It sounds so 1999, but the SUV shows signs of life. By some measures, SUVs are the fastest selling category of new cars this summer. If you count the days’ worth of inventory, Utes as the Audi Q7 is one of the vehicles in shortest supply in dealer lots automakers ramp up for the 2011 [...]
It’s official. Ford (NYSE: F) today announced the sale of Volvo and related assets to the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Limited (Geely) was completed. The total purchase price for the Volvo and the assets contained in an agreement signed back in March was 1.8 billion U.S. dollars, including a $ 200 million note and [...]
Among models that go over the edge on the design, there are some who are a bit too forced natuurlijk, and others for which the whole package feels coherent en complete. The 2010 Ford Flex is one of the latter, its boxy look and maybe bold details to match your practical and fashionable needs, and [...]
We have not heard much lately about the sale of Ford’s Volvo to the Chinese automaker Geely. We are hoping things were on track, but given all the problems GM had offloading to Sichuan Tengzhong Hummer – namely financing, approval of the Chinese government, and Ford’s concern over intellectual property – we were not exactly [...]
Much ado made about shifting the 2011 Ford Explorer to a car-based platform and a ditching of V-8 engines, but the media storm has largely slipped by one small detail: the death of the Explorer Sport Trac. What is the Sport Trac, you ask? Good question. The little-known and slow-selling Ford Explorer Sport Trac was [...]