Here’s a story that might not surprise many of you that are in the market for a new car. While the midsize segment is one of the most popular in the United States – that’s slowly changing. Soon enough you’ll see less and less Toyota Camry, Honda Accord and Ford Fusion type vehicles on the [...]
When Ford unveiled the Evos Concept at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, it said that the study represents the future global design language of the company and the future powertrain and vehicle technologies. Click here for our original post on the Ford Evos Concept. According to new reports, the first of influence of the Evos design language (without [...]
Ford’s efforts to step up their game have definitely been paying off. Anyone who has been in a recent Ford product knows this and the Deaborn make has no plans of stopping. In a small press conference, Ford said that they’ll be focusing their products around improving fuel economy, reducing weight and making the engines [...]
The Ford Fusion Hybrid is one of the most successful hybrid sedan on the market. The 2011 Ford Fusion Hybrid averages a combined fuel-economy of 39 mpg or 41/36 mpg (city/highway). According to Ford Inside news, development on the next-generation Ford Fusion Hybrid has already started. Sources say that new Ford Fusion Hybrid is averaging [...]
Welcome to our fifth edition of Let’s Talk Numbers, a segment where we take two or more cars and do a number battle and leave it up to our readers to decide which car is a better purchase. Yesterday, we took a look at three new compact sedans, where the 2011 Hyundai Elantra seemed be the crowd favorite. [...]
Ford is charging up its display at the 2011 Shanghai Motor Show today and is revealing its electrified plan in China for the first time with the Asian debut of the company’s latest electric-vehicles. At the show, Ford is showcasing the Ford Focus Electric, Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid and the Ford Fusion Hybrid. Ford [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What’s the difference between a hybrid, an electric-vehicle and a plug-in hybrid? As the electrification process to make its way into mainstream vehicles many consumers are looking for information to understand how the new technologies work and which is right for them. Ford has put together this short, easy to understand animation on the difference [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a preliminary investigation into 280,000 units of the 2010 Ford Fusion sedan over wheel stability concerns. The NHTSA said that it is currently reviews four complaints it has received about the Ford Fusion that allege wheel stud fractures. Three of the four complaints belong to the same 22-vehicle [...]
