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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 [...]

The switch to battery power is the latest showdown between Detroit's heavyweights IN 1909 THE founder of General Motors (GM), William Crapo Durant, offered to buy Ford for $8m. Henry [...]

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 [...]

Electric vehicles couldn't quite cut it. Hybrid-electric vehicles are already on the road. Automakers are now concentrating on the next eco-friendly trend: hydrogen-powered vehicles. Ford Motor Co. projects hydrogen fuel-cell [...]

DESPITE THE APPEAL OF FORD MOTOR Co.'s RE-designed Mustang, despite DaimlerChrysler AG's remarkable urban market inroads with the Chrysler 300C and Dodge Magnum, despite the continued standout styling of Nissan […]

Ford's headquarters, known as M-sport in Lake District with an area of 5575 square feet will be used for designing, building, and servicing Focus rally cars. The team will complete its build process of the two cars that will start round one for the 2005 World Rally Championship, the Monte Carlo Rally, on January 21, 2005.

As head of product development for Ford, he was supervising the creation of what could be one of the most important vehicles in company history. While the car wasn't due […]

Focus RS manufactured by Ford offers a spectacular 280bhp, four-wheel drive which aims to align its specification and road behavior more closely with the World Rally Championship Focus, to better capitalize on the publicity it gains. Further, the Team RS is finding a way to build the car at the company's Saarlouis plant with minimum disruption to mainstream Focus production, and with limited costly reworking of the car.

The top-secret internal document at Ford is discussed. The confidential details about the next Mondeo, Focus, Galaxy, Land Rover Freelander and three new Volvos are presented. This secret document breaks the ice on the Mondeo project and reveals that it will be part of a new family of big Fords that includes the next Galaxy and other spin-offs.

Ford is developing the StreetKa convertible. The car will cost around 12,495 pounds sterling when it launches in May 2003.

Ford has redesigned the Mustang, which will go on sale in 2004. The new coupe has styling elements from past models.

This article covers the location and conditions where and which Ford engineers are placed to test drive the models. Ford engineers are taken to the snowy banks of Oslo, where they drive the cars over snowy grounds which is meant to improve the engineers' intuition so that they can analyze the models more closely.

Ford Motor Co. plans to launch the RalleyeConcept Fiesta in 2004. The vehicle, which features a 200 bhp turbo 1.6-litre engine, will compete in the 2004 Super1600 Rally championship. An upgraded version could follow depending on public demand.

Ford's convertible StreetKa will go on sale in the United Kingdom in March 2003, priced at an estimated 13,995 pounds sterling. The engine will accelerate 0-60 mph in 11.8 seconds.

The Ford Focus RS will go on sale in the United Kingdom in October 2002, priced around 19,700 pounds sterling. The RS uses a 2.0-liter in-line Duratec four, 212 brake horsepower engine, with a top speed of 145 mph.

Ford is developing a Cosworth version Focus with a 2.0-liter 300-brake horsepower turbocharged engine. Top speed could run about 160 mph. The Cosworth will go on sale in 2005, priced under 30,000 pounds sterling.

As you read this, exactly half of our vehicles are driving off into the sunset, their test stints complete. As we eagerly await the arrival of our newest recruits, we [...]

Ford's new pickup, with design cues from the toymaker, stores energy and then boosts power with a hydraulic accumulator. FORD'S BRIGHT YELLOW TONKA concept truck borrows heavily from the heavy-metal, [...]

Ford's new Fiesta supermini will be available in the UK by Mar 2002. It will initially be sold as a five-door model, but a mini off-roader, a StreetKa roadster and a three-door hatch are all due to be released before spring 2003.

General Motors Corp. and Raytheon Optical systems Inc. have developed a passive infrared camera system for the Cadillac DeVille. Active infrared systems are being developed by Ford Motor Co., DaimlerChrysler Corp. and Visteon Corp.

Issues concerning Ford's new design Mk9 Lincoln V12 coupe are discussed. Ford's new design is set to challenge the dominance of Mercedes and Lexus, in the luxury car market. The car is being designed in the UK, headed by Gerry McGovern, designer of the Land Rover Freelander.

The new Ford Focus Cosworth, due for release in late 2001, is expected to provide stiff competition to the Lancer Evo VII. The hot hatch is set to be priced at 30,000 pounds sterling.

Ford is developing a new Range Rover which is expected to be launched in early 2002, priced at 100,000 pounds sterling.

Ford is planning to launch the new Mondeo at the Paris Motor Show in September 2000. The new model, which will be available in the UK from November, features a longer and wider platform, and Control Blade double-wishbone rear suspension. The series will include direct injection petrol and diesel versions, along with a spacious estate model. The new Mondeo will not be sold in the US.

Automobile manufacturers Ford Motor Co., Fiat S.p.A. and Vauxhall are developing new superminis in a highly competitive marketplace. Ford's new supermini model Fiesta will be available in 2001. Vauxhall's all-new model Punto will feature extra storage capacity, a customized steering facility and electric front windows. Fiat's 16-valve engine Punto will feature 136 break horse power.

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, [...]