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Come to this section of Torque News to read general Ford news and reviews. The Ford F Series has been the bestselling vehicle in the United States for over three decades and here you will find the latest Ford news and reviews about of Ford models. The Ford brand is far more than just trucks. Models like the Fusion, Focus EV, Taurus, Fiesta, Mustang, Escape and Explorer make Ford a top competitor in pretty much every major automotive segment in both the American and global markets. Torque News reporters update the news on this page about Ford vehicles daily.

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By Don Bain on March 8, 2012 - 7:06PM
Ford's popular online media interactive reality show, Escape Routes, in which teams of competitors driving the new Ford Escapes attempt to solve navigation and real world problems with the aid of their followers on social media, is moving to Prime Time TV.
By Frank Sherosky on March 7, 2012 - 9:57PM
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) awarded CEO Alan Mulally $58.3 million in stock as a reward for the automaker's turnaround. Question is: Is this a return to business as usual?
By Nicolas Zart on March 7, 2012 - 2:20PM
After a breakfast meeting with three highly passionate Ford women engineers, it was obvious what these ladies had to offer, another angle most male engineers cannot grasp.
By Patrick Rall on March 5, 2012 - 10:36PM
Today, Ford Motor Company introduced the world to the production version of the sporty 3-door Ford Fiesta ST – a high performance hatchback powered by an EcoBoost 4-cylinder that combined performance with fuel economy but sadly – Ford currently has no plans to offer the high performance 3-door Fiesta in the United States.
By Keith Griffin on March 5, 2012 - 8:06PM
Ford has announced that the Transit Commercial Van going on sale in 2013 will be powered by a 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 engine when it debuts.
By Aaron Turpen on March 5, 2012 - 2:03PM
The technologies that most often impact our everyday lives are rarely big and flashy, but are usually small and convenient. Ford takes that to heart with its kick-activated automatic tailgate.
By Patrick Rall on March 5, 2012 - 12:26PM
Ford and Lincoln both had excellent months in February 2012, with both of the brands from the Ford Motor Company showing positive growth compared to the same month one year ago – with Lincoln surprisingly leading the charge.
By Patrick Rall on March 2, 2012 - 1:31PM
Ford Motor Company has announced that on Friday March 9th, they will introduce an all-new model in the Super Duty lineup on their company Ford Trucks Facebook page and along with that statement came the image shown on the right – offering us a very vague look at the new 2013 Super Duty.
By Patrick Rall on March 2, 2012 - 11:50AM
The official EPA ratings have just been announced for the 2012 Ford Focus Electric and with a combined mile per gallon equivalent of 105 MPGe the new Focus Electric is the most fuel efficient 5-passenger vehicle available in the United States – beating the Nissan Leaf by 6 MPGe.
By Don Bain on March 2, 2012 - 1:32AM
Ford, General Motors and Chrysler participated in an overall 15.7 percent surge in auto sales last month, the highest level of automotive sales since February 2008, three months before the economy lost its way.
By Patrick Rall on March 1, 2012 - 6:43PM
Just a few days after Penske Racing Dodge Chargers finished a disappointing 32nd and 34th in the 2012 Daytona 500, Ford Motor Company issued a statement proclaiming that Penske would be returning to Ford Motorsports for the 2013 season – both for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series.
By Patrick Rall on March 1, 2012 - 4:56PM
February 2012 was a very good month for the Ford Mustang with sales almost doubling compared to the same month one year ago – allowing the Ford pony car to outsell the Chevrolet Camaro and the Dodge Challenger while claiming the title of top rear wheel drive performance car in the second month of the year.
By Patrick Rall on February 28, 2012 - 2:10PM
Last night at 7pm, the 54th running of the Daytona 500 got underway some 30+ hours later than expected and after an incredible 6+ hours in the first primetime running of the Great American Race, Matt Kenseth drove the #17 Best Buy Ford Fusion to victory lane in what was surely one of the most bizarre races in NASCAR history.
By David Herron on February 27, 2012 - 8:20PM
Rising gasoline costs this year should make a hybrid car like the Toyota Prius more interesting, because higher fuel efficiency should mean lower cost of ownership, but surprisingly the Ford Fiesta costs less to own than the Prius.
By Frank Sherosky on February 27, 2012 - 12:07AM
Feb. 26, 2012, a date that may only live in infamy until next year, has the Daytona 500 succumbing to rain; the Oscar hopefuls in high anxiety on the West coast; but the winner of the 2012 Detroit Autorama’s Ridler Award is for sure the red 1955 Ford T-Bird.
By Frank Sherosky on February 25, 2012 - 8:33PM
Among the many chopped, channeled, and decked hot rods at the 60th annual Meguiar’s Detroit Autorama, one vehicle award stands out as much as the Pirelli Great 8 and Ridler Award. It is the Preservation Award won by the 1928-1929 era Ford Roadster of Scott Pieknik.
By Anthony Faccenda on February 24, 2012 - 11:04PM
Move over Crown Victoria, the all-new Ford Police Interceptor is here to serve and protect.
By Patrick Rall on February 24, 2012 - 3:39PM
The 2013 Ford Mustang has received a subtle exterior redesign that makes the sporty American muscle car even more aggressive looking and the first television advertisement for the new Mustang will air this Sunday during the 54th running of the Daytona 500 – although the new commercial has shown up on the internet ahead of the debut during the Great American Race.
By Patrick Rall on February 24, 2012 - 1:56PM
I recently had a chance to spend some time with a 2012 Ford Focus SE, a sporty C-segment sedan that illustrates how far the American compact sedan has come with incredible fuel economy, a low price and loads of amenities – meaning that owning an affordable American compact no longer means driving a bare bones vehicle with no soul.
By Patrick Rall on February 24, 2012 - 1:53PM
By Aaron Turpen on February 24, 2012 - 6:14AM
Ford's new Tourneo Custom Concept van will make its first appearance at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in March as Ford tries to re-capture the European people-mover segment.
By David Herron on February 20, 2012 - 2:18PM
Ford (and other automakers) envision future cars with high tech infotainment systems galore where car dashboards could have downloadable app's just like todays smart phones and tablets. With the OpenXC platform Ford is creating a channel for open collaboration with 3rd party application developers, allowing them to use cars like the Ford Focus to prototype their gizmos.
By Anthony Faccenda on February 17, 2012 - 7:43PM
Despite Toyota's dominance in the hybrid market, Ford believes that their new line of hybrid vehicles are superior in both fuel economy and quality.
By Don Bain on February 17, 2012 - 5:44PM
The Women's Business Enterprise Council has named Ford as one of America's top corporations thanks to its work with women-owned suppliers, a significant accomplishment as they are the first automaker to earn the award.
By Nicolas Zart on February 17, 2012 - 1:44PM
There is no denying Ford is the rising star in the North American and global auto industry and by placing engineer’s creativity center place, they infuse dynamism in a changing automotive landscape.
By Patrick Rall on February 17, 2012 - 11:18AM
While the folks at Lexus have had a heavy dose of advertising around the new 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Ford Motor Company made their mark in a very sexy way with a full page advertisement featuring the new 2013 Mustang GT shown on the right.