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Byline: Michael Martinez Spy photographers have captured images of the redesigned Expedition large SUV virtually undisguised, revealing a new off-road model and other design details. The images confirm Automotive News [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez Ford Motor Co. is taking the Mustang Mach-E into unusual terrain for an electric vehicle: the mud, dirt and gravel of unpaved trails and rallycross courses. The [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez Ford Motor Co. officials are hoping to expand the 2024 Mustang's appeal to a new generation of buyers even as longtime rivals give up on the pony [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez Ford Motor Co. will keep AM radio in all 2024 Ford and Lincoln models and restore it on two electric vehicles via a software update, according to [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez The 2024 Ranger Raptor shows how Ford Motor Co. is working to maximize profits from its internal combustion business by offering high-margin derivatives that require little additional [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez A year ago, Jannell Ford in Hanover, Mass., promised to charge no more than sticker price for the highly anticipated Bronco SUV. But that was before the [...]

Ford Motor Co. calls its F-100 Eluminator concept 'the future of custom vehicles,' though it borrows a design from the automaker's past. The company unveiled the concept, based on a [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez Bronco fans, rejoice. Ford Motor Co. is set to drop a V-8 engine into a production Bronco, but it's going to cost more than any vehicle except [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez Ford Motor Co. slashed an eye-opening 20 months off the product development time of the 2022 Maverick compact pickup not because it could -- but because it [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez The long-simmering rivalry between Detroit's two largest automakers has sparked an electric vehicle arms race that's intensifying by the week and converting many Wall Street skeptics into [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez When Ford Motor Co. hosted a presidential visit a year ago this week, Donald Trump flouted company safety protocol by refusing to wear a mask for much [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez One of Ford Motor Co.'s famed high-performance badges reportedly is getting revived for one of its newest electric vehicles. The electric version of Ford's full-size pickup will [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez Amid reports of an impending autonomous vehicle partnership with Volkswagen, Ford Motor Co. has begun testing robotic cars in its own backyard. The automaker, through its self-driving [...]

In the mid-1960s, when Ford was attempting to dethrone Ferrari at Le Mans, then-President Henry Ford II had one directive for his drivers: 'Go like hell.' More than a half-century [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez Ford Motor Co. is shifting its approach to autonomous-vehicle technology. In 2016, Ford said it would largely pass over Level 3 autonomy and instead focus on Level [...]

Byline: Nick Bunkley Ford Motor Co. is developing an electric vehicle with range comparable to the Chevrolet Bolt, Tesla Model 3 and next-generation Nissan Leaf, CEO Mark Fields said. Fields, [...]

Takahiro Hachigo The surprise choice as CEO of Honda Motor leapfrogged a level of management to succeed Takanobu Ito, bringing with him broad international experience and insights into the critical [...]

The 2015 F-150 has 3 basic cab configurations. 1. SuperCrew: 4 doors, hinged at the front, and full-size rear seating. This 'crew cab' configuration makes up the majority of the [...]

Byline: Richard Truett Ford is considering giving the continuously variable transmission another spin. 'We've had some experience with CVTs and it wasn't all good,' said Raj Nair, Ford's global product [...]

Byline: Bradford Wernle Ford Motor Co. will make a version of the Ford Edge with three rows of seats for China, Jim Farley, Ford executive vice president of global marketing, [...]

Byline: Richard Truett Ford Motor Co. says it will sell body repair parts for the 2015 F-150 to all body shops, even ones that have not been certified to fix [...]

Byline: Bradford Wernle Ford is touting the 2015 Edge crossover as a showcase for its latest technologies. It will be the first Ford-branded vehicle offered with such features as adaptive [...]

Byline: Hans Greimel Ford's revived Escort compact sedan, developed especially for Chinese consumers, could be sold in the United States, CEO Alan Mulally said. The car, developed by Ford's Asia-Pacific [...]

Byline: Richard Truett The 2.7-liter V-6 that Ford unveiled along with the redesigned 2015 F-150 has a lightweight two-piece cylinder block unique among pickup engines. The upper section, which houses [...]

Byline: Richard Truett At the auto show here last week, suppliers and competitors finally got a chance to inspect the innovative Ford F-150 pickup. A constant parade of them toured [...]

New spy photos offer a look at what might be the face of the redesigned Ford Mustang scheduled to arrive next spring. The front end looks like a facelifted version [...]

Byline: Vince Bond Jr. Ford plans to bring the Fiesta ST to the United States from Europe before the end of summer, adding another performance subcompact to tangle with the [...]

Byline: Bradford Wernle Ford is aiming its 2014 F-150 Tremor pickup at a slender niche in the huge pickup market: performance enthusiasts who want a short-wheelbase, regular-cab pickup that accelerates [...]

Byline: Bradford Wernle China gets part of the credit for Ford Motor Co.'s newest EcoBoost engine, a 1.5-liter powerplant. Why that size? China gives car buyers a roughly $300 tax [...]

Byline: Bradford Wernle Lincoln dealers say they're impressed by the brand's efforts to get the 2013 MKZ's quality right, even though many still have not received the redesigned sedan. The [...]

Co-location was a key factor in the successful product development efforts for the 1996 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable. Designers and engineers in the product development team, officially designated as DN101, overcame their traditional antipathy to each other and collaborated closely to reach common styling and technical goals. Instead of working separately in different buildings, all DN101 team members were able to consult with each other on their respective concerns because of their physical proximity. The result is a well-designed, well-engineered car which was developed in a relatively short amount of time.

Byline: Bradford Wernle Ford has loaded the freshened 2014 Fiesta with big-car features, believing that customers increasingly want sophistication even in the smallest cars. The new Fiesta will be offered [...]

Byline: Bradford Wernle The 2013 Ford C-Max Energi is Ford Motor Co.'s first plug-in hybrid. Ford hopes the C-Max Energi's price of $29,995, after a $3,750 federal tax credit but [...]

Byline: Bradford Wernle When Ford Motor Co. created the 1964 Mustang, designers used 60 clay models in the process of perfecting the first generation of the now iconic pony car. [...]

Byline: Bradford Wernle Lincoln designers have experimented with a variety of grille designs over the decades, some great, some polarizing. The spread wing design of the 2013 MKZ sedan, created [...]

Byline: Lindsay Chappell Ford Motor Co.'s new 650-hp Shelby GT500 Mustang convertible is the sort of expensive, roaring beast that American motor enthusiasts love. But Ford planners are now contemplating [...]

1. Earthquakes After floods in Mexico and spewing volcanoes in Iceland, we thought we had seen all that Mother Nature could throw at the automotive supply chain. Boy, were we [...]

Hyundai HCD-12 Curb Vehicle type: Compact crossover Engine: 1.6-liter inline 4-cylinder with direct injection What's cool: Color-matched brake calipers and tire accents; touch screen instrument panel that allows drivers to [...]

Ford Motor Co. is set to introduce five new vehicles in 1994 and 1995. In 1994, Ford will debut the Windstar minivan and the Contour and Mystique world cars. In 1995, the new Taurus and a redesigned F-series pickup truck will be unveiled. With, Ford's planned reorganization that will merge European and North American car development operations, however, any long-range product programs remain hazy. Nevertheless, smaller luxury cars are certain to be available to the market by the year 1999.

Byline: Lindsay Chappell It's a stark contrast in global strategy, two companies taking multibillion-dollar risks. Volkswagen is launching a 2012 Passat here this summer that was designed with Americans in [...]

Byline: Rick Kranz and Jamie LaReau Ford Motor Co. will offer stop-start technology on some North American vehicles in 2012. The system is simpler and less costly than one that [...]

Byline: Jamie LaReau and Rick Kranz Ford Motor Co. is rolling out a multistep plan to boost fuel efficiency over the next 10 years. Ford's improvements, mainly in its powertrains, [...]

Byline: Dave Guilford Eric Kuehn makes a strong case for Ford Motor Co.'s decision to develop the Focus Electric on an existing vehicle architecture -- even one designed for an [...]

The new 1994 model of Ford Motor Co's Mustang will be on sale this Dec 9, 1993. Interviews with people responsible for the car's new design and engineering showed that the 1994 Mustang is an updated version of the 1964 classic. The new design features similar exterior and interior themes of the classic version, but also incorporates new ergonomic designs and a significant increase in structural rigidity. Efforts to produce the new Mustang cost approximately $600 million, which also involved drastic changes in factory organization.

Byline: Charles Child Even with gasoline prices stable and below $3 a gallon, pickup buyers want good fuel economy, Doug Scott says. 'Fuel economy is the No. 1 unmet need [...]

Byline: Rick Kranz So is the redesigned 2011 Ford Explorer an SUV or a crossover? An SUV, says Ford although it's really in an evolving subniche that reflects an industrywide [...]

Byline: Rick Kranz When a truck-based SUV moves to a car platform but retains its off-road characteristics, vehicle definitions start to blur. The real capability test won't come until later [...]

Derrick Kuzak Group vice president of product development, Ford Motor Co. Soft-spoken product guru Kuzak was ideally situated to lead a product revolution. Having spent several years heading product development [...]

Byline: Rick Kranz Ford's turbocharged EcoBoost four-cylinder engine will debut in the re-engineered 2011 Ford Edge crossover. The Edge is undergoing its first major changes since its 2006 debut. The [...]

Byline: Richard Truett Mustang fans have been nagging Ford Motor Co. for a better V-6 engine in the base model of the long-running pony car one with more horsepower and [...]