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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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Is This The Best Ford Mustang Santa Claus Picture?

By Armen Hareyan on December 9, 2015 - 9:15PM

This is one of the most interesting Ford Mustang winter pictures I have seen.

Natural Gas 2016 Ford F150 Production Begins

By Patrick Rall on December 9, 2015 - 1:28PM

Back in May, we reported that the 2016 Ford F150 would come with a new compressed natural gas prep kit and production of these specially equipped V8 F150s began this week at the Kansas City plant – making the F150 the only half-ton truck sold in America with this alternative fuel system option.

How Ford Mustang enthusiast are giving back to the community

By Shannon Harris on December 8, 2015 - 9:08PM

Ford Mustang enthusiast were more than excited to participate in the Little Rock, AR 2015 Toys for Tots cruise.

The 2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang is Here - Now What?

By Patrick Rall on December 8, 2015 - 3:01PM

Now that the new Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang is reaching owners around the country, the members of the industry who are always asking what is next want to know what the Motor Company has planned for their hot-selling pony car – and today I take a look at what I think could be next.

Ford Mustang Arrives in Australia, Sold Out Until 2017 (Video)

By Patrick Rall on December 2, 2015 - 1:42PM

This first shipment of right-hand drive Ford Mustang coupes and convertibles reached Australia yesterday morning with 173 new pony cars destined for eager owners who ordered the car months ago – and those who preordered the new Mustang will be the only ones getting their American muscle car until at least early 2017.

Ford Mustang Sales Dip in November, Still Beats Camaro, Challenger

By Patrick Rall on December 1, 2015 - 12:50PM

The Ford Mustang posted its worst sales month of the 2015 calendar year, but the Motor Company still moved almost two thousand more Mustangs than Chevy sold Camaros – allowing Ford to maintain its 13 month winning streak on the sales charts.

Ford Works Out the 2017 Super Duty F250, F350 and F450 (Video)

By Patrick Rall on November 30, 2015 - 3:27PM

The arrival of the 2017 Ford Super Duty lineup will introduced the next generation of the industry’s bestselling heavy duty pickups and with that debut getting closer each day, Ford Motor Company has offered up a video of the F250, F350 and F450 working out at the Romeo Proving Grounds.

The Best Black Friday Auto Deals Available Today

By Armen Hareyan on November 26, 2015 - 11:43AM

Black Friday is a popular day for car deals and discounts not only in auto parts industry and supermarkets like Walmart and Target, but also for cars themselves. Here are some of the deals and sales offered by Honda, Toyota, Chevrolet, Ford and some of the other car makers.

How the 2015 Hennessey VelociRaptor 650 F150 Compares to the Ford F150

By Patrick Rall on November 23, 2015 - 1:18PM

The folks at Hennessey have converted the 2015 Ford F150 into their VelociRaptor 650 and to show the difference in performance, Hennessey lined up their supercharged F150 against a factory-stock 2015 F150 on the drag strip – and they filmed the matchup to display how much quicker their F150 is than the Ford version.

Watch the Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang Run 11s

By Patrick Rall on November 19, 2015 - 11:33AM

A video has surfaced on YouTube showing a new Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang making a few quarter mile runs and with the help of a set of drag radials, this road course-ready pony car blasted through the top end traps in the high 11 second range – which is pretty solid for a car engineered to be the best-handling Mustang of all time.

The Most Powerful Lincoln Ever Drops in LA - Meet the 2017 MKZ

By Patrick Rall on November 18, 2015 - 1:22PM

The Lincoln MKZ shares a platform with the hot-selling Ford Fusion, but with the opening of the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show, the MKZ is getting new features to make it less like the Fusion and more like a proper midsized luxury car – with 400 twin turbocharged horsepower.

The 2017 Ford Escape Gets Edgier in LA

By Patrick Rall on November 17, 2015 - 5:58PM

The 2017 Ford Escape will make its global debut this week at the 2015 LA Auto Show and while this is only a midcycle refresh of the popular compact SUV, it is a fairly elaborate change for one of Ford’s bestselling vehicles in the US market.

Invest a Million in Saleen, Get a Free Mustang

By Patrick Rall on November 17, 2015 - 2:57PM

Saleen Automotive is looking to attract some big money investors and in exchange for all of the usual financial perks that you would expect with a million dollar corporate investment – the Saleen Automotive investment offers a Black Label Mustang for each $1 million cash infusion.

2016 Camaro Slightly More Efficient than 2016 Mustang

By Patrick Rall on November 13, 2015 - 11:42AM

The first official fuel economy numbers for the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro have arrived on the EPA website and while we only have the figures for a few of the configurations – the new Camaro appears to be slightly more fuel efficient than the comparable 2016 Ford Mustang.

Ford Mustang Named Best Performance Car, Best Stunt Car and SEMA's Top Car

By Patrick Rall on November 12, 2015 - 1:05PM

The new Ford Mustang is selling like hot cakes and it has proven to be a massive success among buyers and the media, so it comes as no surprise that the bestselling sporty car in America has piled up a few more titles in the past week – including being called the best stunt car on the market, being named the Road & Track Performance Car of the Year and being named the Hottest Car of the 2015 SEMA Show.

Ford Mustang Eclipses 100k in October, Leads Camaro by Almost 40k

By Patrick Rall on November 11, 2015 - 11:55AM

The Ford Mustang posted another stellar sales month in October 2015, moving more than 10,000 units for the 5th time this year and in doing so, the Mustang is nearly 40,000 units ahead of the Chevrolet Camaro in the annual sales race – making up for 5 straight years of losing the fight by slaughtering the competition in 2015.

The 2016 Ford Cobra Jet Mustang Races into SEMA, Runs 8s (Video)

By Patrick Rall on November 5, 2015 - 12:24PM

As expected, Ford Motor Company introduced the 2016 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet drag racing package at this week’s 2015 SEMA Show and along with the news of the certified 8 second quarter mile times comes an awesome video showing just a quick glimpse of the quickest Mustang ever in action.

Superchips Lifts the 2015 Ford F150 EcoBoost to 408hp, 493tq

By Patrick Rall on November 2, 2015 - 1:58PM

The folks at Superchips have just rolled out their tuning packages for the 2015 Ford F150 in base 3.5L V6, 5.0L V8 and 3.5L EcoBoost V6, with the EcoBoost V6 picking up 43 horsepower and 73lb-ft of torque for a total output of 408 horsepower and 493lb-ft of torque.

Shelby Brings a 700hp F150 to SEMA

By Patrick Rall on October 30, 2015 - 11:50AM

The folks at Shelby American have announced that they will roll out a heavily modified 2015 Ford F150 pickup at the upcoming SEMA Show in Las Vegas, with a 700hp engine and the proper mods to make one wicked off-road racer – serving as a stand-in for the SVT Raptor until that factory go-fast truck arrives next year.

4 More EcoBoost Mustang Show Cars Teased Before SEMA

By Patrick Rall on October 27, 2015 - 3:09PM

We have already had an early look at a 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost with 900 horsepower which will certainly be a showstopper at the 2015 SEMA Show, and today we bring you a look at four other new EcoBoost Mustang show cars that will help fill Ford’s huge indoor display.

The Next Cobra Jet Mustang - It's Coming (Video)

By Patrick Rall on October 26, 2015 - 2:18PM

Ford Motor Company rolled out a video this morning teasing what is almost surely the next generation Ford Mustang Cobra Jet race car – with the promise of “big performance news is in store for the 2015 SEMA Show”.

Petty Edition Mustang GT will Challenge the Hellcat

By Patrick Rall on October 23, 2015 - 2:51PM

Ford Motor Company announced this morning that a new limited edition version of the Mustang GT – named the King Edition – will offer 727 horsepower in its most powerful form and in announcing this new package, Ford took a direct shot at Dodge’s Hellcat cars with “only” 707 horsepower.

Win a 2016 Ford Mustang GT by Playing Forza 6 on Xbox One

By Patrick Rall on October 20, 2015 - 2:38PM

Those Xbox One gamers who are proficient with the racing simulator Forza Motorsport 6 have a chance of winning a trip to Los Angeles and a 2016 Ford Mustang GT – all for literally doing nothing more than playing a video game.

COPO Camaro, C7 Corvette Z06, Ford F150 Raptor Lego Kits Coming

By Patrick Rall on October 20, 2015 - 1:29PM

Have you been pining over the COPO Camaro, the Ford F150 Raptor or the C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, but there is no real way for you to afford the real thing in the near future, you will soon be able to park a Lego version of these legendary performance vehicles on your desk for less than $20.

Ford Shelby GT350R Mustang in yellow and black

Ford Mustang Shelby GT350, GT350R Hit the Dyno and 1/4 Mile

By Patrick Rall on October 19, 2015 - 3:31PM

Since the Shelby GT350 and GT350R packages for the newest generation Ford Mustang were introduced, the internet has been chock full of discussions on how much they would actually differ in terms of performance and today, we have the best look yet courtesy of the folks at Motor Trend – who found a slight difference in wheel horsepower, but a far more significant different in all-out acceleration.

This Car Company is leading in one key area

By Douglas Stansfield on October 19, 2015 - 3:28PM

Ford Motor Company of Dearborn, MI has installed a 1.1 million kilowatt hour solar array capable of providing power to over 158 average size homes and saves an estimated 794 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The key takeaway here isn’t the size of the array alone but rather the equipped employee parking lots that are littered with EVSEs for the employees to power up their cars.

Ford pairs teen driver instruction with feeding the hungry

By John Goreham on October 19, 2015 - 7:24AM

Ford’s generosity was on full display at Patriot Place this past week.

3 Go-Fast 2015 F150 Pickups Teased Ahead of SEMA

By Patrick Rall on October 16, 2015 - 12:58PM

The 2015 SEMA Show is less than a month away and today we have a look at three of the customized 2015 Ford F150 pickups that will help fill the Motor Company’s huge display in the Las Vegas Convention Center – with two intended for on-road fun while the other will go fast on almost any surface.

Ford Mustang is the Most Talked About 1st Car Online

By Patrick Rall on October 15, 2015 - 3:59PM

A recent study found that on the popular social media app Instagram, the Ford Mustang was the most commonly posted vehicle in discussions about users’ first car – with a handful of foreign compact cars and the Chevrolet Camaro falling in line behind the mighty Mustang.

The Raptor F150 Should Lead to a New Taurus SHO

By Patrick Rall on October 14, 2015 - 11:46AM

The 2017 Ford F150 SVT Raptor will feature by a new, high performance version of the 3.5L EcoBoost V6 which is expected to yield somewhere in the area of 450 horsepower and once this new, beefier version of the long-popular EcoBoost V6 has hit the streets in the new SVT pickup – the Ford Taurus SHO should be the next in line to get a higher output twin turbo V6.

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