Jerry's Ford Alexandria

In 2009, Russian car sales plummeted by fifty percent after the worldwide economic crisis dried up access to credit and slammed the brakes on demand. Two years later, however, the market has curved upward with sales growth as high as 30 percent and Ford is latching on to this economic climb. Currently the Ford Transit van and Ford Explorer are Russia's best-sellers. Through collaboration with Russian player Sollers, Ford will move production of these two models into the country as early as 2012.

It's common knowledge that Box Tops for Education links healthy eating to healthy learning through an initiative that has parents across the nation sending in cereal box tops to raise funds for their local schools. For the next two months, however, the program will take a bit of a twist. With a goal of raising $1 million in mind, Ford has become the first automaker to team up with Box Tops for Education and bring box top collecting online.