2010 Ford Mustang

The 2010 Ford Mustang looks leaner, although it actually gains a few pounds. It looks lower, although it's not. With headlights trimmed in black chrome (at least on the GT model) and a squatter, all-black grille, the look is sinister. Even the pony mounted to the center of the grille is finished in black chrome.

Ford Verve Sedan

Just as Mazda is exhibiting a sedan version of the 2 at Auto Guangzhou, the automaker's parent company, Ford, is revealing a sedan version of the Verve concept. The second in a series of concepts that will culminate with yet another variant set to be unveiled in Detroit, this 'notchback' provides further insight to the future small car design direction for Ford.

Ford's European design team, which created the Verve concepts, applied Ford's kinetic design philosophy and built on the look of its hatchback sibling. It shares the three-door's front-end graphics and signature form language, composed of dynamic lines and full surfaces, and displays a pillarless side window profile along with strongly defined wheel arches. The Verve Sedan's C-pillar shape adds to the feeling of dynamism, while the rear body and decklid shapes continue the kinetic design look with full surfaces and bold lines. The rear glass of the notchback is shaped to correspond with the forms of the high-mounted, two-piece tail lamps. This execution, first seen on the new Mondeo, is now translated into a smaller car.

"First it was the hatchback and now a very exciting and dynamic notchback," said Martin Smith, Ford's Executive Director of European Design. "Looking at these concepts together, you can just imagine how exciting the successor to the Ford Fiesta will be when it hits the market."

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Ford Kuga

A new crossover wearing the Ford badge will be revealed at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show. Called the Kuga, the vehicle draws heavily on the Iosis X concept car presented at the 2006 Paris Motor Show.

"We recognised that image-conscious customers for this kind of vehicle want a very individual car in which impressive on-road capability blends seamlessly with substantial off-road ability," said Martin Smith, Executive Design Director for Ford of Europe.

The Kuga was designed using Ford's 'kinetic design' form language, with the compact 4x4 crossover scheduled to be added to the Ford of Europe portfolio in early 2008.

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New Ford Ikon Car

Ford Launched new car model Ford New Ikon in petrol as well diesel engine in india. The Petrol engine of The Ford Ikon is available in Ford New Ikon 1.3 Rocam variant and diedel version of the Ford New Ikon is in the new design of the car as Ford Ikon 1.4 Duratorq TDCi variant. it is a much better option. This new engine is much more fuel efficient, highly turbo charged and is a common-rail direct injection type. Which is excellently capable to deliver a high grade fuel economy with amazing torque capacity. 1.4 DuraTorq TDCi engine is a 4-in-line type engine. This engine is capable of delivering a displacement of 1399cc. Moreover the engine of the car has a compression ratio of 18:1, maximum power being delivered by the car is 68PS at the rate of 4000 rpm and the torque being delivered by the car is 160Nm at the rate of 2000rpm, all with the five speed manual transmission. The New Ford Ikon continues to be a leader in its segment and caters to customers with a combination of superior fuel efficiency and improved engine performance. The exteriors of the car are equipped with new grille-less kinetic design, sporty front bumper with fog lamp bezels, new clear headlamps, very stylish type 7-spoke wheel covers, sleekish outside mirriors for the door all of which are internally adjustable. While looking to the interiors of the car - The New Ikon is equipped with plush two-tone beige environment having camel and dark parchment, even the seat fabrics are new with metropolitan and mini twill, not only this the instrument clusters are new, with added features like tachometer, sporty gear knob with chrome inserted.

Ford has launched New Ford Ikon in 2 variants - Ford New Ikon 1.3 Rocam, Ford New Ikon 1.4 Duratorq TDCi. The Additional Features in New Ford Ikon are following:-
1. All New Front with clear headlights & new bumper.
2. Clear Tail Lights.
3. Factory fitted CD Player.
4. Full wing Spoiler.
5. 13" Alloy Wheels.
6. Remote Central Locking.
7. All New Biege Interiors.
8. Chrome Boot Lid.

The ExshowRoom Price of New Ford Ikon Variants is :-
(Delhi Ex-Showroom)
* Ford New Ikon 1.3 Rocam - 4,59,000
* Ford New Ikon 1.4 Duratorq TDCi - 5,19,000
(Mumbai Ex-Showroom)
* Ford New Ikon 1.3 Rocam - 4,60,000
* Ford New Ikon 1.4 Duratorq TDCi - 5,20,000

Available Colors of New Ford Ikon :-
* Diamond White
* Panther Black
* Paprika Red
* Platinum
* Moon Dust Silver
* Brush Steel
* Morello

Technical Specifications of New Ford Ikon :-
* Fuel Type: Petrol,Diesel
* Mileage-City(kmpl): 12.4
* Mileage-Highway(kmpl): 16.5
* Transmission Type: Manual
* Engine Description: 1.3L 69bhp 4 cyl. In-line Rocam
* Engine Displacement(cc): 1,297
* Maximum Power: 70 @ 5,500 (PS@rpm)
* Maximum Torque: 10.7 @ 2,500 (kgm@rpm)
* Fuel Tank Capacity(litres): 45
* Seating Capacity: 5
* Brakes: Front Disk, Rear Drum
* Gears: 5 Manual

Pictures of New Ford Ikon :-

Ford F-450 Super Duty

The F-450 Super Duty is the newest addition to Ford’s F-Series Super Duty line of heavy-duty pickups that also includes the F-250 Super Duty and the F-350 Super Duty. With towing capacity of more than 24,000 pounds and a maximum payload of 6,000 pounds, the F-450 Super Duty is built on its own unique chassis that incorporates a new rear leaf-spring suspension and the radius arm front suspension from the F-450 chassis cab. According to Ford, the F-450 Super Duty offers the tightest turning radius in its class to improve maneuverability when towing. The entire Super Duty line was updated for 2008 with a bold new exterior design and a new interior design.

The 2009 Ford F-450 adds the Harley-Davidson F-450 with a blue-flame paint scheme. Inside the flame design carries over to the gauges and custom perforated black leather with blue showing through covers the seats, door panels and center console. The 2009 Ford F-450 Super Duty also offers a Cabela’s FX4 package that features a unique two-tone paint scheme in five colors: Ebony, Oxford White, Forest Green Metallic, Royal Red Metallic and Silver Metallic with Sterling Gray Metallic lower body accents, running boards and wheel lip moldings. Custom mud flaps and Cabela’s badges are also included. Inside, the Cabela’s FX4 features cloth seats with Cabela’s logo or available Aniline leather seats with a two-tone embossed grain pattern. The center stack is finished with a dark Paldeo wood appliqué and all-weather floor mats include the Cabela’s logo. The 2009 F-450 Super Duty includes additional standard equipment for all trim levels. The XL adds standard air conditioning, Securilock and trailer tow mirrors, while XLT adds power heated trailer tow mirrors, privacy glass, integrated trailer brake controller and remote keyless entry. The FX4 adds PowerScope integrated power-fold power-telescoping mirrors, power seats, captain’s chairs and SIRIUS Satellite Radio. The Lariat includes all the FX4 standard equipment plus the reverse camera system, power sliding rear window, heated seats, molded running boards and SYNC, Ford’s voice-activated hands-free communications and entertainment system.

Ford Five Hundred

The Five Hundred is Ford’s flagship four-door sedan which debuted for 2005, built on a new platform shared with the Freestyle crossover. Featuring what Ford calls Command Seating, which positions the driver and passengers higher than in a typical sedan, more like an SUV, the Five Hundred features energy-channeling frame and body structures for improved safety. Ford describes the Five Hundred as an upscale sedan for persons who like the upright Command Seating, flexible storage, and all-wheel-drive capability of an SUV, but prefer the comfort and driving characteristics of a sedan.

The 2007 Ford Five Hundred adds several new packages, optional SIRIUS satellite radio and two new exterior colors. A new chrome package is available for SE and SEL with 18-inch eight-spoke chrome clad wheels and a chrome mesh grille. Other options for the SEL include a navigation system, heated seats, and three packages. An interior convenience package includes fog lights, in-dash 6-disc CD changer, dual electronic temperature control, automatic lights and an outside-temperature display; an interior power package features eight-way power driver seat and adjustable pedals; and a Limited convenience package includes memory adjustable pedals, a universal garage door opener, reverse sensing and a trunk cargo net. A six-speed automatic transmission is standard on all front-wheel-drive models. Front-seat side airbags are standard and Ford’s Safety Canopy side air curtain system will be available later in the model year

Ford Focus

Standard Engine

2.0L I4Standard Transmission
5 Speed ManualCylinders
4Horsepower @ RPM
140@6000Torque @ RPM
136@4250 (foot-lbs)

The Focus is Ford's compact car that was redesigned for 2008 and is available as a 2-door coupe and a 4-door sedan The Focus was first introduced in 1998 in Europe and came to the U.S. for the 2000 model year.





The 2009 Ford Focus adds a new coupe version that incorporates changes for a sportier look, including new front and rear fascias, new roof spoiler and standard 17-inch aluminum wheels for the SES trim level. The 2009 Focus SES coupe equipped with a 5-speed manual transmission offers a power increase to 143 horsepower and a throatier exhaust note, due to sport-tuned exhaust. With a 4-speed automatic, the SES coupe delivers quicker acceleration because of a new final-drive ratio. Also for 2009, electronic stability control is a new option.

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Ford F-150

The F-150 is Ford’s full-size, half-ton pickup. F-Series has been the best-selling truck in America for 30 straight years. The F-150 was the first truck to feature a standard fourth door on all SuperCab trims and the redesigned 2004 F-150 was the first truck to offer rear-hinged access panels on Regular Cab trims to access behind-seat storage.

Stiffer CompetitionFord thus couldn't afford to make mistakes with this full-size pickup. It faces stiffer foreign competition from Toyota and Nissan, not to mention high-volume competitors from Chevrolet, GMC and Dodge.



The 2004 F-Series initially arrives with the popular F-150 designation. It's roomier, longer and wider, besides being built more solidly. (Heavier-duty, lower-volume versions arrive later.)
Styling is more aggressive because some critics felt the old look was too "soft" for a rugged truck. There are muscular contours and exaggerated features, which even include an oversized blue Ford oval insignia.



Many ImprovementsThere also are added power, crisper steering, sharper handling, an improved ride and larger brakes.

The new F-150 costs more to build than its predecessor. Prices for the 2004 model range from $21,215 to $35,570. Comparably priced 2003 models went from $20,970 to $34,935.
(Some versions of the 2003 F-150 continue unchanged as the F-150 Heritage through the 2004 model year with pricing starting at $19,125.)



Various Trim LevelsThe new F-150 comes with rear- or 4-wheel drive with low-range gearing. Returning are regular-, extended- and crew-cab body styles with three larger bed lengths. All cabs now have four doors because more pickups are being used as family vehicles. Upgraded interior designs thus are more car-like.



The regular cab and SuperCab have standard rear-hinged "half doors," while the SuperCrew crew cab returns with four front-hinged doors, which are a lot more convenient.
New V8I tested the $34,185 SuperCrew 4-wheel-drive version. This is the roomiest new F-150, with space for five tall adults. It was powered by the F-Series' new 5.4-liter 300-horsepower V8. An improved 4.6-liter 231-horsepower V8 is available, but don't count on it for strong acceleration.



Neither engine will get a fuel economy prize, but they work with a responsive 4-speed automatic transmission.



The 300-horsepower V8 delivers strong acceleration to 65 mph, but provides average 65-75 mph passing times. That shouldn't be surprising because the SuperCrew is large and heavy, with a 139-inch-wheelbase. It's awkward to park and often impossible to put in an average-size garage. Those with barns are ahead of the game here.



However, an increasing number of people prefer huge, roomy pickups.
A strategic option is the $245 reverse sensing system. It warns of unseen objects behind the truck.



Car-like MannersThe steering provides good road feel. It's geared right—not too fast or too slow for a high, heavy vehicle. Handling is car-like, and the brake pedal has a reassuring feel.
The firm ride is composed on decently paved roads, but the back end hops on bumpy surfaces with an empty pickup bed.



My nicely painted test SuperCrew didn't have many options, but could have done without the $300 black tubular running boards. They look good, but are too narrow to be of much use when getting in this high truck, a maneuver that requires extra effort.
Large outside door handles can be easily grasped, as can the inside handles. Also, substantial front grab handles can make it easier to climb aboard.



Interiors EmphasizedFord is emphasizing the five new F-150 interiors, which are intended to enhance differences between various versions of this truck.



My test truck had a sporty "FX4" interior with "warm steel" (like aluminum) accents on the instrument panel, console, doors and steering wheel. The instrument cluster was aircraft-inspired and the dashboard had carefully positioned chrome-ringed vents. The shifter look as if from a sporty car.



The $595 front "captain's chairs" were firm, but supportive. They had "sporty cloth" and also are offered with "sporty leather."

Bond's girlfriend advertises Ford

In regular Screening of agent 007 James Bond Secret Intelligence Service - "Quantum of Solace" girl agent 007 Camilla will appear in a new compact car Ford Ka. The film spetsagent Bond, who plays Daniel Craig, is investigating the death of his girl and goes to Organize ""Quantum", which seeks to seize control of all resources on the planet. In the course of the investigation Bond acquainted with his new friend, it plays a Ukrainian actress and model Olga Kurilenko. It is expected that Kurilenko effect appears on an updated version of the small Ford Ka. The developers kept secret until the equipment "baby". We know only that the salon Ka will differ from mass-produced cars and specifically for the film malolitrazhku vykrasyat paint rare golden shades.

James Bond himself, according to ancient traditions, will travel to sports Aston Martin. In "Quantum of Solace" they will become a model DBS

The most powerful Ford Focus RS

In predverii presentation of a new car - "hot" hatch Focus RS, Ford company has distributed photos of its new items, and reported some of its technical details. Debut Ford Focus RS will be held July 22 at the motor show in London.

Based on the same platform as the Focus ST car will receive 2.5 - liter 5 - cylinder turbocharged engine, which is under the hood of the model. True, in the RS and its increased capacity is 300 hp Acceleration to "hundreds" under such aggregate will take from the machine about 6 seconds.
To this peredneprivodny car was more obedient on the road, Ford equipped its new Quaife differential for the automatic reallocation of torque and a new suspension RevoKnuckle, cooked specially for sport riding.

Also Focus RS will receive 19 - inch rims, an increase of 40 millimeters track, upgraded springs and shock absorbers, as well as perenastroennoe steering system and stabilization.

In selling new Ford Focus RS will appear at the beginning of 2009.

Ford ‘Rocks And Rools’ In Cleveland With Cars and Guitars | Huliq: Breaking News

Ford ‘Rocks And Rools’ In Cleveland With Cars and Guitars Huliq: Breaking News:

"Celebrating fast cars and rock and roll, Ford is turning up the volume at the Cleveland Auto Show by showcasing its hot new product lineup and revving up for GuitarMania.
The company is donating the first Limited Edition Ford Shelby GT Standard Stratocaster guitar in support of this annual charity event to benefit the Greater Cleveland United Way and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s education fund.
- Ford donates one-of-a-kind Fender Stratocaster guitar autographed by racing great Carroll Shelby to GuitarMania fundraiser in support of Greater Cleveland United Way and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame education fund.
- Ford partners with Fender Guitars to offer two customized guitars through the Ford Collection.
- Ford to sponsor two 9-foot Fender Stratocaster® guitars, customized by the company’s own designers, at this year’s GuitarMania.
“For some of our most successful, high quality products, it all starts in Cleveland with the Duratec engines built here,” said Randy Ortiz, General Sales Manager, Ford, Lincoln and Mercury. “I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the spirit of this city and give back to the community than to be a part of GuitarMania.” "

Hot Rods, Part 3

A custom car is a phrase that became prominent in American pop culture in the 1950s, and has enjoyed special interest popularity since that time. It relates to a passenger vehicle that has been modified to improve its performance by altering or replacing the engine and transmission and to make it look "unique", unlike any car that might have been factory finished,always a personal "styling" statement by the re-styler/re-builder.

A development of hot rodding, the change in name corresponded to the change in the design of the cars that were being modified. The first hot rods were made from pre-WWII cars that had running boards and simple fenders that bent over the wheels. These were modified by removing the running boards and either removing the fenders entirely or replacing them with very light "cycle fenders". The purpose was to put the most powerful engine in the lightest possible frame and body combination. The suspension was usually altered to make the car lower; the front was often made much lower than the rear. Much later some hot rods and custom cars swapped the old solid rear axle for an independent rear axle, often from Jaguar. Only rarely was the grille of one make of car replaced by another; one exception was that the 1937 Buick grille was often put on a Ford. The original hot rods were plainly painted like the Model A Fords from which they had been built up, and only slowly begun to take on colors, and eventually fancy orange-yellow flamed hoods or "candy-like" deep arcylic finishes in the various colors.

With the change in automobile design to encase the wheels in fenders and to extend the hood to the full width of the car, the former practices were no longer possible. In addition, there was tremendous automotive advertising and subsequent public interest in the new models in the 1950s. Hence custom cars came into existence, swapping headlight rings, grilles, bumpers, chrome side strips, and tail lights. The bodies of the cars were changed by cutting through the sheet metal, removing bits to make the car lower, welding it back together, and adding a lot of lead to make the resulting form smooth. By this means, "chopping" made the roof lower; "sectioning" made the body thinner from top to bottom. "Channeling" was cutting notches in the floorpan where the body touches the frame to lower the whole body. Fins were often added from other cars, or made up from sheet steel. But in the custom car culture, if you were someone who merely changed the appearance without improving the performance substantially, you were looked down on.

Paint was an important concern. Once bodywork was done, the cars were painted unusual colors. Transparent but wildly-colored candy-apple paint, which was applied atop a metallic undercoat, and metalflake paint, which adds aluminum glitter within candy-apple paint, appeared in the 1960s. These took many coats to produce a brilliant effect -- which in hot climates had a tendency to flake off. Custom cars also continued the habit of adding decorative paint after the main coat was finished, of flames extending rearward from the front wheels, and of scallops and hand-painted pinstripes of a different color than the rest of the car. The latter, most often being of a single coat, would be expected to be of a simpler paint.