Cars, trucks and more

A Consumer Reports favorite
CNN has a feature Best American Cars based off of the Consumer Reports best new car values, but for those only interested in American cars.
Anyway, the Ford Escape hybrid ranked Best Small SUV and Greenest because it “gets best fuel economy of any SUV Consumer Reports has ever tested.”
Since it’s the only [...]

Ford recently unveiled its new 2010 Ford Escape and the 2010 Ford Escape Hybrid. Ford has added five new safety features in its 2010 Ford Escape models. The new safety features are MyKey, Rear View Camera System, Integrated Spotter Mirrors and Active Park Assist.
Ford will be trying to add these safety features on all its [...]

The Foose Edition of the Ford F150 truck has left truck lovers a little baffled. The truck was to have made its debut at the New York auto show in 2007. The design was done by Chip Foose and of course that is where the name for this truck came from. If you love trucks [...]

A plug-in hybrid at HybridFest
Ford and Johnson Controls-Saft have agreed to a 5 year partnership where Johnson Controls will provide lithium batteries, as well as “mechanical, electrical, electronic and thermal components” for Ford’s plug-in hybrid vehicles.
The first plug-in hybrids developed under the partnership will hit the road in 2012 and the partnership has a goal [...]

New hybrids, plug-in hybrids and EVs by 2012
We’ve heard it before. Ford was going to become a hybrid leader, then they weren’t. Of course, now there is also a new sheriff in town with new rules and new plans.
Ford’s new CEO, Alan Mulally, achieved much success striving for efficiency while at Boeing. Can he do [...]

First Ford EV coming in 2010
So, by 2010 Ford will offer an electric van and a small electric car capable of at least 100 miles per charge by 2011. By 2012, Ford will also offer plug-in hybrids capable of 30 miles of electric power. In addition, Ford wants to hybridize many more models with new [...]

GM takes 2nd in December, but not the year
In December GM sold more hybrid vehicles than both Honda and Ford, led by GM’s large dual mode SUVs, such as the Chevy Tahoe hybrid. In December, GM sold 2,555 hybrids, although about 800 of them were mild hybrids.
For 2008, however, both Ford and Honda sold significantly [...]

Ford is offering a few new cars for 2009. They are bringing back the Mustang unchanged from the last couple of years, and offering the Ford Flex. Despite trouble the Ford Company is seeing right now they are still going to offer their new cars. They also have plans for releasing other [...]

The Ford Euro Fusion is a vehicle that crossed the ocean and became not a sedan but a crossover vehicle. They have become very popular in the United States as they give the customer plenty of room while providing good fuel economy. You will find that it looks like a sport utility vehicle; however Ford [...]