Ford is taking no prisoners
2010 is Ford year . Ford overtook Volkswagen as the best selling name plate in Europe. In the US, sales are up, (24% in April) its market share is the highest since 1977. Sales are up on nearly...
View ArticleAnother Icon Bites the Dust Mercury Dead?
Plymouth, Oldsmobile, Pontiac and now Mercury……… After years of speculation it might be killed, Ford’s 71-year-old Mercury brand finally appears headed for the automotive graveyard.. The Dearborn...
View ArticleConsumer Reports reliability survey: Ford falls to No. 20, Chrysler brands...
Ford’s overall reliability rank sank 10 spots to 20th in Consumer Reports’ annual reliability survey while several Chryslerbrands improved significantly, the popular consumer advice magazine said...
View ArticleSpotted in Natomas: Its not a bird, not a plane, its a 1960 Comet!
Click to view slideshow. The Comet was originally planned as an Edsel model. It was reassigned to Mercury dealerships after the demise of the Edsel brand, where it was marketed as a standalone product...
View ArticleBIG MAN RIDES: 2014 Mazda 6 ( The return of the Zoom)
When a large company acquires a smaller company , the smaller company often suffers. American Motors Corporation was the smallest manufacturer in the US. Chrysler bought AMC in 1987. Chrysler...
View ArticleSilver Hair in Flashy Cars
I believe mans love affair with the car began in the womb. He peeked out of his mothers curtain and said, “yeah” I want one of those”. At five months old my son chose a matchbox car over a plushy...
View ArticleWhy you might own at Tesla or and Electric car in the Next Five years!
By CityFella A few years ago the State of California approved rules requiring 15 percent of cars sold in California to be all-electric, plug-in hybrid electric or hydrogen vehicles. This means in...
View ArticleAutomakers’ dependence on China sharpens share declines
A man reacts as he looks at stock markets at a brokerage house in Shanghai China, Monday. The Shanghai Composite index fell by 8.5 % Monday. Photo Associated Press On what is shaping up to be one of...
View ArticleAre the American auto manufacturers giving up on cars?
A few years ago, familiar American nameplates started to disappear, Plymouth, Mercury, Oldsmobile, Pontiac victims of overcapacity. These models share most components with other corporate models....
View ArticleGive me a car with a stick….. NO SUV’s for me!
One wonders what Henry Ford, would think? The car company bearing his name, will soon stop making cars. With the exception of the Mustang (The Chinese love Mustangs) and a Chinese built Focus,...
View ArticleWhy the General Motors plant closures are good for America and not so good...
2019 Cadillac CT6One of the best cars on the road and discontinued Toyota Camry has been the best selling car in America for more than two decades. In the last few years the Honda Accord was the...
View ArticleCan Ford build an better Tesla?
Luxury Brands ,Jaguar, Audi, Porsche have attempted to build Electric vehicles that can compete with Tesla. Tesla is crushing them in their home markets and in the United States,the Tesla model 3 is...
View ArticleFord shading Tesla
Ford’s Mustang Mach-E. When anyone thinks electric cars, Tesla is ususually the first car mentioned. Tesla is massive, it is the highest valued automaker in the world. Last summer Tesla over took...
View ArticleREVIEW: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach E
By: Greg Migliore/Autoblogcom Ford puts its best foot forward with the Mach-E, combining the idea of a Mustang with significance of an electric car. It’s capable, interesting and it is necessarily a...
View ArticleEV’s 201: Still have questions about Electric Cars?
More and more people are interested in an Electric Vehicles (EV’s), but many still have questions. In 2010, just 1,919 EVs were sold in the U.S. Last year nearly 300, 000 were sold. Around the world,...
View ArticleThe Chip Shortage Looks Like the Oil Shortage of the 1970s. What It Means for...
President Joe Biden introduced a plan for $50 billion in chip research earlier this year.Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg By: Al Root/Barron’s Semiconductors might be the new oil—and that could...
View ArticleThe Last Automaker Standing
Dirty Dirty Dirty The worlds automotive landscape is in warp speed. New automotive starts up seem to be opening hourly, with the goal of becoming the next Tesla. American automakers have all but...
View ArticleIs GM really all in on Electric Vehicles?
The Average American spent more than $42,000 for a car in 2021. Chevrolet Bolt Today’s announcement by GM to make its largest investment ever, $7 billion to create 4,000 new jobs at EV manufacturing...
View ArticleDoubters swore they’d never give up their F-150 to go electric – but she...
Linda Zhang led the team behind Ford’s first all-electric version of its best-selling F-150 truck.Ford By:Ryan Hogg/Business Insider. Ford’s F-150 has been the best-selling truck in the US for 45...
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