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Bill Ford has been spending time in Australia to hype the family business and he’s been saying all the right things. Among his more recent statements was a proclamation that Ford would continue prioritizing V8s until regulations made that impossible.

What makes your head turn when a car roars past? History matters as much as a well-preserved machine, as each vehicle presents a compelling story.

Two crashes involving vehicles using Ford’s semi-autonomous driving technology, BlueCruise, are the subject of a March 31 hearing by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

The Chicago Pope is getting a special Ford Explorer, built with pride on the South Side.

Today's recall involves 2025-2026 Ford Explorers.

Ford CEO Jim Farley took a trip to Australia last week and is reportedly trying to set the country up with more utes. Australians should care because it sounds like Blue Oval wants to engineer more vehicles specifically for the Down Under market. But we should care because (non-ute) variants of those models occasionally migrate here when they are particularly good.

Weekend-warrior racers, here's one for you. This is a 2005 Ford Focus that's prepped for rally racing and hill climbs.

Pope Leo XIV hasn’t been shy about his Chicago roots since taking the job but having ties to that toddling town is paying off in a new way for him courtesy of a new specialized Ford Explorer built at the company’s Windy City plant.

Through two separate actions, Ford Motor Co. recalled 1.74 million late model Ford and Lincoln sport-utility vehicles due to problems with the images displayed from the rear cameras.

Ford Motor Co.’s quality issues continue rearing their ugly head as the company just recalled nearly 605,000 SUVs due to a problem with windshield wiper motors.

Ford Motor Co. reported its new vehicle sales in February were down 5.5 percent while Volvo Cars saw its global rolling three-month sales period between December 2025 and February 2026 down 10 percent compared to the same timeframe a year ago. 

Ford Racing Parts is giving owners of the Ford F-150 and Mustang an opportunity every car owners has wished for at some point during their ownership experience: more power. In this case, an aftermarket kit to install a Whipple Supercharger.

Ford announced it is recalling 4.4 million trucks, SUVs, and vans due to a problem where those vehicles could lose their braking and trailer lights while towing. The problem increases the likelihood of a crash, the company notes.

Ford wants to charge $495 for a front trunk, aka a "frunk", for the Ford Mustang Mach-E.

Today's recall alert involves van life with the 2025 Ford Transit.

Ford is allegedly working on something for the Lincoln brand that will rival the Mercedes-Benz G-Class and other high-zoot SUVs with legitimate off-road chops. Rumored to launch right around 2030, the model is supposed to ride on the same body-on-frame platform leveraged by the Bronco.

Automakers are always looking for ways to improve their bottom lines, and Ford’s found a way to get Mustang Mach-E buyers for an extra $495 — you gotta buy a frunk now.

Today's recall involves Fords and Lincolns.

Ford announced a recall of 412,774 Ford Explorers due to problem with suspension components that could result in a loss of steering control.

The 1975 Econoline and Club Wagon Van was a complete redesign for Ford Vans.

Friend of the site Connie Peters has a 2025 Ford Bronco Heritage video review for you.

Hey there! The TTAC podcast is dropping early this week due to out-of-office time.

Today we're going back to the early Aughts for some hot-hatch fun with this 2003 Ford Focus SVT.

Ford Motor Co. lost $8.2 billion for all of 2025 despite its revenue rising slightly, all of it tied to the $19.5 billion charge it took to account for its underperforming electric vehicle business. However, it offered a bright outlook for 2026.

The Ford worker who called President Donald Trump a “pedophile protector” during a plant tour and got a quick response from the president — the middle finger — and that’s it says the United Auto Workers (UAW).

Despite the expectations of a fourth-quarter loss, Wall Street expects Ford to report a small revenue increase for all of 2025 — but still lose money.

Toyota Motor Co. announced it has shuffled its leadership team, looking to accelerate decision-making, and improving profitability in the process.

The first generation SVT Lightning. It was built by hot rodders for hot rodders.

While most automakers that reported January sales Tuesday offered positive news, Ford Motor Co. didn’t follow suit Wednesday as its January sales fell 5.3 percent. 

Pickup trucks are big money for Ford and General Motors as they dominate the U.S., but Hyundai is making changes to its product portfolio in the next few years looking to get a bigger piece of the pie.

Hey hey, it's podcast time!

The public’s never-ending love of pickups combined with a new appreciation for hybrid vehicles fueled a 6 percent jump in new vehicle sales for Ford Motor Co. in 2025.

The 9th Gen of F-series Trucks. They would be an evolution of 7th and 8th generations more so than a completely new truck and many feel this is the best generation F-Series.

As the sales have come in for 2025, all things considered they are damned good, perhaps worthy of some champagne-cork popping (or at the very least the opening of a screw-top bottle of some top-shelf jug wine).

The 2025 Ford F-150 3.5L Powerboost Hybrid Platinum is one bougie pick-up truck.

The 2026 Detroit Auto Show, formerly known as the North American International Auto Show, was light on vehicle debuts this week -- but there was still plenty to talk about.

The North American Car and Truck of the Year were unveiled today at the 2026 Detroit Auto Show.

Did the voters get it right?

We live in strange times, as evidenced by an incident that took place yesterday while President Donald Trump toured Ford's truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan.

DETROIT -- The North American Car and Truck of the Year (NACTOY) winners have been announced here at Huntington Place -- formerly Cobo Hall -- in Detroit.

DETROIT -- Ford has yet another option for desert runners with the Ford Bronco RTR.

Ram isn't going to stuff a 6.4-liter Hemi in a single-cab 1500 and make it a new SRT sport truck.

Too bad,

The First Ford Mustang, Lee Iacocca gets a lot of credit for bringing the Mustang to market and while it may have been his vision the person most responsible for developing that vision into an actual car was Donald Frey.

Buyers of Detroit full-size vans became increasingly unwilling to take manual transmissions as the 1960s became the 1970s, but new three-pedal big vans were available long after that. I found this ultra-rare manual-equipped E-150 in Colorado Springs last week.

Today we have a very small recall involving the Ford Maverick Hybrid and Ford Escape Hybrid.

We fix a few small issues with the greatest luxury sedan ever built.

Sajeev Mehta no longer works here, but we still love him and that means I enjoy making his bitter tears flow with stories about discarded classic Ford Motor Company products. Here's one that currently resides at a boneyard in Denver, Colorado.

We have another recall for you, this one involving 2026 Ford Super Duty F-250 and F-350 models.

“You might wonder why this platform and vehicle had to be electric. The choice enabled how it is built, and we also believe electric vehicles are by far the best product for the customers we are going after.

Ford Motor Company is pulling back on its electric-vehicle plans in a move that will cost the company $19.5 billion.

Today's TTAC podcast will speak to the car enthusiast's heart.

When Ford and International Harvester got together, it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

We're doing another edition of Drive Notes -- a capsule review of a car myself or a staffer drove that doesn't quite need a full review.

Today it's a 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT Rally -- and yes, it is a 2024 but I drove it deep into 2025. Sometimes cars stick around for a while, and it's still worth a write-up for used-car shoppers. Not to mention that sometimes models carry over virtually unchanged.

Welcome to another edition of Drive Notes, which is where we provide a capsule review to a car that doesn't need the full-review treatment.

Up today -- a 2024 Ford Bronco Sport Freewheeling that I drove earlier this year. Yes, it's a 2024 -- sometimes they are in the fleet for a while. This one was obviously a limited-edition trim, but lightly-used ones are out there on the market.

No, we're not drunk -- not right now, anyway. There really does exist, out the in the world, a 1984 Toyota Celica Supra Boss 302. Meaning someone plunked a 302 cubic-inch mill into a 1984 Toyota Celica Supra.

Today we go hot hatch with this 2002 Ford Focus SVT.