On and off-road cars, trucks, motorcycles, and ATVs
A designer from Shanghai and another from Dearborn step into a virtual design space together to make changes to a global vehicle design. Both walk around the 3D design, review it and make changes on the fly. Once finished, the two remove their VR headsets and return to their separate workspaces — thousands of miles […]
As Ford marks Mustang’s 55th anniversary on this National Mustang Day, enthusiasts everywhere are celebrating the world’s best-selling sports coupe for the fourth consecutive year. From Australia to Peru, Mustang reigns as the best-selling sports coupe in the world for 2018, selling 113,066 cars, according to data from IHS Markit. 2018 not only marks the […]
With the reveal of this stylish new Escape, featuring the small SUV’s best-ever performance, flexibility and smart new technology, Ford is reinventing the model that helped drive the popularity of the segment. Escape, which debuted the world’s first hybrid SUV in 2005, brings back two hybrid choices for 2020, a standard hybrid and a plug-in […]
A new spotter’s guide from JimVreelandFordParts.com features many of the slight detail changes made to the Ford Super Duty over the generations. The graphic offers tips on how to identify which model you’re looking at, even if you’ve only got the front end to work with. “We all know that Super Dutys have been modified over the […]
When 25-year-old structures engineer Arnold Kadiu first began working at Ford last year, he knew exactly what kind of used car he wanted to buy to mark the occasion: A long-bed, crew-cab F-150 with two-wheel drive and adaptive cruise control. The dilemma for him was whether he would ever find it. He learned quickly that […]
With the all-new Ford Ranger off to a strong start since the first trucks went on sale in January, Ford is already introducing a new Black Appearance Package, helping buyers further customize their Ranger to match their unique personal style. More than two-thirds of all-new Ranger pickups are leaving showrooms optioned with either the Sport […]
When the 2020 Shelby GT500 goes on sale later this year, it will be the quickest-accelerating, most aerodynamically advanced street-legal Mustang ever, thanks to virtual testing in supercomputers and 3D printing. Borrowing best practices from more than a century of racing, Ford Performance designers, powertrain and aerodynamics engineers functioned as a virtual racing team to […]
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, another vehicle tire was punctured. Road trip sidetracked. Commute delayed. Across the United States, flat tires will leave millions of motorists every year on the side of the road, jack in hand and gravel on knees. Now, the all-new Ford Explorer offers a way to […]
Ford is adding new engines, greater connectivity and smart new driver-assist technology across its commercial vehicle lineup – on everything from the vans that deliver our food to the plows that clear our streets to the utility trucks that restore our power after a storm. First up, America’s truck leader introduces the all-new F-600 Super […]
From a desk at the Ford Design Studio, a designer enters a virtual room and begins a 3D sketch. He is designing a virtual car around himself and adjusting the attributes to best suit him – the driver. This work is part of Ford’s latest exploration of a new process that places the customer at […]
