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The Ford Pinto, butt of so many exploding-car jokes from the day Mother Jones published “Pinto Madness,” was built from the 1971 through 1980 model years. I’ve documented many discarded Pintos (and Mercury Bobcats) over the years, but today’s Junkyard Gem is the only final-year-of-production Pinto/Bobcat I’ve managed to find in a car graveyard. This […] July 24, 2022 at 01:30AM

Ford is making leisurely chess moves when it comes to bringing the Transit Trail to the U.S. The automaker’s European branch launched the rugged van in June 2020, two months after Ford applied to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a design patent for the Transit Trail’s finer features. More than a year later, […] May 01, 2022 at 01:30AM

With more and more EVs hitting the market, it was only a matter of time before the new breed of cars would find representation in diecast form. For 2022, Hot Wheels is coming out with a new Green Speed series that puts the spotlight on a diverse lineup of electric cars. The five-car series features […] April 24, 2022 at 05:30PM

Ford is recalling approximately 280,000 trucks and SUVs equipped with its 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine to address a potential brake fluid leak. The recall covers the 2016-2017 Ford F-150, 2016-2017 Ford Expedition and the 2016-2017 Lincoln Navigator.  According to Ford’s defect report, the issue stems from contamination in the brake fluid causing degradation or damage to […] The post Ford recalls EcoBoost-powered F-150 and SUVs for brake fluid leak appeared first on Automoto Network . March 24, 2022 at 07:00AM

Ford’s Advanced Manufacturing Center has developed an interface that allows machines from different suppliers to speak to each other in the same language and operate parts of the production line autonomously. Automakers have been incorporating robotics into their manufacturing processes for decades to reduce costs and boost efficiency. But Ford’s patent-pending system solves a crucial […] March 21, 2022 at 07:01AM

Florida-based builder Apocalypse specializes in making six-wheel-drive off-roaders, and it was only a matter of time before a Ford Bronco rolled out of its workshop with an extra axle. Called Dark Horse, the first example will be auctioned off by Barrett-Jackson in April 2022. “Substantially modified” doesn’t begin to describe this truck. The biggest and […] March 12, 2022 at 07:01AM

Anyone who wants a 2022 Ford Bronco needs to get their order in before March 8, when Ford will tell everyone in the reservation line outside the Bronco club to go home. According to Ford, demand has been high enough to absorb 2022 production, and the move helps ensure anyone with an order for this […] March 01, 2022 at 07:01AM

DETROIT — The CEO of Ford Motor Co. says the automaker has no plans to spin off its electric vehicle or internal combustion businesses, but is reinventing itself by removing costs and ramping up for large-scale EV and software sales. Ford CEO Jim Farley told the Wolfe Research virtual global auto technology conference Wednesday that […] February 25, 2022 at 07:01AM

Ford and Volvo will join battery recycling startup Redwood Materials in developing processes, starting in California, to collect end-of-life batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles and recover the materials for use in new batteries, the companies said Thursday. Redwood Materials, co-founded by former Tesla executive JB Straubel, formed an earlier partnership last fall with Ford […] February 22, 2022 at 07:00AM

Bronco fever hasn’t abated; buyers are still clamoring for the world’s most recent hardcore off-roader. We’d normally consider this a good problem for Ford to have, but these aren’t normal times and the Bronco isn’t a normal vehicle. Two years of industry disruptions have dropped continuous bombs on delivery times, on top of Bronco-specific ailments […] February 21, 2022 at 07:00AM

2022 Ford Endeavour SUV The next-gen Endeavour, also known as the Everest, will use a modified version of its current generation’s T6 platform The next generation Ford Endeavour has been spied on test. It is set to go on sale in Australian markets in the coming weeks. Global debut date has been announced for 1st […] February 17, 2022 at 06:19PM

In December 2018, Ford submitted patent application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a Manual Transmission with Electric Clutch. The USPTO published the patent last November, Muscle Cars & Trucks discovered the paperwork this month. What we’re talking about is another version of the automated manual transmission, a technical milestone the automotive industry […] February 07, 2022 at 07:01AM

The Lincoln Designer Series was introduced in 1976, at the end of the imposing Mark IV Continental generation. Four big-name fashion designers of the era – all-American country clubber Bill Blass, psychedelic Italian pattern-maestro Emilio Pucci, venerable French jewelry-maker Cartier, and à la mode French fashionista Hubert de Givenchy – were asked to slather their […] February 07, 2022 at 07:01AM

SAN FRANCISCO — Ford plans to suspend or cut production at eight of its factories in the United States, Mexico and Canada throughout next week because of chip supply constraints, a spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday. The changes come a day after the Detroit automaker warned a chip shortage would lead to a decline to […] February 06, 2022 at 07:00AM

DETROIT — General Motors and Ford are expected to report next week they turned solid profits for the last quarter of 2021, but rarely has past performance mattered less to investors. The two Detroit automakers are in mid-leap between a combustion-powered present, and a future they have promised will be defined by electric vehicles and […] January 31, 2022 at 06:46AM

In many ways, the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz is the pickup version of the Tucson compact SUV. They share a common platform, their faces are awfully similar and their interiors from the front seat forward are identical. Behind the front seats are totally different, and I’m not just talking about the bed. It was quite […] January 21, 2022 at 07:00AM

Not long ago, I wrote a story about a pony car tuned with a supercharger. The blower install had been done properly. Then the car’s owner bolted on a set of great looking wheels wrapped in good looking but inexpensive rubber. On my first test drive, I couldn’t get any of that supercharged sweetness to […] January 18, 2022 at 07:01AM

Ford’s market value breached $100 billion for the first time on Thursday, as more investors bet on the Detroit automaker’s electrification strategy. The company’s shares, which have more than doubled in value last year, were up 3.7% in afternoon trade after hitting a more than two-decade high earlier. Ford is now worth more than its […] January 14, 2022 at 07:00AM

Autoblog may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. No donation or payment necessary to enter or win this sweepstakes. See official rules on Omaze.  Here at Autoblog, most of us have cars that “got away.” For me, there are a few, but one […] January 13, 2022 at 07:00AM

The 2022 Ford Explorer enters the calendar year with another price increase. Ford Authority picked up on the MSRP adjustments, this one being at least the second that we know of. Most bumps are no more than a couple hundred dollars at most, but one of them is nearly four figures. Pricing for the 2022 […] January 12, 2022 at 07:02AM