Ford chief operating officer Jim Farley will lead the carmaker into the future starting on October 1 when current chief executive Jim Hackett retires.

The company has struggled in recent years and is in the midst of an $11bn restructuring plan designed to make it leaner and crank out new vehicles to replace what was an ageing model lineup.

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