Mustang people will recall the hollow point bullet that was dodged back in the early ’90s when Ford almost ruined the iconic RWD American pony car. By turning it into an import-style FWD car. That car, by the grace of Elvis, ended up being sold as another car – the Probe – and in...
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There is an interesting species of near muscle car that came into being and briefly existed for a handful of years, beginning in the early 1970s – just as the high tide of the real muscle car was receding. These were cars that did not come with high-powered V-8s from the factory. But which...
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Hey fool! Custom vans are coming back. Well, one custom van is back. The Ford Flex. Ford doesn’t call it a custom van – or any kind of van at all. And maybe it won’t do a smoky burnout like Mr. T’s A Team van – because it can’t (being FWD/AWD). But with the...
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“Fusion” – the process or result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity. It’s a fair description – of the car. Technically, the Ford Fusion is mid-sized, but it’s larger than several others in its class and its interior is as roomy in many respects as a full-sized car’s....
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I just finished spending a week in another $40,000 minivan (2013 Toyota Sienna; see here) so it was kind of nice to spend some time in one that cost half as much. And which was half as big. You know – like minivans used to be. Now, Ford doesn’t call the 2013 Transit Connect...
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If you like the current Ford Fusion, now’s the time to get serious about snapping one up. Because an all-new Fusion is on deck for model year 2013 – which will be introduced before calendar year 2012 is over. The ’13 Fusion will be a major re-do and will offer features the ’12 does...
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People who read car reviews are rightly jaded by the endless press-kit recycling PR stroke jobs. Every car is a good car; no car has any real faults – let alone, just flat-out sucks. So when I say that the 2012 Ford Focus is clearly one of the top three compact economy sedans on...
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The Ford Excursion and Explorer (the real one, with a V-8 and real 4WD) were done in by doubling gas prices, 16 MPG and a tailspinning economy. Lighter-duty (car-based) FWD/AWD crossovers like the Escape went from second-stringers to game-day players, in part because of the perception that they cost less to own and operate...
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Well, they fixed it. The power situation, I mean. Mustang Sally has had her way with the F-150 pick-up truck – and the afterglow is something righteous! Last year’s F-150 was a fine truck except for one thing. Its standard 4.6 liter V-8 made V-6 power – and the hp output of its optional,...
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Hey fool! Custom vans were popular once – a long time ago. They combined coolness, power and utility in the same package. But they disappeared because of the Rise of the Minivan in the early ’80s – which happened as a result (chiefly) of rising fuel prices. Old-style custom vans like BA Baracus’ A-Team...
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