Around here in the Metro Detroit area we've grown accustomed to the in-your-face style of WXYZ's investigative reporter Steve Wilson. The man may have cut his teeth down in the Miami area investigating Monsanto's growth hormones, but up here in Detroit, he's the man best known for asking some tough questions of Detroit …

Tucked inside Ford's Way Forward press announcement this morning was a bit of info we'd like to gnaw on like the car-happy rodents we are. It's this: "Ford will continue to lead America's sports car market with new Mustang derivatives each year." New Mustang derivatives, eh? Motor Trend says a new Boss Mustang is coming …

We're watching and listening to Alan "New Guy" Mulally and Mark "Movie Star" Fields on FoMoCo's live webcast of their "Way Forward" plan and now you can watch all the hijinks too. Just click the link below and hear all about the automakers "Bold Moves."

Here's the press release so you have it first. We're still reading and digesting...plus one of us still needs to put pants on. More analysis shortly from us, even less analysis after 9:00 AM from FoMoCo:

So we're starting to come to the conclusion here there's two parts to this whole Way Forward plan — part one is to do like GM did with GMAC, and raise money by selling off Aston Martin and pieces of Ford Credit. We're hoping we'll find out more about that part tomorrow morning. But hopefully, the influx in cash will…

Despite the completion of today's FoMoCo board meeting, there's no official word yet from the Dearborn-based- and-still-Number-2 automaker on version 2.0 of the company's Maotastic Way Forward plan. The automaker's instead got a press conference planned for early tomorrow morning (issuing a release at the ungodly hour …

With Way Forward 2.0's expected release after the FoMoCo board meeting today (announcement supposedly to come, or as a Ford spokesperson told us this morning, "maybe today, maybe tomorrow — when we're ready to let you know, you'll know") — a revised version of the very buggy Way Forward 1.0 (yes, Mark, we installed the…

It's approaching the middle of September. Kids are going back to school, the leaves are beginning to turn, football's on the tube and most importantly — it's time for FoMoCo to deliver to the world its second iteration of the Maoist Way Forward, to explain how Ford's gonna survive to see next autumn. With new…

So Big Bill Boss is stepping aside (sorta) to let Alan Mulally take a shot at the helm of FoMoCo, but what's going to happen to Bill's hand-picked management team? He's elevated folks like Mark Fields to run NorAm operations, Anne Stevens to COO for the Americas, and he's even brought in folks like Steve Hamp as his…

Both Bloomberg News and the Freep are reporting that FoMoCo is quickening the pace of its Way Forward turnaround plan and extending buyout offers to every factory worker in North America. Basically, if you're a worker bee at a FoMoCo plant — guess what, your ass is eligible for a buyout. Not the worst idea,…