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September 16, 2008
Ford managed to be nice and save money by wishing GM a happy 100th birthday not by cake and card, but by spelling it out in lights on the side of their world headquarters in Dearborn, MI. Whether the act was that of penny-pinching or creativity, one thing’s for sure — it was a well done. We managed to get the memo sent around reminding Ford’s world headquarters staff to keep their blinds open below the jump.
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Posted by Admin on
September 9, 2008
Meet the Ford Fiesta ECOnetic, it gets an astonishing 65 mpg, but the carmaker can’t afford to sell it in the U.S. What’s that? If ever there was a car made for today, this would be it. The ECOnetic is a sporty subcompact that seats 5, has a navigation system, and gets a whopping 65 miles to the gallon. Oh yes, and the car is made by Ford Motor Company, the company known mainly for portly gas hogs.
Ford’s 2009 Fiesta ECOnetic will go on sale in November 2008. But here’s the problem. This beauty, even with the car’s potential to change Ford’s image to help it compete with Toyota and Honda in Ford’s home market, will only be sold in Europe.
“We know it’s an awesome vehicle,” says Ford America President Mark Fields. “But there are business reasons why we can’t sell it in the U.S.” The main one: The Fiesta ECOnetic runs on diesel.
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Posted by Admin on
August 18, 2008
This is why we love homeowners associations. Especially in Texas. (please note the sarcasm). For yet another reason to add to our we-love-homeowners-associations-list, in a wealthy Dallas, Texas suburb named Frisco sent resident Jim Greenwood threatening letters due to his insistence on parking his new Ford F-150 truck in his driveway. The gated community of Stonebriar, where Greenwood lives, doesn’t allow trucks, RV’s, golf carts, trailers and other undesirable vehicles parked in front of houses. Now here’s the best part, the rules DO allow Escalades, Ridgelines and even the nasty amalgamation of metal, Chevrolet Avalanche. HOA representative Bill Osborn explained the difference with the most ridiculous nouveau riche answer ever:
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Posted by Admin on
July 15, 2008
Those fine folks over at Automobile magazine have bestowed their “Funky Ergonomics Awards” again this year. As one could imagine, BMW’s iDrive and 7 Series interior (pictured above) again tops the list of bad designs. (Rightly so.) Their list includes convenience keys that are downright inconvenient, window switches that require broken wrists to operate, touchscreens that are dangerously slow to respond, all center-of-the-dashboard mounted instrument clusters, complicated navigation systems, reverse-action manu-matic transmissions, and dimly lit interiors.
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Posted by Admin on
June 28, 2008
After what seemed like a Billion year reign as the Nation’s best selling vehicle, it looks as though the Ford F-150 has stumbled - for at least 1 month.
The month of May actually saw the Honda Civic overtake the Ford F-150 in sales putting the Ford down in 4thplace. Whaaa!?
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