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 [...]

The ‘Spring Fling’ Mustang Car Show at Berge Ford

IT’S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR! TIME FOR THE COPPERSTATE MUSTANG CLUB CAR SHOW! Celebrating 48 years of the Mustang!  Sat April 14th registration starts at 8:30am  Car Show starts at 10:00am – 3:00pm   SAVE the DATE!!  April 14th, 2012  Berge Ford is the proud sponsor of The Copperstate Mustang Club! Their annual car [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

2011 Federal Economic Stimulus and Commercial Truck Savings to Expire 12-31-11

MESA, ARIZONA – A smart businessperson puts considerable thought into what and when they buy for their business. Right now the Economic Stimulus Act is making the timing of business purchases easy. You’ll benefit from the bonus depreciation tax deduction provided under IRS section 168(k) and the tax deduction allowed under Section 179 when you [...]

Ford Grows Best-Selling Commercial Vehicle Lineup

Ford Grows Best-Selling Commercial Vehicle Lineup with New Products, Features to Meet Greener, Leaner Customer Needs Ford sells six of the top 10 commercial vehicles in the U.S., according to Polk U.S. registration data By 2012, half of Ford vehicles will be capable of running on alternative fuels, including Ford commercial trucks, which will be [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]