Looking for a cool affordable car for under $18,000? The experts at Kelley Blue Book’s www.kbb.com are here to help with their list of the 2011 Top 10 Coolest New Cars Under $18,000. This year, Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com editors the 2012 Fiat 500 as their No. 1 pick on their ‘Cool Cars’ list. “We [...]
In May, Consumer Reports conducted a study with approximately 1,000 adult car owners in the US and it showed that a very good number of those owners were not planning on downsizing their cars for the next purchase, despite all of the push for more fuel efficient offerings and green motoring. This shouldn’t be a [...]
Ford has just confirmed that it is expanding its range of EcoBoost engines in North America with the new 1.0L 3-cylinder EcoBoost and a new 8-speed automatic transmission. The engine is smallest engine Ford has ever built and the 8-speed transmission is Dearborn automaker’s first. “Consumers are telling us they want to buy affordable vehicles [...]
Mark your calendars, Codemasters’ DiRT 3 is coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the PC on May 24, 2011. The game will allow players to drive a variety of Ford vehicles and compete against Ford motorsports superstars Ken Block and Tanner Foust in Rallycross, head to head races, and traditional Rally. Also, for the [...]
FoMoCo today reported its best first-quarter profit since 1998 as higher prices for its redesigned vehicles more than offset rising commodity and oil prices. First quarter net income was $2.6 billion, or 61 cents per share, a $466 million increase from first quarter 2010. Pre-tax operating profit was $2.8 billion, or 62 cents per share, [...]
FoMoCo has increased pricing an average of $117, or 0.4 percent on 2011 models starting Friday, April 1 (and no it’s not an April Fools joke). According to George Pipas, Ford’s chief sales analyst, the price increase is due to ‘higher commodity costs’ and not cause of the massive earthquake in Japan. “This adjustment has [...]
Ford has just announced that a new hot 180-hp version of the Fiesta will go on sale late next year to duke it out with the Renaultsport Clio 200 and Seat Ibiza Cupra. The Fiesta ST will be a road-going version of the S2000 rally car and WRC program, which retired the Focus this year. [...]
One of the most fuel-efficient models in FoMoCo’s lineup, the Ford Fiesta is getting some nice personalization upgrades for the 2012 model year. Why? Because 40 percent of buyers purchase at least one accessory for their Fiesta, with more than 26,000 Ford Custom Accessories items already sold. “The Fiesta customer loves accessories and personalization. These packages [...]
With the national average price of gasoline north of $3.50 per gallon, FoMoCo CEO Alan Mulally says that his company is in a much better position to withstand the fallout that rising fuel prices bring upon the industry than it was three years ago, when gas prices broke $4.00 per gallon. Mulally admitted that the [...]
Consumer Reports has released its annual all-American Top Picks for 2011, which consists of well, all-American vehicles. To meet the qualifications for being named a Top Pick by Consumer Reports a car must: The vehicle must rank near the top of its category in our ratings. It must have average or better reliability, according to [...]
