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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 [...]

Lee Iacocca generally gets credit for being the titular father of the Mustang. So by extension, he's also responsible for the Camaro, Firebird, Javelin, AMX, Challenger, Cougar, and most every […]

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.

ON THE ROAD TO A GREEN FUTURE The car we're powering through Turn 3 is half from, half function, and half again a purposeful exercise in future design. The math […]

Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON While attention centered on the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf at the recent 'Business of Plugging In' conference in Detroit, Ford sent a strong contingent [...]

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: Byron Pope For the B-car segment to grow, reeling in American consumers is a must, and the '11 Ford Fiesta is the perfect bait. Ford says it expects the [...]

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 [...]

By Charles J. Murray, Senior Technical Editor, Electronics Engineers who study reliability offer their recommendations Creating reliable products isn't easy. If you don't believe that, then consider North American automakers. […]

The real story behind Ford's outstanding new luxury/sport coupe. Ford designers began work on the Mark VIII (FN-10) program in August 1987. Six months later, the first full-size clays were [...]

Chrysler owns the market, but Ford and Nissan will take their pound of flesh with the sport sedan of minivans. Each story has a beginning, a middle and an end. [...]

CONTOUR CONTINUES Ford's radical aluminum spaceframe/T-drive powertrain program may enter production in the late '90s. Could it be the 1998 Taurus/Sable? Within six years, Ford Motor Company may be selling [...]

As quickly as one deal came apart, a new deal between two old partners came together to keep Ford Motor Co.'s plans for an all-electric Transit Connect on track, Ford [...]

By Terry Costlow, Contributing Editor Ford Motor Co.'s accelerated electric vehicle strategy will begin bearing fruit next year with the introduction of the battery electric Transit Connect BEV commercial van. […]

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 [...]

Byline: Hans Greimel Less than a year after Ford Motor Co. halved its stake in Mazda Motor Corp., Mazda is embarking on a more independent product development path. Seita Kanai, [...]

By Charles J. Murray, Senior Technical Editor, Electronics Drivers can change colors of LED-based instrument panel and vehicle interior With light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the cup holders, map pockets, dashboard […]

Having just introduced an all-new Power Stroke V8 diesel for its light commercial truck line, Ford took the wraps off the redesigned F-Series Super Duty truck that will carry that [...]

Byline: Amy Wilson As it pursues small-car competitiveness, Ford Motor Co. is developing lots of tiny engines that will stand in striking contrast to the V-8s that powered vehicles of [...]

What with all the blurring of segments, classifying vehicles can be a real headache these days. But it is still important, especially if there is a category you don't want [...]

Byline: Rick Kranz Ford Motor Co. will add another flavor of small vehicle in late 2011 when it launches the C-Max, which has two sliding doors and seven seats. Ford [...]

Byline: Richard Truett Hard plastic trim is disappearing quickly from the interior of Ford brand vehicles. In one case, the change is due in part to a spray-on process for [...]

Byline: Amy Wilson The number of Mercury nameplates will shrink, but redesigned products are finally on the horizon. Mercury's survival had been in jeopardy until Ford Motor Co. said last [...]

Ford's European import, the Transit Connect, is already receiving a bit of a makeover - or, more accurately, a close relative has been born. The company has announced that in [...]

Diesels that were to appear here in 2010, but won't Honda Honda has put off a 2.2-liter diesel in the Acura TSX while it broadens its hybrid lineup. Chrysler Chrysler [...]

Ford calls the Transit Connect a game-changer. But will U.S. cabbies embrace a compact front-drive van, assembled in Turkey, as the spiritual successor to the big Crown Victoria sedan? "That [...]

Ford's European import, the Transit Connect, is already receiving a bit of a makeover-or, more accurately, a close relative has been born-even before the compact commercial truck goes on sale [...]

Byline: Richard Johnson Ford's iosis Max concept, unveiled here last week, suggests a multipurpose vehicle for North America and previews the company's new global design language. The Focus-sized concept could [...]

Byline: Amy Wilson Executives at Ford Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp. say they will continue to engineer and develop products together at least for the near term. 'In terms [...]

When fuel prices spiked in 2008, some automakers considered something they would not have dreamed of a couple of years ago importing tiny cars to the land of big SUVs [...]

1 goal, 3 strategies for Detroit 3 * Chrysler: Plans to line up partners to develop small cars. Says it will market an electric car in 2010 and spread electrics [...]

Byline: Amy Wilson Ford Motor Co. will charge a premium of around $700 for its much-touted EcoBoost engine system when it goes on sale in 2009. A 3.5-liter V-6 with [...]

Fiesta time Last week, Ford Motor Co. began building the redesigned Ford Fiesta in Cologne, Germany. The new Fiesta goes on sale in Europe this fall. A slightly modified version [...]

Byline: James B. Treece The next-generation Ford Focus small car will prove that Ford Motor Co. finally has figured out how to build a global car. The North American and [...]

Byline: Amy Wilson Ford Motor Co. has come a long way from 'You can have any color as long as it's black.'' The 2009 Ford F-150 pickup can be ordered [...]

Byline: Amy Wilson Ford Motor Co.'s plan to build large rear-wheel-drive cars for the Ford and Lincoln brands is on the bubble. Ford had put the vehicles in its product [...]