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LA 2009: 2011 Ford Mustang V6 on show floor with little fanfare

You would think that with all of the new powertrain improvements to the 2011 Mustang V6 that Ford would be making a big deal about the car here at the LA Auto Show. Not so. While the Fiesta display took up nearly a third of the West hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center, a sole V6-powered Mustang sat alone on the show floor. We can understand why Ford would want to turn the spotlight on its new B-segment small car, but thought that its legendary pony car deserved a little more love. What's the big deal, you ask? For starters, the ... Read more →

LA 2009: 2011 Ford Fiesta unveiled by agents of the Movement Drew Phillips

We've been hearing about the 2011 Ford Fiesta for so long that it's hard to imagine that the U.S. version of the car was just officially unveiled today. We gave you all of the official details and ...

LA Preview: 2011 Ford Fiesta for America revealed, hits 40 mpg Chris Shunk

The Ford Fiesta has proven to be a very successful small car wherever it's sold in the world. Ford has sold 12 million Fiestas over the vehicle's lifetime and the new-for-2009 model has moved half ...

Autoblog Podcast #155 - 'Twas the night before the LA Auto Show... Dan Roth

With the LA Auto Show near at hand, Chris, Dan, and Editor Extraordinaire Paukert sat down and talked over some of the latest for Episode #155 of the Autoblog Podcast. First up is the ...

REPORT: Ford loses appeal in rollover case, must pay $55M Chris Shunk

According to The Detroit News, the Supreme Court has let stand a ruling that Ford Motor Company is at fault for a 2002 rollover crash involving a 1997 Ford Explorer and the Dearborn, MI-based ...

VIDEO: The Mustang skates in latest episode of Unleashed 2 days ago on Autoblog

Though we all owned skateboards in our younger years, we can admit that we were never really any good at riding them. That doesn't mean we didn't fantasize about all the great stunts we wished we could perform. And were there any among us who don't remember sitting in the back seat of a car ...

2011 Ford Fiesta gets another early reveal 2 days ago on Autoblog

The Fiesta Movement, Ford's campaign to introduce the little global Fiesta car to the U.S. market, kicked off at the Chicago Auto Show earlier this year and will end this week during the LA Auto Show with, what else, a party. Oh, and the official unveiling of the 2011 North American version. We ...

U.S. Fiesta unveiled early by Ford Canada? 2 days ago on Autoblog

Did our friends in the great, frostbitten north just jump the gun by half a week and reveal the 2011 North American Ford Fiesta ahead of its upcoming LA Auto Show debut? Boy we kinda hope not. Well, specifically, we hope the the little five-door fire cracker we've come to know and love (largely ...

Classic Recreations reveals specs of Shelby GT500CR Mustang 2 days ago on Autoblog

Earlier this month during SEMA, Oklahoma-based Classic Recreations announced that it had scored a licensing deal with Carroll Shelby to build a continuation version of the legendary Shelby Mustang GT500. At the time of the announcement, we didn't know much about the car, aptly named the ...

REPORT: Fitch Ratings says U.S. auto industry headed for airline-style cyclical bankruptcies 2 days ago on Autoblog

Remember this past spring and summer's super speedy General Motors and Chrysler bankruptcies? If the billions in government loans and White House strong-arming is starting to slip into the recesses of your memory, your mind will likely be refreshed sometime in the future, at least according to ...

LA Preview: 2011 Ford Mustang V6 makes 305 HP, gets 30 MPG 3 days ago on Autoblog

It would be reasonable to expect that Ford might pass over the Mustang and instead devote more attention to its other models since it's fresh off a comprehensive revamp for the 2010 model year. However, that's not what is shaping up in the House That Henry Built. For 2011, the Blue Oval is ...

Geiger continues excessive use of bright paint, boost with 790-horsepower Ford GT 5 days ago on Autoblog

Geiger, the German tuner with a fascination with American performance cars, generally produces modified vehicles in not-so-subtle and "look at me!" variations. This Ford GT encompasses both varietys, with plenty of performance upgrades to boot. Geiger has previously modified the Blue Oval's ...

Who will succeed Mullaly at Ford? It's never too early to start handicapping 6 days ago on Autoblog

When Alan Mulally arrived at Ford Motor Company three years ago, the Blue Oval was in bad shape. New product wasn't exactly pouring in and the company's cash hoard was steadily shrinking. And word on the street is that the corporate culture at Ford was in as much trouble as the product lineup, ...

NHTSA opening probe into Ford Freestar/Mercury Monterey transmission defect 8 days ago on Autoblog

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating hundreds of reports that 2004-2005 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans are fitted with defective transmissions that could dangerously fail without warning. Most alarming is that many of the transmissions ...

Strategic Vision announces 2009 Total Value Awards 9 days ago on Autoblog

Toyota bumped, VW and Ford lead The 2009 Total Value Awards have been announced, and what do you know, it's more good news for Ford. First, a primer: the "the Total Value Index™" (TVI) took into account more than 48,000 buyers of 2009 models from September, 2008 to March, 2009. Assumptions ...

Rumormill: 2011 Ford Mustang details leak out 13 days ago on Autoblog

We have to wait a couple more weeks before we're officially "in the know" about the 2011 Ford Mustang, but it appears FoMoCo's secret information dam has a few cracks in it. Ford recently released its fleet distribution news bulletin and it offered some insights as to when the refreshed Mustang ...

Choices: Nissan GT-R or Ford Mustang GT500? 13 days ago on Autoblog

A few months back we were lucky enough to roll around in a 2010 Nissan GT-R. On our way up to a pre-burnt Angeles Crest Highway for the now infamous flip-flop-gate photoshoot, yours truly began explaining to our intrepid photographer Drew Phillips just exactly how Nissan's latest and greatest is ...

Ford and M-Sport officially unveil Fiesta S2000 rally car [w/VIDEO] 14 days ago on Autoblog

Ford Motor Company and noted rally masters M-Sport have pulled the veil off their latest collaborative rally machine, the Fiesta S2000. It's their first global rally car, and as such will be able to compete in a whole bevy of international competitions ranging from IRC to the S2000 World Cup to ...

REPORT: Billionaire investor Soros buys $53M in Ford stock, sends it soaring 14 days ago on Autoblog

About a year ago, when Ford's stock dropped to just above $1 per share, we had a total Ralph Kramden-style get rich quick epiphany. Take all our money and buy Ford stock. Why? Having driven Ford's new, excellent products (like, say, the 2010 Ford Fusion), we knew that barring some weird disaster, ...

Pole Dance: NHTSA to add new side-impact crash test? [w/VIDEO] 14 days ago on Autoblog

Not satisfied with cars that manage crash forces well enough to avoid spilling your drink, and engines that run so clean they'll barely asphyxiate ants, a new crash test is reportedly coming in the works from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Along with the test will come new ...

Ford Fusion wins Motor Trend Car of the Year award 15 days ago on Autoblog

For the first time ever, Motor Trend announced the winner of its annual Car of the Year award this afternoon live via webcast. Though the field of 23 contenders was highly competitive this year (follow the jump for a complete list), we guessed immediately that the winner was a Ford as soon as ...

Geely looking for 1M units from Volvo, plans Chinese factory 17 days ago on Autoblog

Should Geely succeed in its bid to purchase Volvo, the Chinese automaker does not plan to spend any time playing in its new Swedish sandbox. Ford moved about 380,000 Volvos around the world last year; Geely wants to sell 2.5 times that amount within five years. How so? By injecting "two or three ...

REPORT: Ford continues strong sales in European Market 18 days ago on Autoblog

Ford's year-over-year sales were up nearly four percent for the month of October here in the United States, but the Blue Oval appears to be in even better shape across the Pond in Europe. The Dearborn, MI-based automaker saw its sales in the top 19 Euro nations rise by 12.8% versus October 2008, ...

REPORT: 10 Ford Focus variants coming to the U.S. 18 days ago on Autoblog

While the first-generation Ford Focus certainly had its faults, it was also ahead of its time, with engaging driving dynamics and a ton of different variations. You could get a Focus sedan, a three- or five-door hatch and even a wagon. For a few years there was even a high-revving SVT Focus ...

Rumormill: EcoBoost V8 Ford Shelby Mustang in the pipeline? 19 days ago on Autoblog

Here's one we've been hearing rumors about for quite a while – an EcoBoosted V8 Mustang. Put another way, a twin-turbo, direct-injected, V8 Shelby GT500. The first rumor we heard was about a twin-turbo 50th Anniversary Edition 2014 1/2 Mustang, which would be the very definition of the ...

STUDY: Cash for Clunkers helped Japanese way more than Detroit 3 19 days ago on Autoblog

While there is no question that Obama's Cash-for-Clunkers program accelerated vehicle sales this summer, a new report by the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute shows the big winners were from Japan, not Detroit. According to the study, nearly 85 percent of the ...

BREAKING: Ford announces it will build all-new Police Interceptor for 2011 19 days ago on Autoblog

In a surprise move, Ford has announced that it will pursue the development of an all-new Police Interceptor model. The move comes on the heels of General Motors' announcement that it plans to challenge the Crown Victoria's law enforcement dominance with its own heavy-duty Chevrolet Caprice ...

Ford EcoBoost Engines see high take rate, customers see higher transaction prices 19 days ago on Autoblog

Ford has been pushing its EcoBoost engines hard since they came out of the gate, with almost as many commercials touting its twin-turbo technology as we've seen all other Blue Oval spots combined. And all that marketing mojo appears to be paying off, as the Ford Motor Company has told The ...

Ford gets CES innovation awards for Sync and Work Solutions 19 days ago on Autoblog

For years, Microsoft founder and former CEO Bill Gates was the keynoter at the Consumer Electronics Show. When Microsoft first announced its intention to create software for cars nearly a decade ago, most people that had suffered through the indignities of the blue screen of death recoiled in ...

'10 Unleashed pits four Need For Speed players against their virtual lap times 20 days ago on Autoblog

We've often wondered if the countless hours we've spent playing racing games on the xBox and PlayStation have given us any advanced capabilities on an actual track. We're obviously not the only ones. Mustang's "Unleashed" campaigned pitted four life-long gamers head to head in a game of Need for ...

Ford Fusion breaks into Top 10 best-selling vehicles amid best year ever 20 days ago on Autoblog

There was a time when Ford vehicles absolutely dominated the list of the top 10 vehicles sold in the U.S. The F-Series was always number one, followed by stalwarts like the Taurus, Explorer, Ranger and even the Focus (or Escort before that). 2001 was a long time ago, though, and the past eight ...

Autoblog Podcast #152 - Paukert enhanced! 22 days ago on Autoblog

The usual suspects of Chris, Sam, and Dan are joined this week by Autoblog Editor Extraordinaire Chris Paukert. It's a packed 'cast, starting with the apparent go-ahead of the Cadillac Converj. The future of the Dodge Viper figures in to a few minutes of debate, as does Chrysler's marathon ...

REPORT: Stand-alone Lincoln-Mercury dealers being scaled out of existence 23 days ago on Autoblog

In 2006, Ford began to shrink its dealership network in order to more efficiently align its distribution network. Three years later, it appears that the hardest hit are the company's stand-alone Lincoln-Mercury dealerships. While there were 619 Lincoln-Mercury dealerships nationwide just a few ...

REPORT: Mullaly says global Ranger and Ka won't be offered in Ford's U.S. showrooms 23 days ago on Autoblog

Ford has been working hard to integrate its product lineup on a global scale, but it appears that some models available overseas may never make it to U.S. shores. Ford CEO Alan Mulally has apparently told Automotive News that the Thai-built global Ranger and the A-Segment Ka likely won't be ...

SEMA 2009: Gran Turismo Best in Show is the Trans-Cammer Mustang 25 days ago on Autoblog

Phillip Koenen brought a really gorgeous, miles-deep-black, 1970 Mustang to SEMA and came away with another fine piece of hardware:The Gran Turismo Best in Show award. For the past several years, Sony Computer Entertainment America has hosted these awards, which honor some of the coolest cars at ...

SEMA 2009: Galpin builds custom '69 Mustang right on the show floor 26 days ago on Autoblog

While those of us in the media walked around the show floor at SEMA looking for the cool, the crazy, and the just plain awesome, there were people doing actual work. Real work. No, we're not talking about the security people that wouldn't let us in the show before 9:00am no matter how we tried to ...

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