Archive for the ‘Escape’ Category

Want American-made and fuel-efficient? A small car, too? You don't have many choices.

Shoppers are valuing fuel efficiency more than before, especially now that they might be able to take advantage of a $4,500 Cash-for-Clunkers incentive. While there are plenty of stars-and-stripes-waving larger vehicles, the list of smaller, frugal American-made cars is very limited.

And at a time when you're likely wondering how you can do your part to support the economy—whether locally or nationally—chances are the dealership salesperson will be of little help to some nagging shopping questions like "Where is this car built?"

Luckily, you'll find...

Just a week apart, two high-profile leaders put restraint aside and showed allegiances to particular automakers—in this case, Honda and Ford—for their green-car efforts.

This past Wednesday, as California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke at a Shell station in Los Angeles, just after the launch of the 2009 Hydrogen Road Tour, he called the Honda Clarity, which is now being leased in Southern California on a limited basis, “a wonderful hydrogen vehicle.” Schwarzenegger, who had a demonstration Clarity for a few days, according to USA Today, went on to make it veritable love fest for Honda, saying, “I love that car. As a matter of fact,...

There's nothing worse that buying the latest electronic gadget or service, only to find that seven hours later, an updated, more capable version is available and you can't upgrade. With their voice-activated infotainment system, SYNC, Ford Motor Company is working to keep customers from suffing this type of post purchase dissonance.

We reported earlier this month that SYNC users could install a 911 Assist application, and now there's more news.

Announced today, current owners of early-launched 2010 vehicles equipped with Ford SYNC now can visit www.syncmyride.com and download and install the latest application – Traffic, Directions and...