Ford Escape News

The British brand sells a whole range of vehicles, though, and in 2008 it added the Land Rover LR2 to a lineup that also includes the Range Rover Sport and the seven-seat LR4.

Submitted by Bill Bortzfield on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 06:25. Hybrids are gaining in popularity but traditional gas engines don't have to be fuel hogs.

Today we were in Michigan to learn quite a lot about the 2011 Ford Fiesta--absolutely none of which we're allowed to share with you today.

It's an economic contradiction to order the industry to build small cars but not encourage people to buy them.

The Edge Sport also comes with 20-inch wheels as standard equipment. There are substantive improvements as well, notably a new calibration of the 265-horsepower 3.5-liter V6 with its six-speed automatic transmission that improves the fuel-efficiency of the front-wheel-drive Edge to an EPA-rated 18 mpg city/25 mpg highway , while improving the ...

Friday the 13th proved to be an unlucky day for three Houston women who are accused of trying to smuggle more than two million dollars in drugs into the United States.

Members of United Auto Workers Local 249 voted late Saturday to authorize a strike at the Ford Claycomo plant, but a union leader said today that a strike won't happen.Jeff Wright, president of the UAW local, said the vote was a formality and was confident that no work stoppage would occur.'We did get things worked out,' he said, adding that 97 ...

Packing features that used to be exclusive to four-wheel drive models, a newly unveiled Escape 4x2 variant heads the nameplatea s 2010 lineup IT may lack the capability to power a pair of wheels, but Ford Group Phils.

Ford Motor Co.'s workers at the Claycomo plant began a strike-authorization vote over workload and safety issues.

Ford Motor Company has won a 2009 "Best of What's New" award for Active Park Assist, which uses ultrasonic-based sensors to help drivers parallel park with the touch of a button -- Active Park Assist is another example of Ford's continuing commitment to deliver industry-leading solutions that enhance the driver experience and provide value to the ...

See also: Mazda's biofabric and Toyota's "ecological plastics. " Ford announced today that a new wheat straw-reinforced plastic will be used in the 2010 Flex.

The eye-opening fuel prices of the past year or two revealed the harsh reality that an automobile with all the horsepower and luggage room in the world is essentially worthless if you can't afford to fill its fuel tank.

Below is an auto news article from November 11, 2009 from Automotive.com and PRNewswire.

Automaker's success shows industry, country the way The Issue: After years of losses, Ford announces healthy profits in the third quarter.

Mazda is making a grass is greener move with the 2010 CX-7 crossover utility vehicle.

EcoBoost technology combines turbocharging and direct gasoline injection to improve fuel efficiency and lower CO2 emissions; the first 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 engines are debuting on 2010 Lincoln MKS, Lincoln MKT, Ford Taurus SHO and Ford Flex this summer Conventional powertrains continue to benefit from refinements such as Advanced Deceleration ...

Ford Motor Company announced that Azure Dynamics Corp. has joined in a collaborative effort to deliver a pure battery electric Ford Transit Connect van for the United States and Canadian markets in 2010.

In the "old days" of a couple of years ago, when a domestic automaker introduced a new or improved model, it would compare the new offering to its crosstown rivals.

General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. all reported gains in sales of cars and light trucks in the U.S. last month compared with a year ago, the latest signs that the auto industry may be emerging from a two-year slump.

Although Ford Motor Co. lost a round to the United Auto Workers this morning when the union rejected changes to its contract with the automaker, the ball is still in the manufacturer's court as it seems to be holding cards that the union may be overlooking.