When it comes to off-roading, there are often times when you need a little extra help to get out of mud or over obstacles. For times like that, a winch is handy. Ford has announced that it will be offering a factory-installed or after purchase winch option for the 2020 Ford Super Duty Tremor package pickup.
The 2020 Ford Super Duty line of pickups has a best-in-class 1,400-pound snow plow rating that includes the mounting hardware. Ford is bragging about the rating as it is an important feature for truck owners who live in snowy states where plowing their own roads or plowing parking lots as a business is a big deal.
Ford has closed the reservations book on the Mustang Mach-E First Edition, spilling a few new details on how would-be buyers of the all-electric SUV are aiming to order their new car in 2020. Supplies of the limited-edition variant ran out at the tail-end of November, though Ford's four other trims are still available for placeholders.
The Ford Mustang Mach-E has been controversial as many Ford Mustang fans are angry that Ford put the Mustang name on the EV. Ford hasn't offered up any indication of how many people have reserved the vehicle so far, other than the First Edition selling out. For those who have plunked down their $500 reservation, little in the way of details on timeframe has been offered.
Ford is a big supporter of juvenile diabetes research and often donates the very first serial number of special cars, like the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, to be auctioned off. This is precisely what the automaker did with 2020 GT500 CS0001 sending the rights to configure the car as the buyer wished to Barrett-Jackson earlier this year.
Ford is already planning a smaller version of its Mustang Mach-E all-electric crossover, but while the first EV uses a homegrown platform, the American automaker will be looking to German assistance for its baby sibling. Unveiled in November, the 2020 Mustang Mach-E saw the iconic pony car name expand to include an SUV for the first time, but that's only the start of it.
The plug may have been pulled on the Ford Focus RS, but more exciting things are reportedly in store for the punchy little hot-hatch as Ford flirts with electrification for its new incarnation. Production of the last-generation Focus RS ended in 2018, with its punchy 350 horsepower and tail-happy disposition leaving it pretty much an instant modern classic.
How do you make a 825 horsepower Shelby Super Snake even hotter? The answer is to make your uber-Mustang unavoidably eye-catching, courtesy of the tuning company's Bold Package. Shelby American plans to make just thirty of the cars, all built by hand.
The GT350 name has some serious lineage, and that's what Ford is tapping into with the new Heritage Edition Package for the 2020 Mustang Shelby GT350 and GT350R. Featuring exclusive livery - including some striking contrast racing stripes - the two cars add to the 2020 model year's mechanical upgrades under the skin, in a nod back to the earliest days of the nameplate.
Ford has detailed its multi-million dollar plans to build autonomous vehicles in Michigan, part of a $1.45 billion scheme to reinvent its auto business and catch up in electrification. The news comes shortly after Ford unveiled its first all-electric crossover, the 2021 Mustang Mach-E, which has already proved controversial among muscle-car fans.
McDonald's sells a lot of coffee, and Ford builds a lot of car parts. The two companies have teamed up to reuse some of the waste that comes with roasting coffee. During the roasting process, the outer skin falls off the coffee bean. That skin is called coffee chaff.
It's been a big week for electric car reservations, and the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E is demonstrating that while pony car purists might not be convinced by the name, that doesn't mean would-be drivers are in short supply. One of the automaker's five trims of the electric SUV has already sold out of reservations, in fact, before production has even begun.