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2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid Review and Road Test

May 6, 2013 Car Reviews & Road Tests

A great application of hybrid tech. The current Ford Focus is very good; there’s a practical sedan version, a sporty hatchback version, an upcoming turbocharged version that will rival the best in the hot-hatch biz and even an electric version. What there isn’t—and hasn’t been in North America since ’07—is a wagon version. Which is [...]

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2013 Ford Escape Titanium Review and Road Test

May 1, 2013 Car Reviews & Road Tests

There’s no Escape-ing the advancement of Ford’s bread-and-butter SUV. Yeah, we went there. As a former owner of the first generation Ford Escape (2005 XLT 4WD V6, by the bye) I was interested to see how big the strides the folks at the Blue Oval were able to make on what is their strongest SUV [...]

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2013 Ford Explorer Sport Review and Road Test

April 11, 2013 Car Reviews & Road Tests

A proper performance-sedan-in-SUV-drag scenario. When we drove the Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicle (based on the Explorer) on an autocross track in May of ’12, we were pleasantly surprised by how well it handled itself on such a tight course. I remember thinking “if only they gave us a civilian vehicle in similar spec…” At that [...]

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2013 Ford Fusion SE Review and Road Test

March 21, 2013 Car Reviews & Road Tests

Spicing-up the midsize sedan segment. I have to credit the Ford Fusion for bringing the Blue Oval back into my consciousness, to a degree. I was on a road trip with my dad through the mid-western US, and our rental car was none other than a previous-gen Ford Fusion and it blew me away. After years of [...]

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What your AWD system can do for you

March 5, 2013 Automotive News

Raco, MI – We know how much we Canadians love all-wheel-drive systems in our cars. In stands to reason; our climate dictates it, with heavy winters in a large percentage of our fair country and especially around our most populated areas. It’s why after driving them two years ago, I questioned Ford’s decision to only offer [...]

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2014 Ford Transit vans debut in Detroit, will replace some E-Series models

December 21, 2012 Automotive News

Detroit, MI – It was only a matter of time before Ford’s “One Ford” initiative expanded beyond producing models for sale at the retail level (such as the Fiesta and Focus) and made it to the lucrative fleet market—taxicabs, civil service vehicles and so forth. For Ford, the van segment appears to be one that was [...]

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2013 Ford Flex Limited AWD Review and Road test

December 18, 2012 Car Reviews & Road Tests

EcoBoost. Is there anything it can’t do? Seriously, is there? It’s made the Taurus SHO sing, made believers out of pickup cynics who think a V8 is the only way to go with the F-150 and added some real sporting credential to the Focus with the RS. But when an engine has the ability to make even the squarest [...]

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LAAS 2012: ’14 Ford Fiesta to have optional three-cylinder power, ST version

December 11, 2012 Automotive News

Ford’s smallest car gets an economical three-cylinder turbo, and a slightly more rambunctious four-banger, too. Los Angeles, CA – The Smart ForTwo is an interesting car; when I first saw one on a trip to Europe in 2001, I was surprised by how interesting a proposition it was (they had reached our shores at that point). [...]

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Ignition: 2013 Ford Fusion

October 4, 2012 Automotive News

The Fusion moves to the head of the midsize sedan class. Santa Monica, CA — School has been in session for about a month now, and although it’s still early we might just have a candidate for valedictorian in the midsize sedan class. This group is full of overachievers and is one of the most [...]

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2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Review and Road Test

September 10, 2012 Car Reviews & Road Tests

Mustang to the max. “I usually say that the best car is the next car. But not this time. This is the best car in the world!” With that quote, the late Caroll Shelby himself introduced members of the media to the 2013 Shelby GT500 on the eve of the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show. The man behind [...]

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2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Review and Road Test

July 24, 2012 Car Reviews & Road Tests

So good it hurts. The Boss 302 is not really a standalone model; it’s a trim package for the Mustang GT Coupe. Nevertheless, the transformation is such that it can feel like a very different animal when pushed. Not to mention that some all-time classics like the 1968 Chevy Camaro Z28 started life as “just [...]

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2013 Ford Mustang GT Review and Road Test (w/video)

July 24, 2012 Car Reviews & Road Tests

An fine example of everything that should be celebrated by auto enthusiasts everywhere. The Ford Mustang is one of those automotive gems that are becoming fewer and farther between in an automotive industry, one that’s becoming evermore populated by line-blurring crossover-SUVs, four-door coupes and all other manner of “let’s try and hit every possible market segment with [...]

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Ford F-150 Harley Davidson edition review

July 23, 2012 Car Reviews & Road Tests

The Ford F-150 makes a pretty good statement on its own. A big chunky grille, a bold shoulder line and a tall seat makes it hard to miss. But the for those who aren’t satisfied, Ford’s 2012 version of the Harley Davidson edition is by far the most handsome yet and aligned better with the [...]

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Ignition: 2013 Ford Focus ST

July 5, 2012 Automotive News

The battle for hot-hatch supremacy gets a new combatant. Calabogie, ON – So from one end of Ford’s performance car spectrum, highlighted by the Shelby GT500 we recently tried, we head to the other, which features the all-new Ford Focus ST. If the Shelby and its 662 horsepower supercharged V8 is the sledgehammer in Ford’s tool [...]

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AJAC EcoRun: The EVs, Part 1

May 16, 2012 Automotive News

We take a look at the Nissan Leaf, Ford Focus Electric and Chevrolet Volt in Part one of our two-part series examining the electric vehicles on AJAC’s Brighton-to-London EcoRun. While I won’t say electric cars were what the AJAC EcoRun was all about, you aren’t going to have an eco-themed car rally without them these [...]

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Ignition: 2013 Ford Police Interceptor Sedan and Utility (w/video)

May 2, 2012 Automotive News

A changing of the guard in North American precincts. Come on, admit it. Since the day you saw a Ford LTD or Chevy Caprice with light bars on the roof scream by, you’ve always wanted to drive a police car. Being too young, you begged for a Matchbox, or Hot Wheels or Majorette version (those [...]

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