Ford Halts Production in the U.S. Amid Magnetite Shortage
Ford’s production hangs by a thread as rare earth magnet shortages force factory shutdowns.
Ford’s production hangs by a thread as rare earth magnet shortages force factory shutdowns.
Ford F-Series Super Duty History The Ford F-150 is the cornerstone of the F-Series lineup and has been the best-selling vehicle in the United States for over three decades. But for the driver that needs to tackle the toughest jobs, the Ford Super Duty has been the pickup of choice since the turn of the…
Ford spared no expense in making the Bronco Raptor oh-so desirable Photo: Ford We didn’t have to wade too deep into 2022 before Ford dropped some goodness on us. Ford dropped the first photos — and plenty of juicy running footage — of the all-new 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor, and as you could probably guess,…
The 1908 Ford Model T cost more than the 2022 Maverick after adjusting for inflation Photo: Ford In case you missed it, Ford is bringing out a truck that starts under $20,000 MSRP. A whole lot of folks have taken notice so far — reservations for the all-new 2022 Ford Maverick are somewhere north of…
Photo: Ford Motor Company The soon-to-debut Ford Bronco and current vehicles like the F-150 Raptor, Ranger FX4, and Super Duty Tremor have the Blue Oval brand angling to boost its rep as a go-to for off-road enthusiasts. Adding to that status, Ford is now the official vehicle of ULTRA4 Racing and its King of The Hammers,…
Linda Zhang was named a 2021 Rising Star by Automotive News Photo: Ford The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning is a smash hit 10 ways from Sunday, and one of the prominent minds behind it is getting due recognition. Linda Zhang, the chief engineer for the first-ever all-electric Ford truck, earned a spot on Automotive News’…
Get ready, y’all. Production of the 2022 Ford Maverick is a go Photo: Ford With reservations well over 100,000 and climbing, it wouldn’t be an overstatement to call the all-new 2022 Ford Maverick a big ol’ hit. And this big ol’ hit is now officially in big ol’ production. Here’s the Big ol’ Scoop: The…
Added on January 5, 2024 The News Wheel Back to Post Next Image »
Added on August 31, 2021 The News Wheel « Previous Image Back to Post
Photo: Ford Motor Company A rumor out of the Land Down Under suggests that there may be a twin-turbo V6 offered with the next-generation Ford Ranger. According to Wheels, a source at the Blue Oval’s You Yangs proving ground has confirmed the availability of the 3.0-liter Power Stroke turbo diesel and twin-turbocharged 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 for the…
Ford says Fiesta, Focus, and Fusion drivers are coming back for the 2022 Maverick Photo: Ford Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? Ford sure does. According to Trevor Scott, the marketing manager for the Ford Maverick, the plan for the all-new compact truck to steal the hearts of car customers is…
Study shows folks expect electric Ford F-150 to lead the way Photo: Ford We know for certain that the all-electric Ford F-150 will head to production by mid-2022, putting Ford’s bestselling F-Series at the forefront of the electric pickup truck revolution. According to a new study from Cox Automotive, drivers are ready and expect Ford…
Ford releases an annual Sustainability Report outlining environmental action Photo: Ford On the evening of his inauguration, President of the United States Joe Biden unleashed a wave of executive orders primarily focused on rolling back policies enacted by the previous administration. One such order sees the U.S. rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, a decision lauded…
The Ford Maverick (far left) gives Ford one of the most balanced truck lineups going today Photo: Ford With three months left in the calendar year, Ford is looking to put its foot down and stake its claim as America’s uncontested, undeniable champion of all things truck. At the end of September, the first Ford…
2022 Mustang Shelby GT500 Heritage Edition brings back Brittany Blue Photo: Ford At the rate Ford is going, the Mustang is going to need to move into a bigger corral before too long. Next spring (which can’t come soon enough because this cold weather stuff is already getting tired), the Mustang lineup grows even more…
Photo: Ford Ford has announced plans for BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, a new $3.5 billion plant that will specialize in the production of lithium iron phosphate batteries. BlueOval Battery Park Michigan will be the first LFP battery manufacturing plant in the United States with the backing of an automaker. One of Ford’s Top EVs: The…
Ford’s Blue Oval City will create 6,000 jobs in Tennessee Photo: Ford Ford Motor Company on Monday announced two huge developments coming to Tennessee and Kentucky. Ford will build a $5.6 billion campus in Stanton, Tennessee, that it’s calling Blue Oval City. Tennessee and Kentucky will also become the homes of three BlueOvalSK battery plants…
Ford has already confirmed a battery-electric midsize pickup, which could be the Ranger Photo: Ford Hans Schep, Ford Motor Company’s general manager of commercial vehicles in Europe, has confirmed what we’ve long suspected. A plug-in hybrid version of the Ranger is heading into production in the near future. Going Green, Driving Lean: Mustang Mach-E is…
The 2021 Ford Bronco raises the bar for smaller rugged family SUVs Photo: Ford The rugged crossover segment has been put on notice. There’s a new apex predator in the wild, and it hunts Jeeps as easily as it carves up trails and eats up dunes. And with seating for five and 65.2 cubic feet…
You can get a whole lot of truck for under $20,000 with the all-new Maverick Photo: Ford A little over three years ago, Ford up and killed off all of its sedans. People thought Ford was nuts. What about an affordable entry-level vehicle, they’d ask. Are you CRAZY, they’d shout to the heavens. Well, you’ve…
You might say the 2022 Ford Ranger Splash is a splashy choice. And you should. Because it is Photo: Ford Nostalgia is in and the ’90s are back — not quite in Pog form yet, but give it time before somebody revives that property. But on the subject of revived properties that ’90s kids might…
Ford F-150 Lightning wins the 2023 North American Truck of the Year Photo: Ford Ford has pulled a Michael Jordan, winning its third consecutive North American Truck of the Year award thanks to the new F-150 Lightning. And it never once talked some serious trash to Reggie Miller! Ford’s first-ever electric pickup truck scored a…
Production on the Ford Fusion ended on July 31 Photo: Ford We all knew this day would come, but it doesn’t make it any easier. The Ford Fusion is dead. May angels sing it to its rest. Ford Motor Company confirmed this week to Ford Authority that the last of the Ford Fusions was built…
A Ford F-150 Limited will set you back nearly $68,000 to start Photo: Ford Hours away from the reveal of its next-generation F-150, Ford Motor Company is taking the opportunity to remind you and everyone within the sound of its voice that the F-Series makes a lot of money. Like, a lot a lot of…
Ford will reveal the all-electric F-150 Lightning on May 19 Photo: Ford The date May 19 may ring a bell (pun intended) if you’re a fan of particularly stupid wrestling storylines, but Ford almost certainly didn’t consider the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, when choosing its spot to make history. This coming May 19, Ford will…
The most truck truck to have ever trucked? You be the judge Photo: Ford Oh, this is gonna be good. The all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning has been revealed, and it’s all kinds of nuts. We’re talking Harlan Pepper naming everything from peanuts to natural, all-natural white pistachio nuts levels of nuts. Ford’s Killing the EV…
Added on October 28, 2022 The News Wheel « Previous Image Back to Post
It’s a Fourth of July miracle! It’s long been assumed that the Ford Fiesta ST was dead as a doornail in the United States, with the seeming killing blow being dealt earlier this year when Ford confirmed plans to kill off every car save for the Mustang and upcoming Focus Active. But someone at Ford…
Added on February 21, 2022 The News Wheel Back to Post Next Image »
Been waiting patiently for the arrival of the Ford EcoSport? Good news: it’s time to get off your duff, get out there, and get it. The new EcoSport began arriving at dealerships earlier this month, marking Ford’s long-awaited foray into the US subcompact crossover segment and its first product to be imported from India. Though,…
Ford F-150 adds new Onboard Scale feature that measures payload as you go Photo: Ford You know that meme that’s a screengrab from The Simpsons taken in the aftermath of Krusty the Clown (played by Homer) mercilessly pummeling The Krusty Burglar? Where a crying child is pleading, “Stop! Stop! He’s already dead”? Okay. Imagine that,…
A prophet once said: California knows how to party. California. Knows how to party. And, perhaps guided by the words of that poet—dearly-departed-but-perhaps-actually-just-living-in-Cuba—Ford this week announced that it will be bringing back the Mustang GT California Special for the 2019 model year. The announcement of the 2019 Mustang GT California Special adds even more excitement…
Yummy yum yum Photo: Ford Back in June, Ford revealed the Heritage Edition package for the 2023 F-150, paying tribute to the two-tone trucks of yesteryear. I, and no doubt many other folks, realized that if there was any other vehicle in the fold primed for a Heritage Edition of its own, it’d be the…
Could the Fiesta Active or something like it be Ford’s “affordable” nameplate? Photo: Ford Motor Company One of the first questions to come out of Ford’s decision to axe the Fiesta and Focus from its U.S. lineup — as well as all other sedans — was where that would leave entry-level buyers. Eliminating its sub-$20,000 sedans and…
Ford made 15,000 custom face masks for Wednesday’s inauguration Photo: Ford Ford Motor Company took an active role in the inauguration of 46th President of the United States Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, supplying 15,000 customized masks used during the proceedings. The masks, which Ford made in Michigan, feature the Joint…
A Ford dealer says Maverick trucks with the hybrid engine won’t be in showrooms at launch Photo: Ford With some 80,000 trucks already reserved, it’s safe to call the 2022 Ford Maverick a hit right out of the gate. But if you’re waiting to see what the new compact pickup looks like in person or…
New Ford #FinishStrong commercial promotes importance of masks Photo: Ford Ford launched a new ad campaign earlier this month encouraging America to stay the course as the COVID-19 pandemic continues on. The #FinishStrong campaign includes a 30-second commercial directed by Peter Berg and narrated by Bryan Cranston. The spot, which debuted during college football on…
The Ford Mustang Mach-E will get its first over-the-air updates six months after launch Photo: Ford The all-new 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E, still set to arrive at dealerships by year’s end, will be the automaker’s first vehicle to offer over-the-air updates. The ability to update the various computer modules of the Mach-E enables Ford to…
Added on October 15, 2021 The News Wheel Back to Post Next Image »
Ford going all in on hands-free with F-150, Mustang Mach-E Photo: Ford Ford is moving confidently into making autonomous driving tech available to the masses, and it’s putting two of its big-time products at the forefront. Next year, the 2021 Ford F-150 and Mustang Mach-E will become the first vehicles in the lineup to get…
Photo: Ford Ford has launched BlueCruise 1.4, the latest update of its hands-free driving feature. The automaker says that changes to the technology will allow drivers to stay in hands-free mode up to eight times longer than version 1.0 while providing greater stability and smoothness. According to Sammy Omari, Ford’s executive director of ADAS technologies,…
The Mustang Mach-E 1400 emerges from the smoke like a donut dragon Photo: Ford All too often these days, you find yourself doom scrolling through the news and muttering “that’s crazy” under your breath at every passing story. Today, if you read up on the newly revealed Ford Mustang Mach-E 1400 prototype, you’ll be saying…
The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Pro is ready to punch in, boss Photo: Ford As famed announcer Jim Ross might say: Business is about to pick up. Ford is now taking reservations on its F-150 Lightning Pro, the commercial-oriented entry-level version of its groundbreaking, game-changing all-electric truck. Need Something for Play? Try the 2021 Ford…
If you want a Ford Bronco, you’ll need to talk to a dealership for the time being Photo: Ford If you’ve been holding off on reserving a Ford Bronco and recently decided that now is your time to shine, you’re gonna need to holup for a sec. Ford has paused its online reservation system for…
For a good little while now, Ford has been staving off rumors that it will be killing off the bulk of its car lineup. Anonymous source after anonymous source has claimed that the Fiesta, Fusion, C-MAX, and Taurus are all destined for the chopping block, and Ford has almost invariably countered by saying that these…
*triumphant guitar squeal* Photo: Ford We’re all waiting ever so patiently for Ford to kick a wall down and rip the cover off the next-generation F-150 Raptor, which is rumored to get a massive supercharged V8. Is that happening? You already know. When is it happening? Time will tell. But in the meantime, Ford is…
The all-new Mustang Mach-E drove Ford to a record February Photo: Ford With its portfolio of electrified vehicles ever-expanding, Ford achieved a new February sales record for EVs and hybrids. The all-new Mustang Mach-E, Ford F-150 PowerBoost, Explorer Limited Hybrid, and Escape Hybrid combined for 9,267 sales — a 56.1 percent increase from Ford’s electrified…
The Ford BlueOvalSK Battery Park opens in Kentucky in 2025 Photo: Ford Ford is turning to one of its key hubs for manufacturing as a crucial part of its electrification strategy. Last week, Ford announced a $5.8 billion battery manufacturing park in Glendale, Kentucky, which adds to the Blue Oval’s robust presence in the Bluegrass…
The Ford F-Series is America’s bestselling truck for the 46th straight year Photo: Ford In what could only be described as an astonishing and utterly unforeseen development, the Ford F-Series has locked down the title of America’s bestselling truck for the 46th consecutive year. Ford sold 653,957 F-Series trucks last year, good enough to also…