DEARBORN - JUNE 23: Ford Motor Company President and CEO Alan Mulally speaks at an event where it was announced that the government, through the U.S. Department of Energy, will loan the company $5.9 billion dollars June 23, 2009 in Dearborn, Michigan. The loan is designed to help Ford convert auto plants so they can produce more fuel-efficient vehicles. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

DEARBORN - JUNE 23: Ford Motor Company President and CEO Alan Mulally speaks at an event where it was announced that the government, through the U.S. Department of Energy, will loan the company $5.9 billion dollars June 23, 2009 in Dearborn, Michigan. The loan is designed to help Ford convert auto plants so they can produce more fuel-efficient vehicles.

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  1. US actor Harisson Ford arrives with US actress Calista Flockhart to attend the screening of the movie 'The proposal' on september 12, 2009 at the 35th US film festival in Deauville, western France.
  2. Officials look at the first Ford Transit Connect car produced at the Ford factory in Craiova, 230km (143 miles) east of Bucharest September 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co launched production at its Romanian plant in the southwestern city of Craiova on Tuesday, seeking to sell their award-winning Transit Connect van on eastern European markets, officials said.
  3. Romania's President Traian Basescu exits from the first Ford Transit Connect car produced at the Ford factory in Craiova, 230km (143 miles) east of Bucharest September 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co launched production at its Romanian plant in the southwestern city of Craiova on Tuesday, seeking to sell their award-winning Transit Connect van on eastern European markets, officials said.
  4. Ford of Europe President John Fleming, right, poses with Romania's president Traian Basescu, left, next to the first Ford Transit Connect produced at the new Ford Motor Co. factory in Craiova, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co. launched production of its new model Transit Connect in Romania on Tuesday, two years after it took over a state auto maker in the country. The Transit Connect, a compact van, will sell for euro14,000 to euro15,600 ($20,000 to $22,000) in Romania and the United States.
  5. Ford of Europe President John Fleming, seen, at the new Ford Motor Co. factory in Craiova, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co. launched production of its new model Transit Connect in Romania on Tuesday, two years after it took over a state auto maker in the country. The Transit Connect, a compact van, will sell for euro14,000 to euro15,600 ($20,000 to $22,000) in Romania and the United States.
  6. Romanian workers walk by Ford Transit compact vans, on an assembly line of the new Ford Motor Co. factory in Craiova, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co. launched production of its new model Transit Connect in Romania on Tuesday, two years after it took over a state auto maker in the country. The Transit Connect, a compact van, will sell for euro14,000 to euro15,600 ($20,000 to $22,000) in Romania and the United States.
  7. Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala drives his Ford during day three of Rally Australia near Murwillumbah, about 100 km (62 miles) south of Brisbane, September 6, 2009. Picture taken September 6, 2009.
  8. Norway's Henning Solberg drives his Ford during day three of Rally Australia near Murwillumbah, about 100 km (62 miles) south of Brisbane, September 6, 2009. Picture taken September 6, 2009.
  9. Ford Motor Co President and Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally attends a news conference after the opening ceremony of a new ford plant in Chongqing municipality September 25, 2009. Ford said on Friday it expects to return to the black in 2011, as it cemented ties with the fast-growing and lucrative China market with plans to build a new plant there.
  10. Ford Motor Co President and Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally attends a news conference after the opening ceremony of a new ford plant in Chongqing municipality September 25, 2009. Ford said on Friday it expects to return to the black in 2011, as it cemented ties with the fast-growing and lucrative China market with plans to build a new plant there.
  11. Ford Motor Co President and Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally attends a news conference after the opening ceremony of a new ford plant in Chongqing municipality September 25, 2009. Ford said on Friday it expects to return to the black in 2011, as it cemented ties with the fast-growing and lucrative China market with plans to build a new plant there.
  12. Ford chief executive Alan Mulally waves during a ground breaking ceremony for a new assembly plant of its joint venture Changan Ford Mazda in southwest China's Chongqing, Friday Sept. 25, 2009. Ford Motor Co. said Friday it plans to spend $490 million on building a third assembly plant in China, ramping up production to meet surging demand in this fast-growing market as the U.S. automaker expands in Asia. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT.
  13. Ford Motor Company President Alan Mulally, center, speaks with media after unveiling the Ford Figo in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. Ford Motor Co. will manufacture the low-cost compact car in India from early next year, the automaker said Wednesday, as it seeks to boost sales in fast-growing Asia.
  14. Ford Motor Company President Alan Mulally, left, and President of Ford India Michael Boneham pose for media at the unveiling of the Figo in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. Ford Motor Co. will manufacture the low-cost compact car in India from early next year, the automaker said Wednesday, as it seeks to boost sales in fast-growing Asia.
  15. Ford Motor Company President Alan Mulally, left, and President of Ford India Michael Boneham pose for media at the unveiling of the Ford Figo in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. Ford Motor Co. unveiled the made-in-India compact car and flagged expanded production in China as it seeks to boost sales in Asia, a region the U.S. automaker has hardly dented but is counting on to drive growth.
  16. Ford Motor Company President Alan Mulally, left, and Ford India Managing Director Michael Boneham pose for media at the unveiling of Ford Figo in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. Ford Motor Co. will manufacture the low-cost compact car in India from early next year, the automaker said Wednesday, as it seeks to boost sales in fast-growing Asia.

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