The Focus Electric, Ford’s answer to the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt, will hit some markets late than previously scheduled.

David Finnegan, a spokesperson for Ford, confirmed that only customers in New York and California would be able to have their hands on the Focus Electric in 2011.

The Ford Focus Electric was scheduled to hit a total of 19 markets later this year.

At the Australian Motor Show in Sydney, the car company Ford presented its new 2012 Ranger and introduces plans to extend the Ranger lineup with a Sports Utility Vehicle (SVU).

In a co-operation with Madzda, the redesigned Madzda BT50 no represents the new Ford Ranger and will probably transform in a planned SVU version.

In a move that clearly reflects the intensifying competition in the auto industry, Ford Motor Co. will soon add the 71-year-old Mercury brand to the list of storied Detroit nameplates which have been phased out in recent years.

The 2011 Ford Mustang will continue to dominate with its traits of being fun, powerful and the original horse car.

Marking a deviation from its traditional move of basing its police cars on its Crown Victoria model, the Ford Motor Company recently unveiled its latest police car – the “Police Interceptor,” based on the same model as the Ford Taurus.

Being touted as the “ultimate cop car,” the Ford Police Interceptor will be released to law enforcement agencies in late 2011 as a 2012 model.

Ford Motor Co, the U.S. automaker said on Sunday it had sold more cars in the month of July than the same period a year before, signifying the first year-over-year jump for the auto maker in almost two years.

Ford sales specialist, George Pipas said that a surge in sales at the end of the month was made possible by the US government’s multi-billion-dollar "cash for clunkers" car trade-in plan.