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2010 ford f-150

2010 Ford F-150's New 4.4L V8 Diesel Engine Gets Leaked To Internet

Remember that Ford dealer conference we learned about last week from our friends at PickupTruck.com? That's the conference where we heard about the scoop on Ford's upcoming and long-rumored off-road Ford F-150 Raptor program. Well, there's a second scoop for us from the Ford forum fan-boys at F150Online, spotted by the quick-eyed folks at PUTC — the first unofficial shot of Ford's upcoming 4.4-liter V8 Diesel engine that we've heard will make it's way into the 2010 Ford F-150. We're also told we should expect it to get dropped beneath the rails of the 2010 Ford F-250 and 2010 Ford F-350 to serve as the base-level diesel engine available. And why shouldn't it? Supposedly, this smaller oil-burning V8 will give a 20% boost... More »

Spy Photos

4:08 PM on Sat Apr 12 2008
By Ray Wert
14,676 views, 56 comments

Latest by MrEvil: Yeah, unfortunately the tree-hugger crowd has made Ford's latest Diesels rather pointless with their demands of 3 catalytic converters, the urea filter and the particulate filter. Don't get me started on the idiocy of the particulate filter. Gee, lets use MORE more »

d.c. auto show

Ford Extending E85 Corn Goodness To E-Series, Navigator and Expedition

More exciting action from the D.C Auto Show as Ford snuck some E85 news into the 2009 Ford Escape press release. The company's E-Series vans, Navigator and Expedition will be able to run on E85 fuel this year, which is good news for the small percentage of the people reading this that have access to the approximately 0.01% of gas stations in the United States that actually offer Ethanol and are suddenly in the market for a bold-faced commercial van. Excuse us if we're not that excited. We really wanted them to announce they were building an E-Series van that runs on straight vegetable oil. Press release below the jump. More »

10:45 AM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Matt Hardigree
738 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: @vortec42: So, gallon for gallon, ethanol still doesn't provide more power. It simply can be used in high compression/boosted engines which burn fuel faster. It would still be more effecient to use gas of equal octane in same high power engine, more »

detroit auto show

Detroit Auto Show: Funkmaster Flex Does Detroit, Talks Nano

Of all the musical celebrities that have shown up this week, Funkmaster Flex has to be our favorite. The black and red Ford Flexpedition outside let us know to be on alert for Flex and then, near VW, we found him. We know Flex knows his stuff, but we were shocked that he wanted to talk about the Tata Nano, the $2,500 car from India. We didn't get a photo of ourselves with Flex, but we were lucky enough to grab one of him with some other journalist. We think she works for the Washington Times...

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2:00 PM on Tue Jan 15 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,092 views, 13 comments

Latest by TinaChow: What he wanted to talk about was a $2,500 Apple Nano. The limited edition studded with Swarovski diamonds. more »

sema

SEMA 2007: AEV Hemi-fies Wrangler Unlimited JK For SEMA!

The boys at American Expedition Vehicles plan to show a custom Jeep Wrangler Unlimited JK in the Chrysler display at SEMA 2007. What's so trick about it? Well, our friends at the Michigan and Montana based custom shop took their experience performing hundreds of Hemi conversions on the Jeep Wrangler TJ to have some fun with the new four-door from "The New Chrysler." So, instead of the stock 3.8-liter V6 under the hood, the Mopar-mavens at AEV have shaved away enough room to wedge a 6.4-liter Hemi into the engine bay. So, instead of 204 HP, this bad boy four-door's gonna get 525 horses. In addition to showing off the Hemi-powered four-door rock crawler at SEMA next week, AEV's set to announce the availability of turnkey 5.7-liter and 6.1-liter HEMI conversions for the new Wrangler JK. As someone who's driven one of their HEMI-powered Brute conversions and seen a great number of their amazing pieces of work on the road (like the above four-door Wrangler Rubicon) I can say my pants are tightening at the mere thought of seeing this in person. That's right — a full-on Hemi-gasm. Full press release after the jump and the gallery below filled with AEV awesomeness. [via AEV]
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8:00 AM on Thu Oct 25 2007
By Ray Wert
10,131 views, 23 comments

Latest by Cletus: I rode with Dave from AEV in his original Hemi TJ, he could get the front tires off the ground with enough go pedal. He also got better MPG than the stock 4.0L straight six (not while doing wheelies more »

new york auto show

Ford Continues To Flex: Funkmaster Flexpedition To Hit Showroom Floors

No, we're not kidding — no April Fool's Joke here — we think. It looks like Funkmaster Flex's Expedition he pimped out blinged out mutilated for last year's SEMA show will actually be hitting FoMoCo showroom floors near you as a limited edition 2008 model of the Big-UV. The ride will be built on the existing short wheelbase, Limited model, features a 3d Carbon body kit and custom interior. And if it isn't obvious, the Ford press release clearly tells us "step one is a custom paint job." We're pretty sure step two is not to put your junk in the box — but you never know with this here Flexpedition. Full press release after the jump. – Ray Wert More »

Feature

3:30 PM on Fri Mar 30 2007
By Ray Wert
2,202 views, 10 comments

Latest by squablow: "Funkmaster Flex breaks barriers to become one of the first African American and hip hop artists in history to have a mass-produced production vehicle." Let's everyone re-read this passage. ONE OF THE FIRST? Can anyone else more »

ad watch

Ad Watch: Hachette Buff-Mag Intellectual Reacharound Further Engorges With New "Ford Challenge" Commercials

And now the trilogy of advertising semi-randomness from FoMoCo is complete. In many ways we're thinking this is the last salvo of the Ford marketing team's attempt to show Alan Mulally they're relevant. And if they failed at it in any way like the second to last salvo, it's not going to end very well at all. But we digress, let's get back to the last two ads from FoMoCo's wild ride. They're a continuation of the buff mag hand-job product placement we've already seen called the "Fusion Challenge." If you don't remember that's when FoMoCo sponsored a Car & Driver happy ending product whoring escapade "independent test" involving the Hachette magazine's readers. In case "sponsored" isn't clear enough, here's a better pair of words to use — "paid off." Well, Car & Driver ain't the only Hachette mag involved in this little bit of intellectual reacharound action, now it includes the other ampersand-in-the-title car porn book. That's right, Road & Track was a part of the game as well, running their own little LA-based challenge, and with predictable results. The first ad's above, and the second's below the jump, along with the press release from Dearborn for some "independent" explanation of today's advertising fun. – Ray Wert More »

5:30 PM on Fri Mar 2 2007
By Ray Wert
1,494 views, 10 comments

Latest by Al Navarro: Would these spots make me try the Fusion over an Accord? Probably not. And the AWD vs. FWD thing really strikes me as apples vs. oranges. I'd have to look at the MSRPs, but still. IMHO, the "creatives" more »

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Ad Watch: Ford Gives Chevy Suburban The Finger With New Expedition EL Ads

FoMoCo's dropped a blizzard of creative on us today and we're literally just trying to shovel our way through the mess of it as we speak. So we'll start off with the double shot of ads they're firing across the bow of the General's big-league profit-maker, the Chevy Suburban. True, the Expedition's already beating the Suburban in sales, but whatever, maybe they like the whole "underdog" role. It's either that or they're scared the big automaker from the D's looking at buying them up to along with the Chrysler Group. Whatever the reason, in the first ad above named appropriately enough, "finger," FoMoCo's giving their index a workout in a way not seen since digits were given the opportunity to do the walking almost a decade ago. Since they're out of practice maybe it's a good idea for them to start small with a button in the back of a heavy people hauler. The second ad, after the jump, is called "Third Row" and it's all about how there's more room in the third row of the new Expedition for Ford ad actors to, you know, "do stuff." Sounds kinky to us. What isn't kinky is how FoMoCo appears to be eschewing the "Bold Moves" tagline in lieu of the more sales-oriented "Ford Challenge" tag. Sounds to us like some company's just realized that they need to actually make bold moves before they start using that particularly adventurous phrase they've found themselves attached to. – Ray Wert More »

2:20 PM on Fri Mar 2 2007
By Ray Wert
2,261 views, 15 comments

Latest by Turboner: Ford, If I am going to ever find the "Grafenburg" spot, I think I need to turn my hand palm up before trying that. more »

jalopnik reviews

Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Ford Expedition EL, Part 3

Why You Should Buy This Car: You're Mormon, have a Napoleon complex or travel with a posse. You subscribe to the belief that it's both about the size of the boat and the motion of the ocean. You crave the most comfortable way to get from A to B, not the quickest; your seven friends and their dogs feel the same way. You want other drivers to change lanes instantly when you pull up behind them. You never want anyone to turn left on yellow in front of you. You dig how the giant chrome wheels create cool blacktop reflections as you roll. You need the 6,000+ lbs. tax dodge. You're homeless. More »

Feature

1:17 PM on Wed Dec 13 2006
By Mike Spinelli
1,578 views, 6 comments

Latest by supermike3: bark at the moon more »

jalopnik reviews

Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Ford Expedition EL, Part 2

Exterior Design ****
For a Baby Huey, the Expedition EL is a svelte looking ride. The previous generation 'Peditions (and their even uglier Lincoln counterparts) were too tall for their relatively short length, such that they came across as hunchbacked. By stretching the wheelbase by two feet, Ford created a balanced, well proportioned SUV. From the side, that is. Head on (or worse, via rear-view), the 2007 model looks like an iron wall with nostrils. Fifth star action withheld for a forgettable rear end.
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Feature

12:00 PM on Tue Dec 12 2006
By Mike Spinelli
662 views, 11 comments

Latest by Xedos6: ^Either that or Jahre Viking (or was that the Excursion?). more »

jalopnik reviews

Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Ford Expedition EL, Part 1

As wee ones, my sister and I wanted a dog, but the old man said no. Dogs control your life, he said, so in our household we instead adopted a string of short-lived b-list pets: turtles, hamsters, fish, a guinea pig and several frogs. At one point, we even had a hermit crab, though it died before growing large enough to shed its old shell in favor of a snazzy new one I picked out (and painted) for him. I mention this because if you purchase Ford's outsized Expedition EL, you will die long before you outgrow it. More »

Feature

12:06 PM on Mon Dec 11 2006
By Mike Spinelli
787 views, 28 comments

Latest by supermike3: and i am utterly shocked that you find exception in my taking exception to travelling on a highway at triple digits in this fucking behemoth. utterly. more »

tank

Your Moment of Arctic Zen: The Tankpedition!

While we still greatly prefer the Volgamino (hell, we'd drive over our own mother in this here Tankpedition for just five minutes seat time in that jacked up Russian hottie), in a real-world breakaway republic situation, this might be the right tool for the job. Bumbeck to orgasm after the jump. – Jonny Lieberman More »

5:00 PM on Fri Dec 8 2006
By Jonny Lieberman
3,833 views, 16 comments

custom cars/hot rods

Pimp(TM) Ford's Ride: It's Not SEMA Without Funkmaster Flex

Without Funkmaster Flex, the $3 billion automobile aftermarket business would probably be worth no more than, say, $2.7 billion — tops. That's probably why Ford's backed its private Brinks truck up to Flex's crib for two years running. This year, Flex signed his name to a customized 2007 Expedition that Ford plans to show off at the SEMA show next week. The modded SUV gets a cosmetics overdub by way of something called the Street Scene(R) body kit, 24" wheels, two-tone black-and-red paint scheme and a custom interior including de rigeur DVD screens and high-performance audio system. No word on whether the truck will also show up as a special marshmallow in Lucky Charms or as a guest character on "According to Jim." – Mike Spinelli More »

3:21 PM on Fri Oct 27 2006
By Mike Spinelli
670 views, 4 comments

Latest by rg: Where I'm from this would be called the "South Atlanta Package"! more »

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Ford's Fuel Cost Tourniquet: Slash Pricing On 2007 Expedition SUV


Cutting prices on your newest SUV by an average of $4,300 is one way to make a "Bold Move," or a desperate one, really considering the current model just isn't selling. We guess that explains why Ford's dropped the base MSRP on all packages of its new big-ass SUV by a whopping $4,300. Although we've got to say, the exterior of this big SUV, inspired by the beast of burden looks of the Ford F-Series pickup, looks better than the '06 model no matter how pimp the package purchased. But with that big 5.4 liter 3-valve Triton V8 engine, you know it'll suck down gas like it's going out of style — so guess where the "savings" will really be going — and no, you're first guess shouldn't be your pocket. Re-familiarize yourself with Ford's newest Bold Move in the picture gallery below, and click the jump to get the full press release from FoMoCo. More »

8:45 AM on Tue Jul 25 2006
By Ray Wert
492 views, Comment

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Greening an Expedition: Ford Working on Diesel, Hybrid

AutoWeek reports that Ford isn't planning to roll over and let GM's upcoming Chevrolet Tahoe and other full-sized SUV hybrids show up its Expedition. The company's reportedly working on higher-mileage versions of its largest SUV, including a hybrid-drive model and a V8 diesel, that'll be ready by early next decade. Still, on that timetable, the hybrid Expy would come in three years after the first such GM vehicle and two years after Chrysler's hybrid Durango (GM, DaimlerChrysler and BMW are partnering on the same two-mode hybrid system). But will Ford just go ahead and buy the system from GM? Such a deal is more than likely, says AW. More »

8:43 AM on Wed Jun 28 2006
By Mike Spinelli
339 views, 3 comments

Latest by Igor: also Ford has the almost finished hydraulic hybrid system... since F150 and Expedition will share platform after 2008 MY, and because F150 is likely to get the HHS or HLA, Expedition has quite a good outlook on getting it.. after more »

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Ford Launches 2007 Expedition at Houston Auto Show


Considering two in ten sales of Ford's Expedition come from Texas — and so not to distract from the company's environmentally friendly message at the Detroit show — Ford chose the Houston auto show to launch its newest large SUV late last week. Gaining much-needed cues from the latest F-Series pickups, the new Expedition gets similar upgrades as its Explorer did last year, including electronic rollover protection and six-speed transmission, plus an EL version that's long enough to compete with the Chevrolet Suburban. Ford's betting the market for truck-like SUVs will be decline slowly, with Texas likely being the last place it'll trail off. More »

8:24 AM on Mon Jan 30 2006
By Mike Spinelli
3,735 views, 7 comments

Latest by TexansAreHot: That, Adam, is a capital idea. Think I'll get the an Chevy Lumina minivan, slap some 36-inch tires, paint that bitch all silver and smack a Coors Light logo on each side. Off-roading silver bullet indeed. more »

spy photos

Spy Photos: 2007 Ford Expedition, Even Bigger Still

The spies at Automedia, brought to you by American Car Fans, came upon this Ford Expedition super stretch in Dearborn. Why all the cladding? Likely it's a 2007 Ford Expedition, but considering its proximity to Ford's house (and with the Detroit show coming up) we wouldn't be surprised if FoMoCo was introducing the truck as a factory limo offering. Either that, or it's a Ford Edge and the company's gone completely overboard in disguising its test mules. More »

Spy Photos

9:01 AM on Wed Jan 4 2006
By Mike Spinelli
1,810 views, Comment

spy photos

Spy Photos: 2007 Ford Expedition, Only Bigger

Damn you, leather cladding. Yesterday we posted spy shots of what we thought was one of the new Chevrolet Silverados basking in the Arizona sun, but is rather likely Ford's new super-sized Expedition SUV, formerly known as "Everest." If you remember, Ford's Excursion replacement came under fire recently for turning feral and eating a Focus ZX3. No seriously, it came under fire for being a big SUV in a post-big-SUV world. As if big things can just stop on a dime. Anyway, look again with new eyes. More »

Spy Photos

12:00 AM on Wed Jan 4 2006
By Mike Spinelli
411 views, Comment