2001 July:
F250 and F350
4x2 and 4x4 back in Australia, officially.
2000 March: Ford decides to buy
Land Rover
from BMW for about US2.7bn, taking control in July.
Land Rover joins
Aston Martin,
Jaguar,
Lincoln and
Volvo
in Ford's `Prestige Automotive Group'.
1999 January 29:
Volvo
agreed to sell its car-making division to Ford for us6.45 billion.
Share-holders must ratify the deal.