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With the auto show season at an end, automakers have started to deliver new models and sales for April continue to break records. As summer is right around the corner, there is no doubt that the convertibles and sports cars will be in high demand in the months to come. ...    Read more

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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

It's easy to snooze through new car sales each month with a few inevitabilities, right? The Ford F-Series will always be the best-selling pickup. The Toyota Camry will always be the best-selling midsizer, unless the Accord trades spots with it like it does so often. Except that neither the Accord nor ...    Read more

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March is when sales begin their ascent through about September. Automakers are ramping up deliveries of all-new models as auto show season winds down and future cars become today's. It's generally a pretty good bellwether for the rest of the year, which should resonate well with most automakers. Reporting their ...    Read more

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Despite the recent Lincoln brand shakeup, rumor has it that the Lincoln Navigator has survived to live to a next generation. However, there's a twist: Rather than offer a V-8 engine, the next-generation Navigator may come exclusively with Ford's 3.5-liter turbocharged EcoBoost V-6 engine. The Navigator's counterpart, the Ford Expedition, ...    Read more

The four year investigation into claims that 1.56 million Ford SUVs were at risk of rolling away has been closed. There was never an order for a recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced last week that the investigation of the 2002 to 2005 Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer, ...    Read more

We wrapped up our coverage of the 2013 Chicago Auto Show on a high note, proclaiming that our Studs and Duds list of new vehicle introductions was rather sparse. Then again, only seven all-new models graced the show--and that was even stretching the "all new" definition--so that made for some ...    Read more

You've heard Lincoln is undergoing a reinvention. If you were one of the one-hundred-whatever million people that watched the Super Bowl, you probably saw Lincoln's spot that--if nothing else--reminded us that this century-old relic of an automaker was still here, still kicking, and maybe even in its infancy. We'll see. ...    Read more

Global director of marketing, sales, and service for Lincoln, Matt VanDyke sat down with Bradford Wernle of Automotive News to talk about the new MKZ, about why it's more than two months behind on delivering the vehicle to customers. With an increase of shipping levels, Lincoln plans to deliver around 2,500 ...    Read more

This year's Super Bowl has come and gone but no matter what outcome you were hoping for, one thing is for certain; the commercials are always good. This year was no exception, either. For the teams actually playing in the National Football League's championship game, there is no bigger game ...    Read more

If you pay attention to what's going on in the auto industry on a semi-regular basis, you'll have heard of the constant harping on Lincoln for the lack of brand differentiation between it and working-class Ford products. Under Ford CEO Alan Mulally's "One Ford" plan, he pretty much rendered the ...    Read more

With the 2013 North American International Auto Show behind us--better known as the Detroit auto show--it's time once again for us to pick the best and worst of the show. We call them Studs and Duds, and the rules are simple. To be considered a Stud, a car needs to ...    Read more

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Every month is important in the auto industry, but for most automakers, December holds special significance; as the last month of the year, we get annual sales numbers in addition to monthly figures, and automakers, consumers, and analysts are all able to see how good or bad the year actually ...    Read more

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Fiscal cliff, schmishcal schmiff. There was a late sense of fear felt in the U.S. economy that capped what has been the best sales year in the auto industry since 2007. As cars and houses are the U.S.'s primary movers and shakers, there was an underlying sense that if credit ...    Read more

The newly minted Lincoln Motor Co. wants you to know on its ascension back to prominence—a plan the automaker has recently shared with the media—it's not starting from scratch. The 2013 Lincoln MKZ is new, but this isn't a new project, say, a Tesla or Fisker; Lincoln's ...    Read more

Last week's Los Angeles Auto Show has kept us busy, even now. And in about a month, we're going to be doing it again in Detroit. Needless to say, none of us are getting a whole lot of rest these days. This week, we've shifted gears a little, focusing on a ...    Read more

Light-duty vehicles and planes are about to share something in common: data recorders. Airplanes already have a data recorder--colloquially known as a "black box"--that records real-time flight data which is relied upon in the event of an accident. Now, all new light-duty cars and trucks may required to carry a ...    Read more

We're entering the final stretch of 2012 as November has come and gone. With one month remaining, some automakers are enjoying a record year, while others will be forced to limp to the finish line. Ford will surely be crossing the finish line under its own power as it enjoyed ...    Read more

The 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show is in full swing, kicking off the U.S. auto show season. As show-goers take in the sights, sounds and smells of the convention center, it's time for us to reflect back on what we saw last week, and what we think hit and missed. Our ...    Read more

These days what comes to mind at the mention of Lincoln is likely to be the currently in-theater film about America's famously bearded, 16th president, played by Daniel Day-Lewis. Yet think beyond the face that dons our pennies and $5 bills, and you might think of that company that used ...    Read more

November couldn't have posed a more challenging month for automakers this side of another economic collapse. The Big 3 were under scrutiny from politicians during election season, and that only intensified as Republican candidate Mitt Romney told the American public that ...    Read more

Irrelevant American luxury car brand, Lincoln, is now The Lincoln Motor Company. That's not just now, but again. You see, when Edsel Ford first bought the luxury brand in 1922--when it built elegant and culturally distinctive motorcars for the Jay Gatsby's of the pre-Depression era America--it built some of the ...    Read more

Due to a slew of consumer complaints and poor reviews from various media outlets, Ford will be upgrading its MyFord Touch system and extended the warranty by two years. The current touchscreen infotainment system has been dubbed "version 3.5" by the Blue Oval boys with major improvements seen in voice ...    Read more

As Dodge, Cadillac, and Lincoln have figured out, you can't always get what you want. That's especially true in the case of Consumer Reports' latest round of vehicle testing that hammered each of the three cars for their shortcomings. Starting with the Dart, the publication called it "the first decent compact car ...    Read more

IntelliChoice, one of our sister brands and also a leader in value analysis for cars and trucks, has named Hyundai and Volvo as its top two certified pre-owned brand car brands, ranking above the likes of Porsche, Lincoln, Mini, and Honda. In its CPO Car Awards, IntelliChoice divided automotive brands into ...    Read more