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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 Patrick Rall on November 7, 2014 - 11:45AM
We have already seen several beefed up versions of the 2015 Ford Mustang from various tuning companies around the country, but the new Steeda Q Series Mustang appears to be the strongest horse in the stable – with output reaching up to 775 horsepower.
By Patrick Rall on November 6, 2014 - 10:49AM
In order to show off just how wild you can make your 2015 Ford Mustang GT by only using the Ford Racing catalog, FoMoCo has offered up the new 2015 Mustang King Cobra – a super modified, high performance pony car that is creating strictly using packages from Ford Racing.
By Patrick Rall on November 5, 2014 - 7:38PM
The sales numbers from around the American automotive industry are in and for the 7th consecutive month, the Chevrolet Camaro has comfortably outsold both the Dodge Challenger and the Ford Mustang – which pushed the Camaro’s lead in the annual muscle car sales race to almost 10,000 units.
By Patrick Rall on November 5, 2014 - 10:44AM
Ford Racing has unveiled their first big power added for the 2015 Ford Mustang GT at the ongoing SEMA Show and with help from the folks at Roush, the new Ford Racing supercharger lifts the output of the new Mustang from 435 horsepower to over 600 horsepower – enough power to push the 2015 Mustang down the quarter mile in the 10 second range.
By Luke Ottaway on November 4, 2014 - 11:04PM
An impressive streak came to an end last month: the current generation of plug-in vehicles delivered fewer copies year-over-year for the first time ever. The main culprit was slow sales of plug-in hybrids, influenced by several factors.
By Patrick Rall on November 4, 2014 - 7:15PM
Ford Motor Company has issued a pair of recalls for the 2014 F150 pickup – one pertaining to the function of the rear brake lights and a second that focuses on the passenger’s side airbag system – both of which pose some risk to the occupants of the truck and others on the road around them.
By Patrick Rall on November 4, 2014 - 1:50PM
Among the many Ford Mustang show cars debuting today at SEMA is the Ken Block Hoonicorn RTR – a super modified 1965 Ford Mustang featuring the all-wheel drive system that Block will require when he films Gymkhana Seven with this wicked pony car.
By Patrick Rall on November 3, 2014 - 5:14PM
Ford has offered up a video that talks about high performance in a way that leads me to believe that this is the first official teaser for the 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350, including a reference to the date of November 17th, 2014 – leading me to believe that the next generation Super-Stang will make its world debut in a few weeks.
By Patrick Rall on October 31, 2014 - 5:14PM
Ford Motor Company is in the middle of a 38 city tour where regular Joes can get a chance to drive the new 2015 Ford F150, but surprisingly, that tour doesn’t make a stop in Detroit – leaving the folks in Ford’s back yard without a chance to drive the new F150 before it arrives in dealerships later this year.
By Patrick Rall on October 30, 2014 - 1:03PM
The 2015 Ford Mustang will almost surely be the belle of the ball for the 2014 SEMA Show and the latest next gen pony car teaser comes from the folks at Classic Design Concepts, who will be showing off two versions of their new Outlaw package for the 2015 Mustang in Vegas – one of which will be on display in the official Ford Motor Company area.
By Patrick Rall on October 29, 2014 - 6:39PM
We have talked in the past about how the 2.3L EcoBoost engine from the 2015 Ford Mustang could power a new high performance Focus RS and while the Motor Company hasn’t had much to say about the formally Europe-only hot hatch, there are some new rumors floating around on the arrival of the highest performance Focus for the US market.
By Patrick Rall on October 28, 2014 - 1:57PM
The 2015 Ford Mustang has quickly built the same passionate following as every other Mustang in the last 50 years and to help lovers of the 2015 Mustang show off the vehicle that they love so much – Ford has rolled out a new collection of t shirts sporting the face of the 2015 model and a few from generations past.
By Luke Ottaway on October 28, 2014 - 11:15AM
Actions speak louder than words in the auto industry, particularly when it comes to electric vehicles. But what if those actions are going on behind the scenes?
By Patrick Rall on October 27, 2014 - 3:30PM
We recently brought you a first look at the Roush version of the 2015 Ford Mustang lineup and today, we offer you a chance to hear the 2015 Mustang GT roar when equipped with the exhaust system that comes with the Roush RS2 Mustang.
By Patrick Rall on October 24, 2014 - 6:48PM
Since the 2015 Ford F150 build page went live, we have looked at the pricing and options for several different trimlines, but today I will walk you all through the configurator tool as I build my ideal next gen aluminum F150.
By Patrick Rall on October 23, 2014 - 1:12PM
A few weeks back we talked about the first dyno and tuning numbers for the new EcoBoost Mustang and today, we have our first look at the base and tuned dyno numbers for the 2015 Ford Mustang GT – once again from the good people at SCT Performance.
By Patrick Rall on October 23, 2014 - 11:58AM
The 2015 Ford Mustang has been billed by many fans as the pony car that would conquer the Chevrolet Camaro, but with the folks at Motor Trend having taken the two cars to Willow Springs Raceway for a head to head comparison – it seems that the Mustang is still trailing the aging Camaro.
By Patrick Rall on October 22, 2014 - 1:29PM
Ford Motor Company announced their plans for the 2015 Ford Mustang at this year’s SEMA Show today with promises of more than a dozen examples on the show floor and with this announcement comes artwork and some brief information on two of those next gen Mustangs.
By Luke Ottaway on October 20, 2014 - 11:57AM
A big price cut puts the 2015 Ford Focus Electric on par with the industry-leading Nissan LEAF – but don’t expect it to lead to dramatically increased sales.
By Patrick Rall on October 19, 2014 - 11:12PM
The 2015 Ford Mustang has barely hit the market and the Motor Company has already issued a recall due to a concern that a component of the safety restraint system may not have been calibrated correctly by a third party supplier.
By Patrick Rall on October 19, 2014 - 10:32PM
The 2015 Ford F150 will almost surely be one of the most popular trucks at the 2014 SEMA Show and today we have our first look at two of the new half ton trucks that will help fill the massive Ford Motor Company at the annual Las Vegas convention - with design help from “action sports” celebrities Vaughn Gittin Jr and Brian Deegan.
By Patrick Rall on October 14, 2014 - 2:48PM
The folks at Vortech Superchargers have offered up the first look at their 2015 Ford Mustang GT that will be introduced in the flesh at the upcoming SEMA Show, but far more important is the bit of information that comes with the Vortech-blown pony car – the forced induction specialists expect that it could make more than 1,200 horsepower with the right modifications.
By Patrick Rall on October 14, 2014 - 1:50PM
Ford Motor Company is expecting such a boom in sales due to the introduction of the next generation F150 pickup that the automaker is adding 850 workers at the Dearborn Rouge Truck facility, adding to the 14,000+ new US manufacturing jobs created by Ford as part of their agreement with the UAW in 2011.
By Patrick Rall on October 13, 2014 - 4:54PM
The pricing is available for the 2015 Dodge Challenger, the 2015 Ford Mustang and the 2015 Chevrolet Camaro and once again, the brawny Mopar muscle car is the least expensive option for those looking to get into a V8 powered American muscle car for as little cash as possible.
By Patrick Rall on October 13, 2014 - 3:26PM
The first collection of curb weight data for the 2015 Ford F150 has hit the internet and with a weight of just 4,050 pounds in its lightest form, the new aluminum F150 weighs far less than any of the half ton competitors along with weighing less than the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.
By Patrick Rall on October 10, 2014 - 3:47PM
We haven’t talked about the upcoming 2015 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 in a while as there haven’t been any big bits of information leaked lately, but this new GT350 rendering from JC Designs is worth a second and third look, as I think that this is my new favorite depicting of “what could be” with the next Shelby Mustang.
By Patrick Rall on October 9, 2014 - 4:03PM
Earlier this week we brought you the first real world dyno numbers for the 2015 Ford Mustang GT and today, we have the first dyno numbers for the 2015 Mustang EcoBoost from the folks at SCT Performance, as well as the first tuned numbers for the new turbocharged 4-cylinder Mustang.
By John Goreham on October 9, 2014 - 3:59PM
Do 3 cylinders, 1-liter, and a turbo add up to a party?
By Patrick Rall on October 8, 2014 - 8:00PM
The Paris Motor Show is going on right now and the key introduction is the debut of the 2015 Ford Mustang, marking the first time that a Ford Mustang has been displayed at a European auto show as a new model coming to showrooms soon.
By Patrick Rall on October 8, 2014 - 11:26AM
The 2014 Ford Transit Connect Wagon was delivered to my house with “#Unminivan” sprawled across the sides and back, but while this funky little European convert doesn’t feel look the part of a traditional American minivan – it offers all of the functionality of a proper minivan and the pleasant driving characteristics of a small sedan.