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Impress Ford with how you’d punish a 2015 F-150 and win a week-long test drive

What would you do if Ford handed you the keys to a brand new 2015 F-150 and said “Give us your worst”? Would you put it through the ringer on the jobsite? Would you take it off-road to your favorite mudding spot? Perhaps you’d hitch up a trailer full of cinder blocks and go about […]

February 7, 2014

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Claw and shear painted like a Seahawk rip apart a Ford Bronco in a spot-on Super Bowl prediction

“This is a special occasion.” That’s why Lisa Parberry, who co-owns the Scrap-It recycling center in Ferndale, Washington, says she and her employees decided to paint one of their shears to look exactly like the Seattle Seahwaks logo and rip apart a 1985 Ford Bronco. The Seahawks won their first Super Bowl Sunday night against […]

February 5, 2014

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Report: Ford is developing a V-6 diesel for the F-150 codenamed “Lion”

The 2015 Ford F-150 won’t even go into production until the fall of this year and already there might be a reason to eagerly await the next generation of the popular truck. According to a report from The Truth About Cars, Ford is again developing a diesel engine for the F-150 that will hit the […]

February 3, 2014

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Ford will shut down its truck plants for 13 weeks in order to retool for assembly of 2015 F-150

Ford announced that it plans to shutdown two of its plants for a combined 13 weeks in order to retool and prepare them for assembly of the aluminum bodied 2015 F-150 pickup. The automaker will halt production at its Dearborn Truck Plant in Michigan for 11 weeks, and at its Kansas City, Missouri plant for […]

January 29, 2014

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Driver loses control of pickup, survives 40-foot plunge onto a frozen pond

The Ranger was discontinued back in 2011, but after seeing just how “Built Ford Tough” this 2001 model turned out to be there might be a renewed interest in the midsize pickup. Anne Spiess, 54, of Maplewood, Minnesota was driving on Interstate 694 in St. Paul when she lost control of her Ford Ranger, according […]

January 23, 2014

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The 2015 Ford F-150 will get better mileage, but will higher price, insurance rates and repair costs offset fuel savings?

Last week, Ford unveiled the 2015 F-150. Beyond a new body design, the big news was that this would be the first full-size pickup with an aluminum body. That’s a good thing because aluminum is much lighter than steel and Ford says the new F-150 shaves 700 pounds off the weight of the truck. That […]

January 20, 2014

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Ford unveils the 2015 F-150: lighter aluminum body, tons of new tech (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

No. 3 Story in 2014 « No. 4 No. 2 »   After much hype and months of build-up, it’s here. And despite a multitude of improvements over previous models, most are calling Ford’s newest pickup the automaker’s biggest gamble yet. Ford unveiled the new 2015 F-150 in the wee hours of Monday morning and […]

January 13, 2014

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Ford F-350 uses tracks, not tires, to spin a big burnout

Just in case you ever wondered whether or not a truck outfitted with tracks can still do a burnout, this video emphatically argues that it can. The folks at Mattracks Inc. outfitted a Ford F-350 with their heavy-duty truck tracks and CEO Glen Brazier hopped behind the wheel to prove just how much smoke they […]

January 3, 2014

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No. 4 in 2013: 2015 F-150 spy shots reveal Atlas concept styling

Through spy shots that first surfaced back in June, we’ve become pretty confident that the 2015 Ford F-150 will look a lot like the Atlas concept truck that Ford unveiled at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. The first spy shots revealed the the shape of the F-150 in testing had just about the same grille […]

December 30, 2013

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Report: Ford will unveil the 2015 F-150 next month and it will be made of aluminum

While other automakers turn to diesel engines to address fuel economy, Ford’s EcoBoost V-6 will reportedly have some help next year to add even more miles per gallon to the F-150: an aluminum body. According to a report from Bloomberg, Ford will unveil an F-150 with an aluminum body next month at the Detroit Auto […]

December 23, 2013

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Ford LTL semi truck jumps more than 100 feet through the air

Can’t help but just smile at this one. When the video starts, it doesn’t seem like driver Ash Nichols has gotten enough speed behind this Ford LTL. In the end though, he has more than enough to launch an impressive 101.9 feet through the air. The amount of ground clearance he gets is pretty amazing […]

December 23, 2013

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Ford Truck Sales Booming

2013 Ford truck sales surpass 2006 numbers showing economic recovery is strong

November 19, 2013