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REPORT: Ford Kuga could come in Lincoln, Mercury flavors, replace Escape, be built in USA

How's this for an odd twist – Ford essentially kicked off the SUV craze with its Explorer, an embiggened four-door Ranger. And man, did we go crazy. Before the cheap-gas bubble burst, slightly more than half of all passenger vehicles sold here in America were SUVs. Just below the Explorer was and is Ford's little truck (which is no longer little) the Escape. And almost ten years later, the Escape pretty much looks like a body-on-frame SUV, even though people stopped associating SUVs with mud during George W Bush's first term. So ... Read more →

STUDY: Ford owns brand loyalty in 2009; Scorned Saturn, Pontiac buyers will look outside of GM Jeremy Korzeniewski

Ford buyers appear to love their cars more than customers of any other automotive brand, returning back to the American automaker when it comes time to purchase their next vehicle. According to a ...

Ford boosts production (slightly) of F-150, Escape Jonathon Ramsey

Two of Ford's vehicles are moving well enough that the automaker is adding production to its plants in Missouri and Michigan. Ford says its F-150 and Ford Escape are looking to earn their highest ...

REPORT: Escape puts Ford back atop Cash For Clunkers sales pileup Chris Shunk

In America, we like our sports and love to keep score. Even when it comes to car-buying subsidies, we want to know which model is selling best. The government says the Ford Focus is the top ...

Ford celebrates production of 100,000th hybrid SUV Jeremy Korzeniewski

Today, Ford celebrates a new milestone in the life of its hybrid SUV platform as the 100,000th vehicle rolls down the assembly line at the Blue Oval's Assembly Plant in Kansas City. This ...

Hybrid sales slide 9.9% in 2008 10 months ago on Autoblog

Despite all the clamor about how hybrids are going to save the planet, cure cancer, facilitate the second coming, etc., sales of battery-pack-mobiles are down nearly ten percent for 2008. At the beginning of 2008, it looked like hybrids were going to have their best year ever, driven by high fuel ...

SEMA 2008: Ford stacks the ballot with concepts for election day 1 year ago on Autoblog

What recession? Perhaps anticipating the euphoria that will follow the end to the seemingly decades-long Presidential race today, Ford decided to throw a huge tuner party at SEMA this year, and they invited ALL of their friends. The Ford booth always houses a bunch of tuned blue ovals, but they ...

First Drive: Ford Kuga (Euro-spec) 1 year ago on Autoblog

The grass, they say, is always greener on the other side of the fence. Though that often appears to be the case, most of the time it isn't. Dearborn's new "One Ford" initiative promises that we'll soon be able to stop gazing longingly across the ocean at what the company offers overseas buyers, as ...

Milking a Bull: Automakers eek out extra fuel economy on older models 1 year ago on Autoblog

Conspiracy theorists have long insisted that automakers could push their vehicles to achieve better fuel economy, and as it turns out, they were right. Of course, it isn't as easy as flipping a magic MPG switch, but automakers are making incremental gains on vehicles even between redesigns. ...

Low-rolling resistance tires going mainstream 1 year ago on Autoblog

The car-buying public has put its collective foot down and demanded fuel-efficient vehicles, and automakers are likely to do anything to answer customer demand. That may include reinventing the wheel, as more automakers look into incorporating low rolling resistance tires into non-hybrid vehicles. ...

First Drive: 2009 Ford Escape, more of almost everything 1 year ago on Autoblog

The 2008 redesign of the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner wasn't the clean-sheet redesign Ford would like people to believe. In fact, only the parts visible to the naked eye were "all new." Aside from the body and interior, the working bits that make the badge-engineered duo go were almost ...

VIDEO: Ford demonstrates new nav system with Sirius Travel 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view videos after the jump One of the cool features that Ford is introducing for the 2009 model year is its updated navigation system with Sirius Travel Link. When we went out to drive the updated 2009 Ford Escape this week, Ford's chief technology spokes-model Alan Hall gave us a ...

Ford fun in I Am Legend 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for more Fords in I Am Legend Product placements in films get a lot of virtual ink here at Autoblog, probably because we all like cars (obviously) and are, for the most part, movie buffs. The carmaker placement king over the last year was unquestionably Transformers, which did more to ...

Honda ramping up CR-V production in Mexico 1 year ago on Autoblog

The small utility vehicle market is booming right now, and there may be none better in the non-luxury space than the fuel-sipping Honda CR-V. Honda has to be thrilled with their little 'ute, mostly because customers are snatching up the vehicle with little or no incentives, and it's far and away ...

Ford recalls 500,000 Escapes after engine fires reported 2 years ago on Autoblog

Ford is recalling more than 500,000 Escapes after receiving reports from 50 owners of engine fires from 50 owners. Ford says the fires were caused by improperly installed ABS units on 2001-2004 models, and did not result in any accidents or injuries. Missing or improperly installed seals could ...

Hydrogen fuel cells are the wave of the future - just not the near future 3 years ago on Autoblog

Senior researchers from automakers around the world agree that internal combustion engines will dominate the automotive market for decades to come, even though hydrogen fuel cells are becoming an attractive replacement technology. Volkswagen's Wolfgang Steiger predicted that fuel cell cars will not ...

2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara 4x4 in the Autoblog Garage Day 1-2 3 years ago on Autoblog

Suffice it to say that Suzuki has never stunned North American consumers with beautiful automotive designs. In point of fact, reviewing their history reveals a certain manic quality, little of it pretty. Oddball propositions like the toy-like X-90 and character-free Esteem have given way to the ...

Mazda names Laurens Van den Acker new design chief 3 years ago on Autoblog

Mazda has a new styling chief. Dutchman Laurens Van den Acker will be putting the rather cumbersome appliqué "General Manager of the Design Division of Mazda Motor Corporation" on his office door, replacing Moray Callum (design head since 2001) who has been appointed to Ford's ...

Ford's April hybrid sales surge on strong incentives 3 years ago on Autoblog

Ford Motor Company announced yesterday that sales of its hybrid SUVs rose 50 percent year-over-year in April to 2,800 units, largely on the backs of sizeable incentive initiatives. The numbers indicate a 75 percent increase over March, which would appear to indicate that Ford is gaining ...

Spied! The next USDM Ford Escape 3 years ago on Autoblog

Not much is known about the next Ford Escape, other than the fact that the U.S. version is becoming more distinct from its foreign-market counterparts, like the re-nosed model set to run Down Under for 2007. Of course, as can be plainly seen here, the American version of the popular small SUV will ...

New York Auto Show: 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander on-hand impressions 3 years ago on Autoblog

Mitsubishi's first Outlander unwittingly lived up to its name, operating on the fringes of mainstream SUVdom, largely failing to cross-over to the widespread success of competitors like Ford's Escape and Honda's CR-V. It wasn't that it was a horrible vehicle, but it didn't offer much in the way of ...

Ford announces zero-percent financing on Escape/Mariner hybrids 3 years ago on Autoblog

Ford Motor Company announced Thursday that it is rolling out a zero-percent financing incentive program for its Escape and Mariner Hybrids. The plan offers zero-percent financing for 60 months, or a $500 down payment-matching cash incentive. Ford launched the program in ...

Spy Shots: 2007 Ford Escape 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Ford Escape will be receiving an Edge-inspired makeover for the 2007 model year that features a headlight treatment similar to the aforementioned CUV but lacks the corporate three-bar grille so popular with the young Fords these days. Larger in size and exuding a more macho demeanor than the ...

Mazda Tribute hybrid prototypes fight fires 3 years ago on Autoblog

Mazda Motors donated ten of its hybrid Tribute prototypes to the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) at the organization's headquarters in Irvine, California. The Ford subsidiary will eventually donate a total of thirty hybrid Tributes among various fire agencies in the Golden State. The prototypes ...

Mazda icing Tribute for 2007 3 years ago on Autoblog

There will be no 2007 model year Mazda Tribute for U.S. consumers. The Blue Oval subsidiary's Escape/Mercury Mariner doppelganger will go on sabbatical from May on through the end of the year, though the move will reportedly not alter production levels (or employment) at the automaker's Claycomo, ...






Autoblog Podcast #153: With Phil Berg

Phil Berg puts his reputation on the line and hangs with the podcast crew.

 
 

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