Author: Jackie Strada

If you’ve been thinking about getting a Ford Focus, now’s the time to head to your local AutoNation Ford dealer — because it sounds like its days are numbered. Our friends at Jalopnik recently spoke with a representative from Ford, and while the Focus Active was slated to remain on the menu in the U.S., it sounds like recent trade negotiations have made it tough to justify bringing over the Chinese-built compact. Here’s the official word, as told to David Tracy: “We made a business decision to stop development of…

Legendary racer and car builder Carroll Shelby starting working his magic on the Ford Mustang over half a century ago, and today, the company he founded continues that proud tradition. The latest version of the Blue Oval’s popular pony car made its public debut at Detroit’s Woodward Dream Cruise over the weekend, and as you’d expect, the 2019 Ford Shelby GT is a block-rocking beast as intimidating as the venomous snake it sports on its badge. With a 460-horsepower 5.0-liter V8 under the hood, the standard GT is already a…

Last week, Blue Oval fans got a look at the configurator for the 2019 Ford Ranger, but it wasn’t quite ready for prime time. Fortunately, it doesn’t appear that a whole lot has changed. Along with every other media outlet, we reported that truck was set to start at $24,000, and while that’s technically accurate, the 24k version was pretty stripped down — in that it didn’t come with a bed. Now, call us crazy, but we’d think most of the folks who head to their local AutoNation Ford dealer…