Ford Wants To Remind You Of All The Times The Mustang Had A Good Livery By Giving It A Bad Livery When was the last time you saw a truly good racing livery? Think about it for a minute. A great stand-alone livery that will be looked back on as iconic in fifty years time, one that isn’t a throwback or homage, one that isn’t just a mishmash of black, white, and red —that’s a true rarity these days. I will say that i… Read more…

Ford Will Paint Your Mustang For Free, So Long As The Color is Boring The United States are in a dark age for automotive color. It’s all monochrome as far as the eye can see, even as the era of Nardo Gray Omnipresence begins to wane. Yet, while buyers clamor for bright hues, manufacturers are going the other way — charging ever more for color. Read more…

Ford Slashes F-150 Lightning Price To Reignite Sales Good morning! It’s Friday, April 12, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

Ford Bronco Sport, OJ Simpson Recalled On Same Day Bronco Sport owners are having some trouble today, as Ford recalled 22,270 of the compact crossovers (alongside 20,382 Escapes) for possible cracked fuel injectors. One famed Bronco owner, however, has things even worse: The family of OJ Simpson confirmed his death at age 76 this morning, following a battle with… Read more…

Ford, Northumberland, England The village of Ford in Northumberland. Not too far from the border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. I found the church and graveyard here in Ford absolutely gorgeous, even in the rain. Northumberland is an overlooked county in England, but there few people living here and so it’s good for quiet countryside and historic escapes. submitted by /u…

Ford Slows Its Push Into Electric Vehicles The automaker said it would delay new battery-powered models and shift its focus to hybrid cars, sales of which are rising fast.

Shocking: Ford Lowered Mustang Mach-E Prices, And People Finally Bought Them The Ford Mustang Mach-E may have caused its fair share of controversy over the decision to call an electric crossover a Mustang, but as long as you can get past that, we found it to be a solid EV. Unfortunately for Ford, it ran into issues selling the Mach-E and ended up with a lot of extra inventory. Ford responded… Read more…

Ford, Stellantis Workers Join GM in Ratifying New UAW Contract United Auto Workers union members at Stellantis and Ford have now joined General Motors workers in ratifying the labor agreement between the union and the Big Three automakers this week. The vote marks the end of the labor dispute between the two parties that resulted in a six-week-long strike earlier this year. Read more…

Full-Size Trucks From Ram, Ford And Chevy All Rated ‘Poor’ In IIHS Rear Seat Safety Test Pickups are not as safe as most people would assume, at least not for passengers riding in the back seat of full size trucks. The 2023 Ford F-150, Chevy Silverado and Ram 1500 earned “poor” ratings in the latest IIHS crash safety test, which takes into account how well (or not) new vehicles protect rear passengers in… Read more…

Ford Dealers Don’t Trust Ford Some would assume that a dealership franchise from a major automaker would have some sort of faith or trust in the brand they choose to sell. I mean, dropping millions of dollars just to sell a brand you don’t trust would be kind of crazy right? Apparently it’s not such a far fetched idea. Read more…

OU’s Ford stokes Bedlam with Gundy comments Oklahoma defensive lineman Trace Ford, who transferred to the Sooners from Oklahoma State after appearing in 32 games in four seasons for the Cowboys, said he hasn’t spoken to Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy since Ford left the school.

Ford Will Sell You A Mustang With Enough Horsepower To Ruin Your Life Ford is no stranger to offering a giant supercharger as an aftermarket upgrade for its cars. It has been selling a 700-horsepower kit for 5-liter F150 pickups for a couple of years now, and a similar kit was available for the S550-generation Mustang. Now Ford Performance has brought that same… Read more…

Ford Ranger Off-Road Vehicle Concept Takes Ford’s Midsize Pickup Overlanding The most anticipated Ford Ranger is the Raptor in the U.S., but Ford is debuting a midsize truck at SEMA to showcase the new Ranger’s off-road aspirations. The truck maker calls it the 2024 Ford Ranger Ford Performance ORV Concept, which is too wordy. The operative words could possibly be meant to evoke vehicles from … Read more…

U.A.W. Reaches Tentative Deal With Stellantis, Following Ford Stellantis, the parent of Chrysler, Jeep and Ram, and the United Automobile Workers union said they had reached a deal on a new contract similar to the one that the union reached with Ford.

Ford and UAW reach tentative agreement to end strike Photo by Michael Swensen/Getty ImagesThe United Auto Workers (UAW) union and Ford have reached a tentative agreement to end the union’s six-week strike against the automaker. Last month, workers at Ford, GM, and Stellantis factories walked off the job in targeted work stoppages timed just as the large automakers shift to producing more electric …

U.A.W. and Ford Negotiators Reach Accord on Contract Terms The deal, subject to approval by union members, could ease the way for deals with General Motors and Stellantis and end a growing wave of walkouts.

Bill Ford Says U.A.W. Strike Is Helping Tesla and Toyota Mr. Ford, the executive chairman of Ford Motor, said nonunion automakers would make gains against Michigan automakers because of strikes by the United Automobile Workers union.

Ford Might Cut Shift At F-150 Lightning Plant As Sales ‘Tanked’ Good morning! It’s Monday, October 16, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

‘You Just Lost Kentucky Truck’: Auto Worker Strike Comes To Ford’s Largest Plant Good morning! It’s Thursday, October 12, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

U.A.W. Expands Strike to Ford Plant in Kentucky The factory employs 8,700 and makes some of Ford’s most profitable products, including pickups and sport utility vehicles.