Ford Vertrek Concept

  • 2011 Ford Vertrek Concept

    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 very similar to the Vertrek Concept that the company showed at the Detroit Auto Show in January. Yesterday, the company announced the engine lineup for the 2013 Escape: three different four-cylinder engines, but no V-6 option ... and no more Escape Hybrid either. Ford did not release either power or...

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    Why Ford Would Be Crazy To Kill The Escape Hybrid: Real AWD

    Ford has made lots of changes to its model lineup of late, some of them remarkably quickly. Now comes word that the new Ford Escape compact crossover for 2013 may not include the Escape Hybrid model it has sold since 2004. We think that would be a terrible shame, because it takes off the market a...

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    Now We Know: This Will Be The New 2012 Ford Escape Hybrid

    Ford was clearly one of the stars of last week's Detroit Auto Show, launching green vehicles and concepts across a wide range of fuel-saving technologies. The company unveiled just a single concept, the Vertrek crossover, but it's an important one. The production version of the Vertrek will be the...

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    Ford Shows They Aren’t Afraid Of Small Cars With 10 New Models At NAIAS

    With CES last week and the 2011 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) this week, there is a lot of news hitting the wire. In fact, a lot of news is coming out of one auto manufacturer in particular—Ford. Last week, AllSmallCars.com was right there with the breaking news of the 2012...

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