Archive for the ‘Ranger’ Category

This week, TheCarConnection.com updated its full review of the Ford Ranger for 2010, and even though we haven't driven the 2010 yet we've driven countless earlier models and can speak from experience. The Ranger is built on a design that’s absolutely ancient—we’ll get to that shortly—but Ford has finally fit side airbags to the 2010 Ranger.

The 2010 Ranger now has a very respectable safety package, including those side bags, electronic stability control with Roll Stability Control, and anti-lock brakes. About the only top safety feature it lacks—and one that’s not always on the safety list for newer designs—is side curtain bags.

That is...

Ford is in by far the best shape of the Detroit Three right now. Their sales are up compared to GM and Toyota, and their 2009 Ford Focus and 2009 Ford Escape were two of the top-selling cars bought using Cash-for-Clunkers credits.

TheCarConnection.com was lucky enough to attend a Ford social event in New York City last night, part of a 100-city "Taurus Tour" to dealerships, small-town ball games, and other events to let the public see, touch, and ride in the redesigned 2010 Ford Taurus.

We got a chance to chat with Mark Fields, Ford's executive vice president and president of the Americas, in an open-air bar high above the Hudson River,...

Over the past several months, throughout the global economic downturn in general and Detroit's meltdown in particular, we've often sung the praises of Ford Motor Company. Not only did Ford manage to avoid embroilment in the bankruptcy/bailout crisis plaguing Chrysler and GM, but Ford has also managed to leverage the misfortunes of its competitors to its own advantage. While expressing concern for Chrysler and GM, Ford has managed to reiterate its own solid financial position (e.g. "Yes, congress, you ought to help our competition, but no, don't worry about us -- we're smart and sensible, so we'll be just fine.") As a result the public's...