Three “championship-level” 2007 Ford vehicles – the Ford
Shelby GT500, Ford Edge and Ford F-150 FX2 Sport – have been selected to pace the three Ford Championship Weekend races at Homestead-Miami Speedway, site of NASCAR’s season-ending events.
Dan Davis, director of Ford Racing Technology; Curtis Gray, president of Homestead-Miami Speedway; and Matt Kenseth, the 2003 NASCAR Nextel Cup champion and a contender for this year’s title, were all on hand at the race track today to help (...
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Automotive designers draw their inspiration from a wide array of sources, but Ford designer Anthony Prozzi says the fashion industry is an especially fertile breeding ground.
“As a designer, you have to have a sixth sense to predict what’s going to happen next,” says Prozzi, who worked for fashion maven Donna Karan before joining the design team at Ford. “Fashion is a wonderful barometer because fashion designers are a lot more progressive, and they’re able to move a lot quicker. (...)
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The all-new Ford Edge crossover vehicle debuts later this year, equipped with a new 265-horsepower, 3.5-liter V-6 engine and six-speed automatic transmission that will serve as cornerstones in the company’s drive to improve the performance, fuel economy and emissions of its powertrains.
Ford Vehicle Development Chief Engineer Jim Baumbick says the new engine and transmission give Ford’s new crossover a cutting edge powertrain.
"It has very strong acceleration, so you have that (...)
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Bold, American design distinguishes the 2007 Ford Edge in the red-hot crossover utility vehicle (CUV) market - along with a dynamic driving character and innovative features designed to make it the "crossover of the year."
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