-
Recent Posts
- GM Starts Stars, Stripes, and Skilled Trades Job Training
- IndyCar to use Tweaked Shell 100% Renewable Race Fuel
- Audi URBANFILTER Debuts at F1 Race in Zandvoort
- Acura Branded Honda to Race IndyCar Freedom 250 in DC
- AAA – August 20 Gasoline Prices Highest Ever!
- Max Verstappen to Stay With Oracle Red Bull Racing
- Ferrari Enzo Sets Record at The Quail Auction
- AAA Foundation – Speeding and Counter Measures Growing
- First Look – 2027 Toyota Corolla 60th Anniversary Edition
- August 2026 Light Vehicle Production Forecast – Fog of War
- First Look – 2027 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
- Software Recall – 500,000 Toyota Camry Hybrids
- IndyCar 2026 – Markum Street Race Ups and Downs
- California Car Week – Acura NEXERA Vision Concept Debuts
- Annals of Nostalgia Marketing – McLaren McL 6GT
Recent Comments
- Nissan Motor on Nissan Posts ¥77.9B Profit in Q1 of Japanese Fiscal Year
- Jeff Badman on Ford Motor Recalls 850,000 Vehicles for Sudden Stalling
- Magna International on Magna International Posts Q1 2026 EPS Loss of $0.04
- Council on Foreign Relations on Iran and Strait of Hormuz on AAA – Pump Gasoline Prices Still Soaring
- Autocrat on Stellantis Subordinated Perpetual Hybrid Bonds on Stellantis Posts Full Year 2025 Loss of €22.3B
Archives
Meta
Tag Archives: q1
FCA Posts €92 million in Q1 Profit Due to North American Sales
FCA said that profit margins would increase during 2015. “We feel confident that a 7% profit margin rate in the fourth quarter is absolutely doable,” said CFO Richard Palmer. Continue reading
Posted in financial results
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, fca fiat Chrysler automobiles, Ken Zino, q1
Leave a comment
Ford Motor Posts Q1 Profit of $2.1 Billion
The Ford Motor profit of 41 cents per share was $147 million lower than a year ago as results in Asia were weak because of ongoing expansion; weaker still in South America because of currency problems in Venezuela and Argentina, as well as competition, and frankly disastrous in Europe where Ford has not been able to stem a flood tide of red ink for decades. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, financial results
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, ford motor, Ken Zino, q1
Leave a comment
Ford Motor Doubles Quarterly Dividend for Q1 2013 to $0.10
Ford Motor Company declared a first-quarter dividend of $0.10 per share on the company’s outstanding Class B that the family controls as well as common stock. This doubles the $0.05 dividend paid in each quarter of 2012. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, financial results, news analysis
Tagged auto informed, autoinformed.com, automotive news, dividends, Ken Zino, q1
Leave a comment

Ford Motor Q1 Results Improve Somewhat
Overall Ford continues to struggle finding a balance between global operations, product mix, manufacturing efficiency, shareholder returns and changing into an automobility company that can compete with old industry giants and emerging new ones such as Lyft, Google and Uber. Continue reading →