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Tough Jobs Take Tough Tools

Getting a nation back on the road to prosperity is hard work. Rebuilding and repairing a battered infrastructure takes the right tools. As much as we like small cars, there are some jobs they just can’t do. Sometimes, you need a super capable, super tough truck to ‘getter done.” Sometimes you [...]

Giving New Meaning to ‘Mobile Electronics’

Azure Dynamics Corporation today announced AT#38;T has agreed to purchase two of the first Ford Transit Connect Electric vans, the latest addition to AT#38;T’s growing fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles. The Ford Transit Connect Electric – the all-electric version of the 2010 Ford Transit Connect, the North American Truck of the Year [...]

Two Words: EcoBoost / Autobahn

Driving fast on the German Autobahn, where speed limits are often as optional as bathing suits in the South of France, can be a thrill. But the fantasy of putting the pedal to the metal on Europe’s fastest public roads has usually involved some exotic sports car or European luxury saloon [...]

They Said It Couldn’t Be Done

Yin and Yang have converged in a perfect union today. The 2011 Ford Mustang has become not only the most fuel-efficient Mustang ever, but also the first production car in history to produce more than 300 horsepower and more than 30 mpg highway. The Mustang’s official EPA ratings – completed this [...]

Plug Into The Sunshine State

Ah, Florida – sunshine, sea breezes, exotic pets run amuck. What’s not to love? Well, maybe the traffic jams… unless you’re driving a Ford plug-in hybrid electric vehicle! Ford Motor Company is expanding the range of its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) research program as one of its regional utility partners, Progress [...]

Who Is Taking Their Electric Vehicle Plans Global?

You guessed it. Ford Motor Company has confirmed that its global electric vehicles plan is extending to Europe with five full electric or hybrid vehicles across its C, CD and light commercial vehicle ranges coming for European customers by 2013. Specifically, Ford will launch two zero-emission full battery-electric vehicles including [...]

Want More of a Good Thing?

Marketing campaigns are kind of like popcorn movies. Blockbusters get sequels. Take Ford’s Fiesta Movement. The social media initiative was designed to create excitement about the new Fiesta and put the new small car on the minds of thousands of people nationwide. It is now moving to its second chapter, this time [...]

Five Years Going Strong… With Energy to Spare

Ever feel like the Energizer Bunny®… you just keep going and going. We know what you mean. Ford Motor Company’s actions to reduce the amount of energy used to manufacture vehicles and support its U.S. operations have earned it the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s coveted 2010 ENERGY STAR Award for the fifth consecutive [...]

Another Reason Why Cleveland Rocks

Think this nation needs a new engine of growth? Done and done. Ford Motor Company is investing $155 million and adding 60 jobs at its Cleveland operations to build a new fuel-efficient V-6 engine for the 2011 Mustang, which has expected class-leading highway fuel efficiency of 30 miles per gallon on the highway and 305 horsepower. The [...]

Going Fast, Get One While They Last

Wait a second… Run that past me again… It does what? No wonder everybody wants one. The new 2011 Ford Mustang with all-new powertrains has three times more orders than the 2010 model in its first month, and half of all nationwide orders are for the car’s class-leading 30 mpg 3.7-liter V-6 engine. Nearly [...]