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Ford Philippines Claims Fastest-Growing Car Brand Title in the Country
The Blue Oval trademark has made Ford one of the world’s top brands, according to auto critic Giles Chapman. In 2004, Ford Motor was the 19th-most valuable brand, according to Businessweek magazine’s annual Global Brands Survey. Early this year, Ford Motor Co. matched Toyota Motor Corp. as the most favorably viewed auto brand by US…
2012 Ford Explorer EcoBoost
Published on 30 Aug, 2011 at 10:18 in Ford Cars | | No Comments
Filed under: SUV, Ford, First Drives
Another Step On The More-With-Less Path
Ford is no stranger to convincing buyers to embrace smaller displacement, forced-induction engines over their larger, naturally-aspirated counterparts. A little less than a year ago, skeptics wondered whether typically change-averse full-size truck consumers…
Review: 2011 Ford Explorer Limited
Published on 13 Feb, 2011 at 22:25 in Ford Cars | | No Comments
Filed under: SUV, Ford, Reviews
Wait ‘Till They Get A Load Of This
2011 Ford Explorer Limited – Click above for high-res image galleryThey call it a reboot. It happens all the time in Hollywood when a movie franchise falls flat. After a blockbuster wears out…
How Mulally put the Ford Explorer on a crash diet
Published on 9 Feb, 2011 at 10:25 in Ford Cars | | No Comments
Filed under: SUV, Etc., Technology, Crossover, Ford
2011 Ford Explorer – Click above for high-res image galleryAccording to Bloomberg, the Ford Explorer can thank Alan Mulally for its stay of execution. When the former…
Chevrolet Volt, Ford Explorer named Detroit Free Press Car and Truck of the Year
Published on 1 Jan, 2011 at 10:26 in GM Cars | | No Comments
Filed under: Sedan, Crossover, Chevrolet, Ford, GM, Electric
2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image galleryAs more and more Car and Truck of the Year awards pour in from a variety of major publications, it’s no shock that the 2011 Chevrolet Volt continues…
Autoblog Podcast #208 – Explorer, Compass, Ward’s Engines, and a German trio
Published on 15 Dec, 2010 at 22:23 in Audi Cars | | No Comments
Filed under: Podcasts, Etc., Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Ford, Jeep, Kia, Land Rover, Volkswagen
Click above for the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes, RSS or listen now!Episode #208 of the Autoblog Podcast is manned by the terrible trio…
First Drive: 2011 Ford Explorer
Published on 14 Dec, 2010 at 10:25 in Ford Cars | | No Comments
Filed under: SUV, Crossover, Ford, First Drive
Don’t Call It A Comeback…
2011 Ford Explorer – Click above for high-res image galleryAt least a few eyebrows were raised when Ford first let on that it was bringing the Explorer back in a radically different form for 2011…
Video: 2011 Ford Explorer plays in the California sand
Published on 9 Dec, 2010 at 22:25 in Ford Cars | | No Comments
Filed under: Videos, Crossover, Ford
Click above to watch the video after the jumpThe outgoing Ford Explorer was a rear-drive-based body-on-frame SUV with a substantial thirst for fuel yet little in the way of off-road capability. The 2011 Explorer is built off a front-drive architecture, which…
Report: Ford Explorer orders nearly double expectations
Published on 29 Nov, 2010 at 10:26 in Ford Cars | | No Comments
Filed under: Car Buying, Crossover, Ford
2011 Ford Explorer – Click above for high-res image galleryThe 2011 Ford Explorer is a drastic departure from its predecessors, ditching body-on-frame construction in favor of a unibody structure, and sharing its platform with the Taurus sedan (as well as the…
Ford settles $131m Explorer rollover case
Published on 4 Sep, 2010 at 22:25 in Ford Cars | | No Comments
Filed under: SUV, Government/Legal, Safety, Ford
Ford’s second-generation Explorer has just cost the company $131 million. Despite the popularity of the seminal SUV, it’s had more than its fair share of legal scrapes regarding its rollover resistance. And while the Explorer/Firestone tire kerfuffle has long since exited the…
