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Ford has backpedaled on its expectations for self-driving cars in the near future. The automaker's CEO, Jim Hackett, said at a Detroit Economic Club event on Tuesday that the automaker "overestimated" how soon self-driving cars would be available, according to a Bloomberg report. Hackett added Ford still plans to deploy a self-driving car in 2021. In 2016, the automaker promised said car would not feature a steering wheel, gas pedal or brake pedal. The CEO added that the autonomous car coming in 2021 will be used in a very narrow scope and tied down to geofenced areas. "The problem is so...
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Ford RS chief engineer moves to HyundaiSouth Korean automaker Hyundai has plucked Ford's chief RS engineer. Tyrone Johnson has been named head of vehicle test and development at the Hyundai Motor Europe Test and Development facility in Germany after working on Ford's RS vehicles in his previous role. Autocar reported Monday on Johnson's...
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Numbers matching 1967 Ford Shelby GT350 sells for $187,000A 1967 Ford Shelby GT350 with almost all of its original parts, as well as the original invoice and window sticker, went under the hammer recently and fetched $187,000.
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Ford, Toyota, GM and SAE collaborate on standards for self-driving carsA new consortium has been established by major automakers and SAE International to help determine safety standards for developing self-driving cars.
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Ford files to trademark "Mustang Mach-E" nameA new trademark filing points to a likely name for Ford's upcoming Mustang hybrid. The automaker has filed with the European Union Property Rights Office for the rights to the name "Mustang Mach-E." All Ford Mustangs first discovered the trademark fling and reported it on Tuesday. Motor Authority...
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Next-generation Ford Mustang rumored to grow to Dodge Challenger size, ready no earlier than 2026A new report claims to have dug up details on the next-generation Ford Mustang, and if it rings true, the current S550-generation car has a long life ahead of it. Sources outside of Ford shed light on the next Mustang's development plans, according to a Monday report from Automobile. The big news...
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Ford is developing a new subcompact crossover SUV which is due for a reveal in 2019 and confirmed as the Puma—a name that recently surfaced in trademark filings. The Puma is related to the latest Fiesta and judging by a teaser shot released on Wednesday the exterior designs of the two vehicles will also have a lot in common. Ford isn't bringing the latest Fiesta to the United States due to the decision last year to drop all car models bar the Mustang. Instead we have to settle for the Ecosport crossover in the subcompact segment. Ford is yet to confirm if we'll get the Puma as well...
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Fan-built Lego 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 captures the look of the real dealLego bricks promise a never-ending world of creation. One builder has used only his creativity and Legos to build the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. That's correct, this car was not built from a kit with instructions or anything official from Lego. This one represents a builder's creativity...
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2021 Ford Bronco could get retractable cloth roofPatent filings are giving us an idea of how the the 2021 Ford Bronco could be taking shape. Last week we reported on a patent for nifty removable doors with built-in crash beams, and now we learn about a patent for a retractable cloth roof with a few neat tricks. The patent depicts the option of a...
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2020 Ford Escape to be revealed April 2The redesigned 2020 Ford Escape will be shown in its European guise on April 2. The debut of the U.S.-spec version should follow shortly after.
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Hennessey Performance cooks up VelociRaptor V-8 for The RockHennessey Performance Engineering will gladly replace the Ford F-150 Raptor's twin-turbo V-6 with a V-8, and that appealed to professional wrestler and action star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. HPE posted photos to its official Facebook page on Tuesday showing The Rock's latest ride. It's a baby blue...
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Modified Ford GT becomes first street-legal car to hit 300 mphThe heavily modified 2006 Ford GT hit 300 mph on a drag strip, but the race to build a super-fast, street-legal hypercar is just starting.
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The 2021 Ford Bronco will soon be wrangling Jeep owners. A prototype for the 2021 Bronco was reportedly shown to Ford's top-selling dealers in February at a closed-door event in Palm Beach, Florida, according to Automotive News (sub required). Ford confiscated attendees' cellphones during the event to prevent them from taking photos, but dealers in attendance later revealed that the prototype was the two-door model and that a four-door Bronco is in the works. Ford is said to have designed the Bronco to have a removable hard top and doors that can be stored in its cargo area. Unlike the Jeep...
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Flat Rock plant will be home to Ford's next-gen Mustang, EVsFord on Wednesday announced a shakeup in production plans for future electric and self-driving cars. Under the latest plans, the Flat Rock Assembly Plant south of Detroit will become a production hub for Ford's electric cars, though the site will also continue to build Mustangs—including a...
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Ford and Vaughn Gittin Jr. find a 4-leaf clover to drift and celebrate St. Patrick's DayFord got into the spirit of St. Patrick's day on Friday with the reveal of a Grabber Lime green color for the Mustang Shelby GT500, but it also sent professional drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. out to find four leaf clovers. Not the kind that lurks in the grass, but the type found across America's...
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Ford reveals Grabber Lime paint for 2020 Mustang--just in time for St. Patrick’s DaySunday is St. Patrick’s Day, a day when bringing out your best green attire is entirely welcome, and to join in on the fun Ford has revealed the new Grabber Lime exterior color for the 2020 Mustang range. Naturally, the automaker chose to show off the bright green hue on the Mustang Shelby...
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2020 Ford Explorer fights punctures with self-sealing tiresThe 2020 Ford Explorer will do its darnedest to make sure a tire puncture won't immediately put a driver on the side of the road with self-sealing tires from Michelin. Michelin's self-sealing tires aren't new—they were developed for the Chevrolet Bolt EV—but the 2020 Explorer marks the...
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2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 limited to 180 mph, slower than Camaro ZL1When the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 hits the streets this summer, it will have a top speed slower than its arch-rival, the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. According to a Wednesday report from Car and Driver, Ford will limit the Shelby GT500 to 180 mph. The Camaro ZL1 has a top speed of 202 mph, while the...
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Ford has no plans to introduce the current Ranger Raptor in the United States, so Hennessey Performance Engineering will essentially do it for the automaker. On Monday, the Texas-based tuning company announced the Ford VelociRaptor Ranger. The VelociRaptor name should be familiar to anyone who follows HPE as it first graced the F-150 Raptor nearly 10 years ago. Like any HPE-tuned vehicle, the process starts with more power. HPE increases the turbo boost of the Ranger's 2.3-liter turbo-4, adds a high-flow air system, installs stainless steel cat-back exhaust system, and changes the ECU tuning...
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Ford ends North American production of TaurusIn a sign of the times, Ford in 2015 unveiled its redesigned Taurus in China, where large sedans still sell in significant numbers. With sedan sales on the decline in these parts, Ford didn't even bother introducing the redesigned car here and instead continued producing the previous generation for...
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Ford says its Mustang-inspired electric crossover will "go like hell"Ford's upcoming electric crossover that takes inspiration from the Mustang won't be a simple grocery getter. It's "going to go like hell," according to Bill Ford, Ford Executive Chairman. The executive made the comments at the Crain's Detroit Business Newsmaker of the Year conference, Automotive...
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Brick by brick, build your own Lego 1967 Ford Mustang GTOccasionally, Lego creations don't quite mimic the real thing, but Lego and Ford have nailed it with this 1967 Mustang GT replica. Both companies announced the 1967 Ford Mustang GT as the latest in a series of car-related Lego projects on Friday and fans young and old should find a lot to...
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New Ford Focus ST debuts with 276 horsepower, forbidden fruit statusHot hatch fans in the United States are likely still mourning Ford's decision last year to skip the new generation of the Focus locally, and now they'll have to suffer fresh salt in the wounds as the Blue Oval has just unveiled the car's sporty ST variant. The covers came off the redesigned Focus...
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Ford Mustang may get a more powerful turbo-4Ford ditched the V-6 engine for the 2018 model year, but that leaves buyers with fewer choices than rival Chevrolet Camaro customers. Ford is also stuck with a larger power gap between the standard 2.3-liter turbo-4 and the 5.0-liter V-8 than Chevrolet. It looks like Ford has a remedy for the...
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