Ford News

Remember how we told you that in recent history, automakers have made a handful of three-cylinder engines, and all but the one in the 2014 Ford Fiesta 1.0-liter EcoBoost were terrible? One of the culprits was the ...    Read more

Have you ever owned a vehicle that you loved so much you wished you could build your house around it? Meet Holger Schubert, the architect who did just that. Schubert is the proud owner of a Ferrari 512i BB, one of only 929 units ever produced by the Prancing Horse, ...    Read more

Ford Motor Company will be accelerating the introduction of new products for Australian customers, transforming its business operations to improve sales, service, and create a more efficient and profitable business structure. The plan opens up the possibility of importing more U.S. built models, such as the Mustang, Explorer, and others. The ...    Read more

This year, Ford looks to add 200,000 vehicles worth of capacity to its 9 to 5 work shifts, as well as produce an additional 40,000 units by keeping select plants open an extra week during the company’s traditional two-week summer shutdown schedule. The plants that will be producing the extra 200,000 ...    Read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has awarded the 2013 Ford Fusion Energi a five-star overall vehicle score, the highest possible rating. This score is determined by the severe testing procedures of the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program that combines performance in front and side accidents, as well as ...    Read more

Ford Motor Co. is facing a lawsuit over alleged issues and defects with its 3.5-liter V-6 EcoBoost engines. Three vehicle owners in Ohio have reported these issues, and according to the lawsuit, their engines "contained serious latent design, manufacturing, or assembly defects." The three drivers have said the problems occur at ...    Read more

If you want a hybrid that boasts great gas mileage and is more comfortable to drive than a Toyota Prius, the 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid is for you. Although it doesn't get as good as gas mileage as the Prius, it is definitely the better option if you would prefer ...    Read more

For thousands of years, people have been trying to figure out just how far they've traveled. Some would measure the circumference of a wheel, tying a piece of cloth around a spoke and figuring out how many times the wheel went around during a trip. Even Leonardo da Vinci tried his luck ...    Read more

Week in Review posts have been a five-day affair for us. This week, we were bestowed with more than a few newsworthy pieces dropping over the weekend, making our lives a little busier. This week was trucktacular, as Chevrolet started its press drives for the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado. We'll have ...    Read more

For this installment of Motor Trend's Wide Open Throttle, Ford Truck's Marketing Manager Doug Scott sits down with some big names to talk about the show-stopping Atlas Concept and its controversial debut. So what else can Ed Loh, ...    Read more

Los Angeles has been home to the X-Games for as long as many can remember, but in a recent turn of events, Detroit has issued a bid to have the X-Games moved from the streets of downtown L.A. to those of Detroit. The video below was created as the city's ...    Read more

Unless you've been living under a really big rock for the past five months, you're well aware of the Ford Atlas and all of the hype it has created. You also probably know how Ford unveiled the Atlas less than 24 hours ...    Read more

Two investigations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have been closed after the automakers repaired the vehicles under investigation. The agency was satisfied with Ford's recall of 200,000 vehicles to repair third-row seat latches in the 2004 to 2007 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans, and that Chrysler had ...    Read more

The 2013 Ford Taurus SHO is the automaker's top-of-the-line full-size sedan, vying in a class that is far more refined than the clunky sedans that used to dot the segment. The Taurus is tall, wide, and commanding, and pulls power from a 3.5-liter V-6 with bite. While lesser trims get ...    Read more

Leading developer of software solutions for the automotive industry, Abalta Technologies has announced that its new Weblink car connectivity solution is running on the Raspberry Pi computing board, an ultra-affordable computer, making infotainment affordable for this masses. This computing board has a 750 MHz processor, 256 megabytes of RAM, a ...    Read more

The Ford Fiesta is the automaker's entry-level offering, and it has added new engine options of late to make for a very diverse range. It appears Ford is at least exploring future possibilities of expanding that range, partnering up with German tech supplier Schaeffler to produce an ...    Read more

"Show me the Carfax," you say to a salesperson as he or she walks around the vehicle of your dreams. You know to say this because it's a phrase that's been ingrained in your consumer psyche. Little do you know that there are other companies that will show you the same information ...    Read more

Ford Motor Company has just released its first quarter earnings, and the results further suggest the Blue Oval's financial health, especially domestically. Ford reported a pre-tax profit of $2.1 billion in the first quarter, with the U.S. market leading the way. This marks 15 consecutive months of profitability, and 12 ...    Read more

While we didn't talk about it in our review of the 2013 Ford Focus ST, a wonderful driver's car with a questionable interior layout, we were amazed with one feature the car had in its MyFord Touch infotainment system: A ...    Read more

You thought raising Corporate Average Fuel Economy numbers to 54.5 mpg would be the end of the cleaning up cars, at least until 2025. You were wrong. The EPA is going to start holding hearings tomorrow and continue them on April 29 for a proposed Tier 3 emissions revision on the ...    Read more

Yesterday at 6:30 pm, a blue 2005 Ford GT crashed in front of the Motor Trend headquarters in El Segundo, California. Nobody was hurt in the crash, and only the Ford GT was involved. While heading south on Douglas Street toward Rosecrans Avenue, the driver exited its lane, climbing the ...    Read more

It only took 49 years, but the one millionth Ford Mustang, a GT convertible, rolled off the assembly line at the Blue Oval's Flat Rock, Mich. assembly facility earlier today. Prior to Flat Rock, the Mustang was assembled in Dearborn, Mich., the same town where Ford's World Headquarters are based. ...    Read more

Even basic cars these days are laden with ever-increasing features and technology, and to help familiarize new customers on how to use them, Ford has developed "video snacks." The "snacks" are essentially short, bite-sized videos that explain Ford features, and ones that aren't necessarily model-specific. "What's going to make this so ...    Read more

In this episode of Motor Trend's Ignition, Carlos Lago, Associate Road Test Editor, travels to France for the launch of the 2014 Ford Fiesta ST. Ford has added its ST performance package to the smaller Fiesta, after first debuting it on the Focus. Available worldwide, the U.S. version will be ...    Read more

Long having lagged behind the foreign competition in transmission gear count, it was a big deal when General Motors and Ford announced their first partnership to develop a six-speed automatic transmission together in the mid-2000s. Alas, technology rarely stays still, and General Motors and Ford have once again partnered up to ...    Read more