COLMA, CA - OCTOBER 02: A worker at a Ford dealership walks across the sales lot in front of a row of brand new Ford Mustangs October 2, 2007 in Colma, California. Ford reported today a 21 percent decline in September sales citing weak sales to rental car agencies as one of the main factors in the loss. Getty Images logo Getty Images 34 months ago

COLMA, CA - OCTOBER 02: A worker at a Ford dealership walks across the sales lot in front of a row of brand new Ford Mustangs October 2, 2007 in Colma, California. Ford reported today a 21 percent decline in September sales citing weak sales to rental car agencies as one of the main factors in the loss.

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  1. Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally appears on NBC's 'Today' show in New York, July 26, 2010. Mulally said that he hopes the new version of the Explorer SUV will be able to create more jobs as the U.S. economy improves.
  2. CHICAGO - JULY 26: Ford Motor Company's new 2011 Ford Explorer is introduced at a ceremony in Millennium Park on July 26, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. The SUV now built on a car platform is lighter, more streamlined, and more fuel efficient than its predecessor.
  3. CHICAGO - JULY 26: Ford Motor Company Chairman Bill Ford talks with workers prior to a ceremony to introduce the 2011 Ford Explorer in Millennium Park on July 26, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. The SUV now built on a car platform is lighter, more streamlined, and more fuel efficient than its predecessor.
  4. CHICAGO - JULY 26: Ford Motor Company Chairman Bill Ford (R) shows off the 2011 Ford Explorer to VIPs including (L to R) UAW Representative Jim Settles, Chicago mayor Richard Daly, Ford V.P. Jim Farley and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn after it was unveiled at a ceremony in Millennium Park on July 26, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. The SUV now built on a car platform is lighter, more streamlined, and more fuel efficient than its predecessor.
  5. NEW YORK - JULY 26: Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally smiles during the unveiling of the 2011 Ford Explorer SUV at a press event in Herald Square July 26, 2010 in New York City. The new Explorer SUV touts a sleek newly designed look that the company hopes will attract new buyers to the venerable SUV line. Ford Motor Co. showed a stronger than expected quarterly profit of $2.6 billion while it's in a rebuilding phase in the slowly recovering economy.
  6. Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman William Clay Ford, Jr. poses with the 2011 Ford Explorer after its unveiling, Monday, July 26, 2010, in Chicago. Ford began its marketing campaign Monday for the new Explorer, which will be in dealerships this winter. The automaker promises a utility vehicle with seating for seven that has similar fuel economy to a Toyota Camry sedan.
  7. Tony Brown, Group Vice President for Global Purchasing at Ford Motor Company, left, stands with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, right, during the unveiling of the new Ford Explorer is unveiled at the Newseum in Washington, Monday, July 26, 2010. The Explorer, the hulking family-hauler that helped launch the SUV boom in the early 1990s, is back. And it hopes to define a new generation of more streamlined, fuel-efficient sport utility vehicles.
  8. Ford Motor Company unveils the 2011 Ford Explorer during a news conference in New York, Monday, July 26, 2010. The Ford Explorer, the hulking family-hauler that helped launch the SUV boom in the early 1990s, is back. And it hopes to define a new generation of more streamlined, fuel-efficient sport utility vehicles.
  9. Ford Motor Company President and CEO Alan Mulally, speaks during a news conference at the unveiling of the 2011 Ford Explorer in New York, Monday, July 26, 2010.
  10. GLENDALE, CA - JULY 23: Ford vehicles are shown at the Star Ford Lincoln Mercury car lot July 23, 2010 in Glendale, California. Ford Motor Co. posted a stronger than expected quarterly profit of $2.6 billion.
  11. Ford pickup trucks leave the historic Rouge Plant complex in Dearborn, Michigan, in this January 5, 2007 file photo. Ford Motor posted stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings July 23, 2010 and said it was on track to be profitable in 2010 with second half profits lower than the first half. Photo taken January 5, 2007.
  12. Ford Motor Company Chief Executive Alan Mulally smiles as he speaks to members of the media at the 2010 New York International Auto Show in New York in this March 31, 2010 file picture. Ford Motor posted stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings July 23, 2010 and said it was on track to be profitable in 2010 with second half profits lower than the first half. Picture taken March 31, 2010.
  13. A Ford logo is shown on a car lot in Carlsbad, California in this March 30, 2010 file picture. Ford Motor posted stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings July 23, 2010 and said it was on track to be profitable in 2010 with second half profits lower than the first half. Picture taken March 30, 2010.
  14. Tony Brown, Group Vice President for Global Purchasing at Ford Motor Company, speaks as the new Ford Explorer is unveiled at the Newseum in Washington, Monday, July 26, 2010. The Explorer, the hulking family-hauler that helped launch the SUV boom in the early 1990s, is back. And it hopes to define a new generation of more streamlined, fuel-efficient sport utility vehicles.
  15. In this undated product image provided by Ford Motor Co. on Sunday, July 25, 2010, the all-new 2011 Ford Explorer is shown. Ford begins a marketing campaign Monday for the new Explorer, which will be in dealerships this winter.
  16. Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the new 2011 Ford Explorer in Chicago, July 26, 2010. Ford Motor Co Chief Executive Alan Mulally said that he hopes the new version of the Explorer SUV will be able to create more jobs as the U.S. economy improves. The base model of the 2011 Explorer, with a V-6 engine, will sell from $28,995.

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