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REPORT: Lincoln and Mercury's new direction involves downsizing

If The Blue Oval boys intend to keep buyers filing into Lincoln and Mercury showrooms over the next few years, each brand's product portfolios are going to need a bit more than a simple nick-and-tuck to compete with the best from around the world. To that end, expect Lincoln to continue making the switch from large, rear-wheel drive SUVs and old-tech luxury barges to smaller, more nimble premium models akin to the next-gen Focus-based compact Concept C that was introduced earlier this year at the Detroit Auto Show. Around the same time, ... Read more →

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 ...

Mercury dying: No updates planned past 2010 Jeremy Korzeniewski

There's further proof that Ford's planetary division could soon wave goodbye, according to Automotive News. While we've already reported on the apparent lack of supplier deals for the ailing upmarket ...

Review: 2009 Mercury Mariner Hybrid [w/VIDEO] Chris Shunk

Ford took pride in being the first automaker on the planet to offer a hybrid utility vehicle when it introduced the first battery-assisted Ford Escape in mid-2004. The Escape hybrid has had mixed ...

Video: Live from Dearborn - '07 vs '08 Mercury Mariner Sam Abuelsamid

Click on the photo for a gallery of the 2008 Mariner in action Ford provided the journalists assembled in Dearborn the chance to drive many of their 2008 models back-to-back with their 2007 ...

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 ...

Celebrities to drive 'green' to Oscar red carpet 3 years ago on Autoblog

The slow roll to the red carpet at tonight’s Academy Awards is likely to be a quiet one for many of the night’s biggest nominees. Oscar-intenders like Joaquin Phoenix and George Clooney are slated to arrive curbside in Toyota hybrids, as part of the company’s fourth annual ...

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 ...

Blue Oval awards Mercury Mariner Hybrid to Cleveland Police 3 years ago on Autoblog

Ford Motor Company has awarded the Cleveland Police Department with keys to its very own Mariner Hybrid. The force won the car as a result of a campaign designed by Ford and implemented by 11 police forces around the country to help boost public awareness of green technology and ...

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 #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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