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0Spy Shots: Next-gen Ford Escape caught with very little cover 1320093960
We haven't seen the forthcoming 2013 Ford Escape up close since last March when our spy photographers caught it heavily adorned with camouflage. Until now, that is. New shots of the small Ford crossover reveal plenty of details, from its Focus-like front fascia and vents on the front ... -
Report: 2013 Ford Escape to be four-cylinder only, two EcoBoost options 1317765540
The 2013 Ford Escape is set to bow at the Los Angeles Auto Show next month, but we don't have to wait several weeks for engine options. The Ford Story (a Ford-run blog) reports that the next Escape (Ford Vertrek concept from 2011 Detroit Auto Show shown above) will feature three four-cylinder ...
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Report: Ford receives nearly 17,000 applications for open positions in Louisville 1310769060
Here's a measure of how bad the economy is. Ford is getting ready to start assembling the upcoming all-new Escape at its Louisville Assembly Plant after having built the Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer there since 1990 (see the last one ever made in the mob of people above). To that end, the ...
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Video: Cab Cannonball? Men take taxi ride from New York to Los Angeles [w/video] 1303844460
We've taken a couple crazy cab rides in our lifetime, but we've never paid up for a ride that took us from New York to Los Angeles. John Belitsky and his buddy Dan Wuebben have done the deed, though, with cabbie Mohammed Alam providing the yellow Ford Escape taxi. The cost? $5,000. The media ...
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Consumer Reports releases 2011 list of American Top Picks, Ford again on top 1299188400
Ford Fusion Hybrid – Click above for high-res image galleryFor the second year running, the Ford Fusion has not only come out as the top family sedan pick in Consumer Reports' list of the 2011 American Top Picks, once again eclipsing the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry in ... -
Spy Shots: 2013 Ford Escape caught! 1299184800
2013 Ford Escape Spy Shots - Click above for high-res image galleryWe may not know whether Ford will stick with the Escape name when the vehicle's successor comes along in 2012 as a 2013 model, but thanks to the quick shutters of our crack team of spy photographers, we now have a vague idea of ... -
Blind man tackles the road course at Daytona on his own 1296507600
Mark Riccobono's blind lap of Daytona – Click above for high-res image galleryAnother year, another Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona champion. Something interesting happened before the prototypes took to the track, though, when a Ford Escape Hybrid took on the 1.5-mile road course. The driver, ... -
Ford investing $400M in Kansas City plant for unnamed new car 1295470800
Ford has announced plans to invest $400 million in its Kansas City Assembly plant in Missouri. The company is shifting production of the Escape from that facility to its Louisville, Kentucky plant, which will open up a line for an unnamed model. There's some indication that the FoMoCo crew is ...
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Report: Ford to introduce Escape/Kuga concept in Detroit 1291825620
Ford Kuga – Click above for high-res image galleryA source within Ford Motor Company has reportedly revealed that a near-production crossover concept will be heading to the 2011 Detroit Auto Show. When this concept vehicle takes its production shape, it will serve as the replacement for ... -
Prototype cart with feedback controls lets the blind drive [w/video] 1278869580
Virginia Tech takes on the Blind Driver Challenge – Click above to watch video after the jumpResearchers at Virginia Tech are teaming with the National Federation of the Blind to build two Ford Escape test vehicles designed specifically for visually-impaired drivers. After building a small ...
