Tuesday Nov 3 | Market Watch
Ford U.S. October vehicle sales rise 2.6%
U.S. October sales of the Taurus jumped to 6,076 units from 2,517 a year ago. Sales of the Fusion rose 24.1% to 13,445 vehicles from a year ago, and Escape sales rose 26.1% to 12,471 units.
For Yosemite bears, dinner arrives in a minivan
What's bigger than a picnic basket and even better than one in the eyes of black bears that live in Yosemite National Park? A study published this month in the Journal of Mammalogy says it's minivans driven by families with children who leave behind a trail of spilled juice boxes, Cheerios and coolers carrying other snacks.
The Oldest New Vehicles You Can Buy
To keep up in competitive automotive segments, manufacturers issue new or substantially revised products every five to seven years.
Transit Connect does job cheaply
Got the Econoline Blues? Need a cheap, roomy van to haul your indie band's gear from one college town to the next? Your plumbing company's profits circling the drain as gasoline prices rise? You're a handyman who needs a handy van? Ford's ready to change your tune with the 2010 Transit Connect.
Millions of Ford Vehicles Recalled
A faulty switch has caused Ford to recall four and a half million vehicles. The announcement is an expansion of a recall that now includes 14-million vehicles in the last ten years.
List of Cars Affected by the Ford Cruise ControlA Recall
Starting October 26, Ford will recall 4.5 million cars to fix a leaky cruise control switch that may lead to car fires.
News & Rants: Ford to Recall 4.5 Million Vehicles
Ford plans to recall 4.5 million vehicles with a faulty cruise control deactivation switch, according to the Detroit News.
Forda s Plans For Avon Lake Plant In Limbo
Ford workers in Avon Lake continue producing commercial vans, but the future of that plant is by no means certain.
2010 Ford Transit Connect XLT: Big hopes, tiny van
In Europe, the Ford Transit Connect is common enough to blend into the landscape.
In Our View: Celebrating the freedom to read
The Joplin Public Library, beginning today, will display books, magazines and movie titles that patrons have challenged during the past several years.
2010 Ford Ranger: Almost A Classic, Now With Side Airbags
This week, TheCarConnection.com updated its full review of the Ford Ranger for 2010, and even though we haven't driven the 2010 yet we've driven countless earlier models and can speak from experience.
Tire Preview: Hankook Ventus V12 Evo K110 ultra high performance summer tire
" Hankook may just be the largest tire company that you've never heard of. Established in 1941 and presently the seventh largest tire manufacturer in the world, South Korea-based Hankook counts major automakers such as General Motors, Ford, Dodge, Volkswagen, Brabus-Smart, and Hyundai/Kia among its customers; chances are that if you own a ...
Unique 1965 Dodge Deora Concept going up for auction
Built by legendary hot rodders Mike and Larry Alexander, the one-off pickup truck won the Ridler Award at the 1967 Detroit Autorama and was immortalized a year later as one of the original 16 Hot Wheels model cars.
Tip List: Driver stuck with broken cruise control
In 2007 Ford announced that a number of its automobiles had problems with their cruise control systems.
Officials beg for new body shop for Ford plant
Avon Lake Mayor Karl Zuber and Sheffield Mayor John Hunter begged for help to keep Ford's Ohio Assembly Plant strong at a meeting Tuesday attended by state legislators at Lorain County Community College.
Couple forced to return Cash for Clunkers car, dealers still waiting on government money
The Cash for Clunkers program has gotten a lot of cars of dealer lots but the dealers haven't seen much cash.
Recently, my friend got the word that her 1996 Plymouth van was dead. The vehicle, worth about $1,000, needed a $2,500 engine.
a Clunkersa pulls wary shoppers off fence
The people who have made "cash for clunkers" such a success were fence-sitters - a Virginia family wondering whether to keep pouring money into what they called the "dog car," a Colorado couple hanging on to their Ford in case the children ever wanted it.
To the government, old gas hogs are clunkers. To the giant scrap yard shredder on Grade Lane, they are food .
Clunker program gets $2B boost; traffic is 'amazing'
A rusted 1987 Ford Econoline van with the word "clunker" on the windshield was traded in for a newer vehicle at Gibson Chevrolet in South Holland, Ill.
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