To celebrate Shenetra Moses’ college graduation, her mother pulled childhood photos dating to kindergarten into a poster board collage. Amid the photos was an old, handwritten note, on which a 12-year-old Shenetra laid down her future career plans.
“She said, ‘Mom, I think I want to be an engineer,’ ” Sandra Potts recalled. “I said: ‘Do you even know what that is?’ ”
Ford has released the first pictures of the 2015 F-150, F-Series Super Duty and Expedition King Ranch.
Ford didn't have much to say about the models but the company has previously announced the F-150 King Ranch has a two-tone exterior with running boards and a unique chrome grille that has body color mesh inserts. The truck has also been equipped with LED puddle lights and a remote tailgate.
It took Alex Fischer less than 10 minutes to sketch a drawing that he will most likely remember for the rest of his life.
The drawing, which the 17-year-old Stoney Creek High School senior sketched in math class, was of a vehicle that got him first place in Chrysler’s 2014 “Autorama High School Design Competition.”
“When I found out I won, it felt surreal,” he said. “I was really surprised. It took awhile for me to accept it.”
When it comes to making cars faster on the raceway, it is amazing to see the level of detail that goes into squeezing out an extra fraction of a second. In the case of Chevrolet’s 2014 Camaro Z/28, even the little logo on the grille can make a difference.
Like every Chevrolet, the Camaro carries the little Chevy logo on its front, what’s known within the company as the “bowtie” because of its shape.
Ford Motor Co.’s 11 North American assembly plants are humming at 135 percent efficiency, which could grow as the automaker continues to fine-tune manufacturing processes.
Joe Hinrichs, Ford’s president of North and South America operations, says the company continues to look for ways to eke out extra production of cars, crossovers and trucks.
Following the reveal of the all-new 2015 Jeep® Renegade at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, Mopar is ready, willing and able to help personalize the Jeep brand’s first entry into the small SUV segment. To help owners create a Jeep Renegade that’s even more their own, Mopar will offer customers around the world more than 100 accessories when the vehicle arrives in showrooms, including Jeep Performance Parts such as a lowering kit, cold air intake and cat back exhaust.
Ahead of the looming 12 Hours of Sebring, March 12-15, Chrysler’s Street and Racing Technology (SRT®) Motorsports is positioning itself as one of the favorites after posting the third-fastest lap in the GTLM class. The SRT Motorsports No. 93 SRT Viper GTS-R threw down the gauntlet with a 2:00.496 run at a speed of 111.738 miles per hour in its two day test at Sebring in February, putting the field on notice ahead of this month’s race.
The 2015 Cadillac Escalade and ATS Coupe have made their European debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show prior to their on sale date in the continent later this year. The two vehicles are on display alongside the ELR plug-in coupe, SRX crossover and the sleek Elmiraj concept at Cadillac’s booth.
Outside the Dow Jones, Ford , to the delight of union workers, is bringing jobs back to America. Yesterday, the automaker debuted new versions of its F-650 and F-750 trucks which will go on sale in the second half of 2015. Ford is bringing some components back in-house which will reduce costs, simplify issues, and save a majority of the 1,600 UAW production workers at its Ohio plant.
Jeep introduced its Renegade subcompact sport utility vehicle here Tuesday on the opening day of press previews for the 84th Geneva Motor Show. Information about the new “baby Jeep” had been leaked Sunday on the Internet, and multiple media outlets followed suit and posted photos and details about the model on Monday.
General Motors Co. said Tuesday it will invest $14 million into its Parma Metal Center in northeast Ohio to install a new special press into the facility that it can use in two ways.
The Parma Metal Center supports 13 GM assembly plants in North America and other customers. Last year, it supplied 67 million parts.
GM said the new press, which can be used for die tryout and regular production of parts, is slated to run in late 2014 or early 2015.
Ford has bolstered its 2015 F-Series Super Duty pickup lineup with engine and chassis upgrades to offer leading horsepower, torque and towing power that truck lovers go crazy for.
In the highly competitive grunt wars in the full-size pickup segment, Ford is claiming it has best-in-class power under the hood from the second-generation 6.7-liter Power Stroke V8 diesel engine that delivers 440 horsepower, up from 400. Torque is now 860 pound-feet, up by 60, across all models from the F-250 to the F-450.
The recovery of eight classic cars swallowed by a huge sinkhole has begun at the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky.
The first two cars were pulled out of the giant hole Monday by a crane at the Bowling Green museum.
Ford revealed details on its forthcoming 2015 Mustang convertible, whose top features several highly welcome improvements over the outgoing model's, making it quieter, more compact and easier to operate.
Though Ford continues to call the cloth top a two-layer design, it now sports a 10-mm thick cushion between the twill covering and the headliner layer, serving as both insulation and sound deadening. Ford says with the top up, the cabin is almost as quiet as the coupe's on the road.
Jeep, the American sport-utility-vehicle brand owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles F.MI +4.18% NV, will unveil this week a first: a subcompact model made in Italy.
The new Jeep, called the Renegade, will be shown for the first time on Tuesday at the Geneva International Motor Show, and is the latest example of Fiat Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne's effort to stretch the Jeep brand's envelope beyond off-road adventurers and affluent buyers of its large Grand Cherokee model.
North Elementary School and Dunning Motor Sales sponsored a Chrysler's Drive For The Kids program last year.
For each test drive taken of a Chrysler vehicle, the school received $10 from Chrysler. Shown here are, l to r, students Adian Doherty, Cole Applegate and Peyton Hartley, John Dunning from Dunning Motor Sales, students Arianna Gunn, Baylon Rose and Kortney Armbruster. North Elementary School will once again host another Chrysler Drive For the Kids program on Friday, May 16, at the school.
In the past few years, Cadillac has been hard at work redefining itself, by means of beautiful designs and tasteful vehicles debuted under their iconic nameplate; from the production CTS and ATS models to the masterful Ciel and Elmiraj concepts. Thankfully, head designers at the quintessentially American luxury marque intend fully on operating by that very same principle for many years to come, with no intention to change that direction anytime soon.
The 2015 Ford Mustang is arguably one of the most anticipated vehicles of the year.
And even though the sixth-generation pony car isn’t expected to arrive in U.S. dealerships until fall, Ford Motor Co. is continuing to release new details about the vehicle.
One of the most interesting tidbits of news this week was regarding the vehicle’s aerodynamics. According to Ford, the 2015 Mustang spent about twice as much time running aerodynamic simulations and doing wind tunnel tests than the current model.
The tally of electric only miles accumulated by Chevrolet Volt owners surpassed the 400,000,000 mile mark yesterday, equivalent to walking the Great Wall of China 30,000 times, according to General Motors.
Total miles driven by Volt owners have topped 640,000,000 while the EREV has saved about 21 million gallons of gasoline. The money saved by fuel-conscious Volt owners on gasoline is enough to buy 159 acres of a private island.
The new Ford Mustang will hit Autobahn speeds, bake under Gulf Coast sun and navigate remote roads in rural China.
The pony car is not just for America anymore.
Engineers must meet needs of diverse markets while keeping the distinctly North American styling and satisfying traditional customers who expect a better sports car with each generation.
Two areas that have drawn close attention are Mustang’s aerodynamics and a better soft top for the convertible, which was designed simultaneously with the fastback.
