Just a few weeks ago Consumer Reports announced its Top Picks for 2007 list. For the second year in a row, all of Top Pick cars came from Japanese nameplates. While the Japanese cars excel in tests, there are good alternatives, and there are many people that will only “buy American.” For the second year, […]

While sales of the new Ford Edge are off to a strong start, the launch of what Ford had called 2006’s most important product, has had a few glitches. First, Ford delayed the launch over some last-minute quality issues. Then there was the weather, heavy snow on the Plains states, and ice storms in Texas […]

The 2007 Ford Edge and its Lincoln MKX platform-mate have earned Top Safety Pick rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). To earn a Top Safety Pick, vehicles must earn good ratings in IIHS’ front, side and rear crash tests, but, new for 2007, is a requirement that vehicles must also offer electronic […]

Ford unveiled five vehicles — three concepts and two production vehicles — at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The automaker also unveiled its new Sync technology that wirelessly integrates your cell phone or music player into your car’s audio system.
Production:

2008 Ford Focus: Redesigned inside and out.
2008 Ford Five Hundred: New front […]

Ford Motor Co. has confirmed that it will build a Lincoln seven-passenger crossover vehicle based on the same platform as the upcoming production version of the Ford Fairlane.
While the Lincoln crossover will share “hard points” with the Fairlane, it will feature unique Lincoln styling cues, like a bow-wave, double-wing grille, powerful beltline, thin, horizontal taillamps, […]

Ford unveiled its new TwinForce V6 at this year’s Detroit Auto Show. In one of Ford’s biggest announcements, the TwinForce is delivers V8-like horsepower with V6 fuel economy. Ford started with the Duratec 35, one of Ward’s 10 Best Engines, and added direct injection technology and turbocharging to deliver 415-hp and 400 lb-ft of torque, […]

Following the embargo breaking fiesta from last week, Lincoln released some additional information on its MKR Concept that it will debut at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Lincoln MKR concept, which the brand is calling a four-door coupe, is based on the Mustang platform, similar to Ford’s Interceptor concept. The MKR […]

With the embargo on the Lincoln MKR Concept broken, a flood of information about the concept has hit the web.
Since Car and Driver broke the embargo, AutoWeek released a video that it took at Ford’s Showroom of the Future event. In the video, Peter Horbury, Ford’s Executive Director of Design, North America, talks about the […]

Earlier today, Car and Driver broke the embargo on the Lincoln MKR Concept. Now that the embargo is broken, Edmunds Straightline is giving up all the information on Lincoln’s rear-wheel drive sports sedan. The MKR Concept, which previews the new design DNA that defines the look of a Lincoln, will be officially revealed at the […]

Earlier today, we posted that Ford is considering sedan and wagon variants of its next Mustang, and that the next Mustang would based on the new platform beginning developed by Ford Australia for the next-generation Ford Falcon.
However, Ford Australia has said that these reports are false, according to Drive.com.au.
Ford Australia hasn’t “been asked” and will […]