting in,
Ford fans have been showing off
their Quickclear windscreens…
Talking of cold – here’s a
#ThrowbackThursday to 1926 and
Henry Ford’s Model T snowmobile!
Santa would approve.
We’ve been
replicating
iconic
moments from
the Mustang’s
50-year
history. These
can be found
on the official
@FordUK
Instagram
page.
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twitter.co.uk/forduk
We’re thrilled to have passed
80,000 Twitter followers - now we
need your help to get to 90,000!
Follow us @FordUK
The excitement is building for our return to Le Mans,
and the Ford GT race car made its UK debut at the
Autosport show ahead of its first race at Silverstone
in April.
Another Christmas meant another Snowkhana. Look
out for it on social.ford.co.uk
Look out for the word “Unlearn”. It’s about letting go
of what you know…
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@FordUK or visit the Ford UK Facebook page
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@Ford161 - February 2016

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