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Here are a couple of numbers - 252 horsepower and 0-100 km/h in 6.5 seconds - which are astonishing in light of these other two numbers: 160 hp and highway fuel economy of 5.5 litres/100 km.

Daimler has strengthened ties with Ford Motor Co. after consulting with the U.S. automaker during the development of a three-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine.

Sitting down to story time with Auburn West primary school students in Sydney on Wednesday, one bright spark asked Julia Gillard how much longer she had left as prime minister.

Can the coattails of Fast & Furious 6 and its young, devoted male fans give a boost to Dodge Dart sales? The Dart doesn't have a role in the action-thriller opening nationwide on Friday, but Dodge is betting a Fast & Furious -like commercial and other marketing ties with the movie will raise awareness for the compact car.

THE decision has just been announced, but the writing was on the wall for Ford's Australian manufacturing arm as far back as 2009.

FORD will close its manufacturing operations in Australia and 1200 workers will lose their jobs in October 2016, despite receiving $1.1 billion in taxpayer funding over the past decade.

AUTOMAKER Ford has let us poke around its 3D Cave automatic virtual environment , a simulated cavern where vehicles are designed and tested digitally to increase manufacturing efficiency while reducing the costs of building physical prototypes.

With the quickest time to debug and repair a Ford Focus, North Lamar's automotive team finished second at the State Ford AAA Automotive Competition on April 26.

Nissan has been roaring ahead in the Thai automobile market these past several years, thanks to vehicles that respond directly to consumer demands.

Ford Motor Co is adding a week of production at 20 North American factories this year to build an additional 40,000 vehicles and help sustain its gains in U.S. market share.

Clark Heintz Tools & Equipment LLC Announces new color options to their PRO 1200 Motorcycle Lift Package.

Apple Ford of Red Lion will host its annual "Drive One 4UR School event from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Dallastown Area High School, 700 New School Lane, York Township.

First the bad news. During a week of mixed driving, the 2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid did not get its EPA-estimated 47 miles per gallon.

First the bad news. During a week of mixed driving, the 2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid did not get its EPA-estimated 47 miles per gallon.

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A line worker assembles an engine for a Ford Focus at a plant in Wayne, Mich. Ford is now focusing on smaller, turbocharged engines called EcoBoost.

Ford figures that 11,000 electric-vehicle driving homeowners can't be wrong. The US automaker has tapped AeroVironment as its official vendor for Level 2 home-charging systems.

Hillsboro High School automotive Technology students Joel Vanderveen and Dylan Bly took fifth place in the AAA/Ford Auto skills contest.

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