Ford CEO, Jim Farley was speaking exclusively to Auto Express this weekend at the Goodwood Revival. Farley was there racing his 1966 Ford GT40. When Auto Express spoke to him, he said that the decision was up to Ford Europe to make a decision about whether or not to bring the Bronco over from the US. He also said that the Bronco would work in this market, considering the Defender works well in […]
After 27 years, Ford is going to stop producing cars in India, due to an underutilisation of the factories, with 4000 jobs affected by the closure. Back in 1994, Ford was one of the first big car companies to enter the country. When the news was announced last week, on the 9th September, Ford said that manufacturing in India would stop immediately for cars that are sold in the country. […]
UK police forces are to start trials of the new, all electric Ford Mustang Mach-E. The concept car was unveiled by Ford today at the Emergency Services Show in Birmingham. According to Ford, a number of forces around the country had put in requests to start looking at the all electric SUV from Ford. Seven police forces in the UK, the Metropolitan Police, Sussex, Surrey, South Wales, Dyfed-Powys, Devon and Cornwall, […]
Ford announced the new all-electric E-Transit at the end of 2020 with a scheduled launch data of spring 2022. Like other large electric vans on sale at the moment, the E-Transit is quite pricey, at £42,695 + VAT which is actually less than the Fiat e-Ducato, Mercedes eSprinter and others. The E-Transit is based on the current generation of the van, with a 67kWh battery pack, with the choice of […]
Ford has recently announced a new limited run version of the Ford GT with the ‘GT ’64 Prototype Heritage Edition’ which was revealed at the Monterey Car Week last week. The new limited run model doesn’t yet have a price but will go up for order starting in January 2022, for approved GT customers only. The Heritage Edition pays tribute to the year that Ford won Le Mans, beating Ferrari […]
Ford has delayed the shipments of its latest electric car, the Mustang Mach-E. Chip shortages are affecting a lot of different industries, the new M1 iMac still has around a month of lead time between ordering and getting it and modern cars are now essentially computers on wheels and need a lot of chips and Ford is having a hard time getting them. Ford has informed customers waiting that it […]
Ford took the GT version of the new Mustang Mach-E to the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year for its first public appearance in the UK with orders now available and deliveries starting later this year. Prices for the regular Mach-E start at £40,270 with the high performance GT model starting at £67,225. The Mach-E GT was announced last December and has already been available for order since April this […]
Ford announced the new entry level truck, the Maverick last week which is the company’s new smaller pickup, sitting on the same platform as the Bronco Sport and in size, sitting below the the Ranger. The company is looking to expand its rollout of electric vehicles and is aiming to have 40% all electric sales by 2030 in the US. However, while Ford is expanding into all electric pickup trucks […]
Ford put its new all electric truck, the F-150 Lighting up for pre-order around three weeks ago and the company gained 44,500 pre-orders in 48 hours. By comparison, when the Cybertruck went up for pre-order, Tesla had 250,000 orders in the first five days. Jim Farley, CEO of Ford spoke to the New York Times this week about the F-150 Lightning and said that the pre-orders had already hit 100,000. […]
Ford has announced the new Ford Maverick pickup truck, reusing a name once used in the 1970s for a small car and then here in Europe for a SUV that was based on a Nissan Terran. This all new truck however joins Fords expanding pickup truck line up at the entry level model, below the Ranger. The Ford Maverick will only be available in the US and it’s the first […]
