The Amazing 2012 Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost!

  2012 Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost Small is beautiful, the Ford way. BY RAY HUTTON With its EcoBoost engines, Ford feels it really has a substitute for cubic inches, and it’s taking the turbocharged, direct-injected concept to extremes. If you think the naturally aspirated 1.6-liter engine in the subcompact Fiesta is, like the car, a [...]

Confirmed: 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Rated at 662 hp, 631 lb-ft!

The $54,995 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 will have 662 hp and 631 lb-ft of torque according to SAE ratings released by Ford today—eclipsing the 650 hp and 600 lb-ft the company originally estimated. We’d love to make an analogy to demonstrate what an obscene amount of power and torque this is, but the GT500 is the analogy. Should [...]

Drive Your Way to the Summer X Games with Ford Focus ST Challenge

Drive Your Way to the Summer X Games with Ford Focus ST Challenge Ford is giving consumers a shot at winning a trip to the ESPN Summer X Games through its Focus ST Challenge, which will pit auto show visitors’ lap times on the Focus ST simulator against others The challenge will take times from [...]

Kenaf in the New Ford Escape? What is Kenaf?

We’ve told you before about the things lurking inside Ford vehicles that may sound fairly bizarre but in reality are ultra revolutionary. You know, like recycled denim jeans acting as sound insulation, and carpet as an ingredient in cylinder heads covers. Ford is also exploring the idea of  coconut fiber as reinforcement for plastic parts. But let’s [...]

2012 Ford “High Performance” Mustang 5.0

2012 Ford Mustang 5.0 Steve’s Mustang 5.0 engine pays homage to the original 5.0, delivering 412 horsepower and 390 lb.-ft of torque; of course, this is achieved with premium fuel. The powerplant features twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT), an aluminum engine block and cold air induction to help pump out more power. But that’s [...]

Ford Fusion 2013 Trounces Competition, Adds 100 MPGe Plug-in Hybrid

Ford just took the wraps off three streamlined new 2013 Fusions, including a head-turning plug-in hybrid it claims can do 100 MPGe, or “miles per gallon gasoline equivalent,” a way of quantifying performance when measuring electricity in lieu of traditional fuel. The other two vehicles are equally impressive: a regular gasoline version Ford says will [...]

Slacker Radio is now compatible with the Ford SYNC AppLink

If you have a Ford vehicle with the SYNC Applink, you’re in luck because Slacker Radio is now compatible. With the Slacker Radio app on your Android phone you can select Slacker stations by using your car’s voice or audio system controls. You can even skip songs, ban songs, or set favorites. When you travel to areas [...]

2011 L.A. AUTO SHOW: Ford hits a home run with the ALL-NEW 2013 Escape!

2013 Ford Escape: A sleeker, more aerodynamic design that takes its cues from the Ford Focus. Photo credit: FORD The Ford Escape’s success over the past decade has been built on a simple formula: conservative styling and bang-for-the-buck SUV capability combined in a compact, affordable package. The plan has paid off handsomely: The Escape has overtaken the Honda [...]

Week-end Racing at a glance!

Edwards Finishes Second at Phoenix; Takes Points Lead into Homestead Carl Edwards, No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion –  PIT LANE INTERVIEW  “We have never gone into Homestead with the points lead. You know they give a boat away if you win that thing. I saw that boat and I would like to go down there [...]

It’s the New Ford Flex!

November 9th, 2011 Ford Social posted this article yesterday. It has a great picture of the new 2013 Ford Flex! The upgraded 2013 Ford Flex isn’t set to officially debut until November 16 at the Los Angeles Auto Show, but here’s your first look at the new crossover, which gets a fresh look and loads [...]