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Ford Offers Complimentary GT500 Track Attack Driving Experience to Mustang Shelby GT500 Owners

Ford and Ford Performance Racing School are joining forces to offer a complimentary program exclusively for owners of the all-new Shelby GT500.

GT500 Track Attack, the latest in a long line of similar owner programs offered by Ford Performance, will be the first one introduced at the new Ford Performance Racing School location, Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Much like sibling owner programs put on by the school, owners are given a unique opportunity to learn firsthand the capabilities of their cars with professional training from instructors.

Categories: Mustang

All-New 2020 Escape Hybrid Tops Small SUV Class

Your drive over the river and through the woods to grandma’s house this holiday season might cost you less if you’re behind the wheel of the all-new 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid.

With a best-in-class combined EPA-estimated fuel economy rating of 41 mpg, the redesigned front-wheel drive small SUV also tops its class while driving around town, with an EPA-estimated 44 mpg city. The 2020 Escape Hybrid Titanium with front-wheel drive has an EPA-estimated rating of 37 mpg on the highway.

Categories: Escape

Thousands of New Tech Team Members Helping Transform Ford with More on the Way

A few years ago, we at Ford decided to disrupt our company in way not seen in our industry since Henry Ford put the world on wheels 116 years ago to compete for an exciting future.

To help do this, we brought in more than 3,000 team members with advanced computing, analytical and technical skills the past three years to help transform our company with our dedicated employees in our thriving traditional business. Today, this transformation is becoming much more visible as we launch the new Mustang Mach-E all-electric SUV, advanced connectivity technologies and new mobility solutions.

Categories: Tech

Ford Fund Announces Precision Blendz as Grand Prize Winner of Men of Courage Barbershop Challenge

Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, announced Precision Blendz as the grand prize winner of $10,000 in the Men of Courage Cincinnati Barbershop Challenge. Precision Blendz was selected for having the greatest community participation and the most creative partnerships over the three month competition period. Their activities included conversations on suicide prevention, and public safety issues with Cincinnati Police officers.

Categories: Ford Fund, Community, Fleet

Ford and McDonald's Collaborate to Convert Coffee Bean Skin Into Car Parts

Ford Motor Company and McDonald’s USA will soon be giving vehicles a caffeine boost by using part of a familiar staple in the morning routine, coffee beans, in vehicle parts such as headlamp housing.

Every year, millions of pounds of coffee chaff – the dried skin of the bean – naturally comes off during the roasting process. Together, Ford and McDonald’s can provide an innovative new home to a significant portion of that material. The companies found that chaff can be converted into a durable material to reinforce certain vehicle parts.

Categories: News, Tech

Ford Bronco Store on Amazon Helps Off-Roaders Gear up for Arrival of New Bronco

The all-new Ford Bronco isn’t slated to make its world premiere until next spring, but Bronco lovers don’t have to wait until then to find merchandise to celebrate the legendary off-road SUV.

In time for Cyber Monday and the heart of the holiday shopping season, the Ford Bronco store on Amazon.com is live with an assortment of Bronco-themed items ranging from apparel and novelties to toys, collectibles and some unique vintage Bronco parts.

Categories: Bronco

Ford Debuts "Making the Mustang Mach-E" Documentary

Ford introduced the world to the newest member of the Mustang family – the all-electric Mach-E – and now it is sharing the story of how the all-new SUV came to be in a new short documentary film, “Making the Mustang Mach-E.”

Categories: Mustang Mach-E

Ford Invites Community to Join in "Creating Tomorrow Together"

Ford Motor Company’s commitment to “Creating Tomorrow Together” – its own and Southeast Michigan’s – will be on full display with an all-new float making its debut at the 93rd America’s Thanksgiving Parade in downtown Detroit on Thursday, Nov. 28.

“Everything Ford does is designed around the needs of people,” said Jim Vella, president, Ford Motor Company Fund. “In Detroit, our hometown for 116 years, that includes bringing people together through cherished local traditions like America’s Thanksgiving Parade.

Categories: News

All-Electric Mustang Mach-E Delivers Power, Style and Freedom

For the first time in 55 years, Ford is expanding the Mustang family, bringing the famous pony into the electric age with Mustang Mach-E, an all-new, all-electric SUV born of the same all-American ideals that inspired the best-selling sports coupe in the world.

Categories: Mustang Mach-E

Reserve Mustang Mach-E Online Starting Sunday, November 17

Ford’s all-new, all-electric SUV will don the iconic pony badge and the name Mustang Mach-E when reservations for the vehicle open after it is revealed this Sunday.

The all-electric Mustang Mach-E will make its debut Nov. 17 at an event in Los Angeles that will be streamed on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Autohome (China). Special guest, actor Idris Elba, will help introduce the latest addition to the Mustang family. Immediately following the broadcast – which ends at approximately 6:30 p.m. PST (9:30 p.m. EST) – reservations will open for the Mustang Mach-E at Ford.com.

Categories: Mustang Mach-E, News