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2013 Ford Escape Crossover Will Boost Gas Mileage, Drop V-6
The 2013 Ford Escape, the first entirely new design in more than a decade for its popular compact crossover, will be officially unveiled next month at the Los Angeles Auto Show. But before that, Ford is starting to trickle out bits and pieces of information to build buzz. The 2013 Escape will be...
To Highlight Fuel Economy, Ford Launches F-150 EcoBoost Challenge
Ford is having no trouble selling its V-6 EcoBoost equipped F-150 pickups, but that doesn’t mean the automaker will stop promoting the truck or the fuel economy it... August 17, 2011 by Kurt Ernst 2
Half Of Japan Now Drives High MPG, Low Power Kei Minicars
If there's one thing that illustrates the culture difference between the United States and Japan better than anything else, it's the cars everyone drives. In the U.S, the... August 15, 2011 by Antony Ingram 1
2012 Ford Edge With 2.0-Liter Ecoboost Four Gets 30 MPG Highway Rating
It's taken a very long time to get here, but the 2012 Ford Edge fitted with the Ecoboost 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine may be worth the wait. The website FordInsideNews... August 1, 2011 by John Voelcker 1
2012 Ford Explorer Gets 28 MPG With EcoBoost Four-Cylinder
The phrases “fuel efficient” and “seven-passenger SUV” used to be mutually exclusive. Sure, many manufacturers build seven-seat models, but most... July 28, 2011 by Kurt Ernst 7
Three-Cylinder Ford Fiesta Coming To U.S.: Report
If you thought the 40 mpg highway fuel economy rating of the 2011 Ford Fiesta SFE model was impressive, just wait until the reveal of the three-cylinder version, which is... July 18, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 1
Ford's Gas Mileage Goals Spawn 3-Cylinder Engine, New Hybrids
Smaller, more efficient engines that equal the power of larger, lazier ones are how automakers all over the world plan to raise fuel economy. Today Ford [NYSE:F] doubled down... June 2, 2011 by John Voelcker 9
One-Third Of 2011 Ford F-150 Pickups Sold With V-6
MPGs matter, it turns out, even to pickup buyers. Or, perhaps especially to pickup truck buyers. Just four months after Ford added an EcoBoost engine option to its... March 29, 2011 by John Voelcker 16
Ford Still Bearish On Diesels, Product Chief Derrick Kuzak Explains Why
It’s the age-old question: Why do we still not have the wide range of clean-diesel models that automakers have offered to the rest of the world for decades? It’s... March 10, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 2
2011 Ford Explorer At 25 MPG Highway, 20 MPG Combined, EPA Says
One of the main reasons buyers steered away from the old Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle, according to Ford itself, was its fuel economy. So gas mileage had to be a major... December 7, 2010 by John Voelcker 4
2011 Ford Explorer: Building Better Gas Mileage Into An SUV
If you're one of the 50 million Americans reached by Ford's marketing today, you'll know by now that the company launched a new 2011 Explorer sport utility. High Gear has... July 26, 2010 by John Voelcker 4
3 Green-Car Trends: Smaller Cars, More Turbos, Luxury Hybrids
Everyone has opinions. But if you had to wrap up what's happening in green cars today by naming three trends, what would they be? The ever-eager publicists at auto-classified... May 11, 2010 by John Voelcker 2
Special Brands for Small Turbo Engines: GM To Follow Ford?
Used to be that turbos were used in performance cars, from the Saab Turbos of the late Seventies to BMW's current range of twin-turbo sixes. These days, the little air pumps... April 20, 2010 by John Voelcker 1
Smaller-More-Efficient Engines II: Ford EcoBoost Effort Expands
We said it on Friday: Smaller, more efficient engines are going to be the main way we increase gas mileage in the next few years (in that case, a four-cylinder 2010 Buick... April 12, 2010 by John Voelcker 2
Fuel Efficient Fours Gain Ground on V-6s, V-8s In New Cars
At December's Los Angeles Auto Show, Hyundai made a big splash by saying it would no longer offer V-6 engines in its Sonata midsize car or its Tucson compact crossover... March 16, 2010 by John Voelcker
Geneva Motor Show Preview: 2012 Ford Focus Station Wagon
The 2012 Ford Focus four-door sedan and five-door hatchback were probably the most important cars unveiled at January's Detroit Auto Show. And Ford has many more compact... March 1, 2010 by John Voelcker 4
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