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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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Ford Lightnings Have Been Held Pending QC checks
Ford Confirms Reports That F-150s and F-150 Lightnings Have Been Stored
By Marc Stern on March 6, 2024 - 8:22PM
To ensure that its pickup products have met quality standards, Ford has been storing its pickups in and around Dearborn and Detroit before shipping.
Goodyear RangeMax tire
Goodyear Improves Delivery Vehicle Tires Three Ways With New RangeMax
By John Goreham on March 6, 2024 - 8:27AM
Delivery vehicles are an important tire market segment these days. With an eye towards improving the tires for the vehicles our society relies upon, Goodyear offers two new RangeMax tire choices.
Silver Kia Sorento PHEV and blue Chevy Volt PHEV
Plug-In Hybrids Are Necessary To Reduce Fossil Fuel Dependency, But They Are A Bridge, Not The Destination
By Justin Hart on March 6, 2024 - 3:57AM
I am a big fan of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). They are critical to our effort to end dependence on fossil fuels for personal transportation. However, they’re a bridge to get us to the point when batteries can completely replace gasoline, not the end point.
Ford F-150 Lightning
Ford Turns It Around In the Third Quarter As The Lightning Takes Off
By Marc Stern on March 5, 2024 - 7:45PM
If you could have forecast the third quarter, no one would have foreseen the hit the EV industry would take. Much of it had to do with a super-cold winter season and poor consumer training Now it looks like things are turning around.
Ford Is seeking A New Crop Of Techs To Work on its Products
Ford Is Investing In Training The Technicians It Needs For The Future
By Marc Stern on March 4, 2024 - 9:00PM
Ford has recognized a real need in upcoming technician shortages, and it is taking a leading role in training the techs the automaker needs for the future.
Ford Maverick Tremor Out in the wild
No one would have believed Ford’s Maverick would lead the way to an EV future, but it seems that way.
By Marc Stern on March 3, 2024 - 8:49PM
Though EVs were solid sellers before the recent cold snap, folks abandoned them when they wouldn’t charge well in the super-cold.
The Maverick Keeps Making Great News For Ford
Ford Keeps On Making Good News; The Maverick Is Honored Again and the Lincoln Aviator Is Revealed
By Marc Stern on March 2, 2024 - 10:26PM
Like its corporate twin, the Ford Explorer, the Lincoln Aviator has a Police Interceptor version plus a much more powerful twin-turbo version that cranks out 400 horsepower through two turbos.
Ford Maverick Is Honored Again
Ford’s Maverick Continues To Win Accolades; Other Ford Products Also Win
By Marc Stern on March 1, 2024 - 8:59PM
If you have noticed anything about Ford’s Maverick lately, it continues to win awards across its marketplace. Indeed, Consumer Reports has honored the compact – some call it mid-sized – hybrid again.
Ford Logo Showing Key Rates
Ford Owners Now Have Full Access To Tesla’s Supercharging Network
By Marc Stern on February 29, 2024 - 8:39PM
Starting today, Ford will have full access to Tesla’s Supercharging Network. All of the variations are spelled out.
An example of a Ford Bronco Model at an Off-Roadeo site
With Most Rooms Gone, Ford Steps Up And Offers Customers Eclipse Packages
By Marc Stern on February 28, 2024 - 8:33PM
It has been estimated that the next glimpse of a U.S. eclipse. It will be a couple of centuries from now, so if anyone wants to see the narrow band of sun-darkened land to sees one, they will have to either have accommodations now or they will miss it.
Ford Tremor Version Of Its Popular Hybrid Maverick
For The Second Year, Ford’s Compact Maverick Has Been Named Top Consumer Reports Hybrid
By Marc Stern on February 27, 2024 - 9:41PM
Who would have thought this possible? A couple of years ago, Ford’s full-sized Lightning EV was the toast of the internet. Little did Ford know when it released the compact Maverick Hybrid, it would take over for the Lightning, which it has and continues.
It's likely you will find Ford Mustangs With Special Clear Film Packaging Here
Ford Lets Mustang Owners Personalize Their 'Stangs' With Clear-Coat
By Marc Stern on February 26, 2024 - 8:33PM
Although clear-coat has been around for more than 30 years, Ford is now allowing Mustang owners to have special clear-coating
Ford F-150 Lightning, Kia EV9, Chevy Blazer EV and Silverado EV, Tesla Model X
Traditional Automakers Struggle With Electric Vehicles Because They Forget About User Experience
By Justin Hart on February 25, 2024 - 9:44PM
Even though it is mostly about misaligned expectations and not real declines in year over year sales, there is a bunch of noise in the media lately about electric vehicle (EV) sales tanking. That simply isn’t true, generally.
Police Arrest Sophisicated Car Thief Near Atlanta
Georgia Police Arrest Suspect In Sophisticated Theft Of Five Ford Pickups
By Marc Stern on February 25, 2024 - 8:26PM
Georgia Police Department Nabs Suspect In Theft of Five Pickups From Ford Dealership Near Atlanta.
Ford Lightning Pickup Takes Off As It the automaker tests
Are Quality Issues Forcing Ford To Stash Completed Products?
By Marc Stern on February 24, 2024 - 7:57PM
Ford may be withholding some of its finished products because they are not meeting quality benchmarks. It is not the first time the automaker has done this.
Ford Edge Still Draws Praise From Consumer Reports
Though Leaving The Lineup, Consumer Reports Continues To Praise The Ford Edge
By Marc Stern on February 23, 2024 - 9:03PM
Ford’s Edge Continues To Shine With Consumer Reports Even Though Its Run Is Ending this year.
Customers Who Can Get Job1 or 2 Mustang Mach-Es Will Find More Value
As Ford Slashes Prices On 2023 Job 1 Mustang Mach-Es Lucky Buyers Gain Much More Value
By Marc Stern on February 22, 2024 - 9:02PM
Ford Adds Considerable Value For Customers Thinking of Purchasing Job 1 2023 Mustang Mach-Es As They Have More Equipment to Offer. The reason is simple purchasing a Job 1 or Job 2 Mustang Mach-E model adds more basic value and features to the package.
Canadian Company Uses Ford Telematics for Conversion
Canadian Firm Uses Ford Telematics and EV Experience To Convert Fleet
By Marc Stern on February 21, 2024 - 8:18PM
As I worked on this piece last night, I found that Ford's Telematics were the key to solving Fize Electrique's EV conversion plan, It has taken 6 years but it has worked.
Ford Slashes Pricing To Stay Competitive
Ford Slashes Pricing On Its Mustang Mach-E To Compete With Tesla, Cut Inventory
By Marc Stern on February 20, 2024 - 8:07PM
The Blue Oval has cut the pricing on the Mustang Mach-E to not only make the line more competitive but also to move the crossover off dealer lots.
Truck Owners Told Consumer Reports These Models Made Them Happiest
Most Satisfying New Pickup Trucks
By Timothy Boyer on February 19, 2024 - 10:23AM
Compact, midsized, and full-sized trucks Consumer Report’s surveys reveal are the ones that make their owners (if not their dogs) happiest.
Ford Subsidiary Expands Charging Capability
Slowly But Surely Electrify America Begins To Expand Its Charging Options
By Marc Stern on February 18, 2024 - 7:31PM
For years, Electrify America had taken a "below the radar" go-slow approach to expanding its charging options. Now, EA has begun to get bolder.
Ford Maverick Tremor Tears Through A Rough Patch
Though Pricing Is Falling, the Maverick Is Still Running At Over MSRP
By Marc Stern on February 17, 2024 - 9:08PM
One thing that anyone in the market for a Ford Maverick is likely to find is that the super-popular compact pickup is still running at well over MSRP.
Blue Ford Mustang Mach-E electric crossover
If Demand For Ford's EVs Is Truly Shrinking, Ford Needs To Understand Why
By Justin Hart on February 17, 2024 - 2:38AM
Ford’s best selling electric vehicle (EV) right now is the Mustang Mach-E, yet Ford is struggling to move them. I interviewed a brand new Mach-E Owner who purchased one as her first ever EV. Her story may shed light on why Ford is struggling.
Ford Fusion On The Road -- Not Everyone Needs An EV
The other night a commentator appeared who believes that seniors should be driving EVs; Don’t think so say ICE vehicle owners
By Marc Stern on February 16, 2024 - 8:48PM
Just because someone has a bright idea about seniors and EVs doesn’t mean they want to hear it
Ford Ranger Raptor Blasting through desert
New Gen Ford Ranger Gains Accolades But Older Gen Keeps Gaining Plaudits Too
By Marc Stern on February 15, 2024 - 9:38PM
Some might call it a puzzlement but it isn’t. When you put out a solid product like the new-gen Ford Ranger, the product takes on new qualities that might not be appreciated.
Ford Mustang Model Offered For Some Buyers
Sometimes the best-meaning EV advice comes out as a bit expensive
By Marc Stern on February 14, 2024 - 9:45PM
This is why we will be taking close looks at EVs for seniors soon.
Norwegian Driver Picks The Lightning -- First One
It was a case of love at It Was Love At First Sight For Norway’s First F-150 Lightning Owner
By Marc Stern on February 13, 2024 - 9:27PM
It was a case of love at first sight for Norway’s First Lightning Owner. Who Could Blame Him?
Ford Maverick Tremor is rated as one of the strongest on the market
Ford Maverick Hybrid Gets Higher Marks From Consumer Reports
By Marc Stern on February 12, 2024 - 9:03PM
If there is one thing that Ford has done right, it is with the compact Ford Maverick Hybrid, which continues to gain excellent marks from Consumer Reports.
Ford Super Duty Hauling A Major Load
There’s A Reason Ford’s Heavy Duties Win Awards – They Can Easily Do The Work
By Marc Stern on February 11, 2024 - 8:45PM
A deeper dive shows why a 3-year-old Ford Super Duty leads the way within the J.D. Power Reliability Survey.
Ticking Timebomb Ford Repair Warning
Ford Engineers Have Lost Their Minds Says This Mechanic
By Timothy Boyer on February 11, 2024 - 10:30AM
Here’s a $3,500 reason why you should buy a Toyota over a Ford today.
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