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Filed under: Truck , Work , Ford , First Drive , Off-Road 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty – Click above for high-res image gallery It’s a guy thing. Tim Allen understands. If you’ve got a job to do, you need the right tool. As guy logic goes, the bigger and more powerful the tool, the better.

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First Drive: 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty brings the biggest tools

Filed under: Truck , Work , Ford , First Drive , Off-Road 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty – Click above for high-res image gallery It’s a guy thing. Tim Allen understands. If you’ve got a job to do, you need the right tool. As guy logic goes, the bigger and more powerful the tool, the better.

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First Drive: 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty brings the biggest tools

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Ford 2011 Ford Mustang V6 at the 2009 LA Auto Show – Click above for high-res image gallery The pony car wars are about one-upsmanship if nothing else. The Ford Mustang held court for years while Chevrolet and Dodge had their horses on hiatus, but times have changed. The new Camaro has been whaling on the Mustang ever since its return, beating the Ford in sales for nine months straight and offering a range engines that are at once more powerful and efficient than the Blue Oval’s aging mills. Advantage: Camaro.

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2011 Ford Mustang V6 rated 31 mpg highway, most efficient 300+ HP car ever

Filed under: Car Buying , Ford , GM , Toyota , Earnings/Financials February’s automotive sales numbers are slowly rolling in, and we’re already seeing that Toyota’s recall crisis has severely hurt the company’s overall sales. On the other hand, its loss has proved to be a real gain for other automakers, especially Ford Motor Company, sales of which topped not only Toyota’s in February, but General Motors ‘ as well. Both Ford and GM posted healthy increases last month – the Blue Oval folks up by 43 percent and GM up by 12.

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Ford outsells GM, Toyota in February sales

Filed under: Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Hatchback , Ford , Rumormill Next-gen Ford Focus – Click above for high-res image gallery It may not be an earth-shattering revelation or anything – Ford ’s own Jost Capito said about as much a couple weeks back – but Ford has reportedly confirmed at the Geneva Motor Show that it is merging its European and American high-performance divisions into one unit. First up on The Blue Oval’s hi-po radar will be a hotted-up version of the new next-gen Focus . Will the car carry an ST, RS or SVT badge?

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Report: Global ‘high-performance’ Ford Focus variant to spawn U.S. SVT version?

Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , Ford 2011 Ford Mustang V6 – Click above for high-res image gallery There was a time in the illustrious history of the Ford Mustang when having an engine from the Cleveland Engine Plant meant that you were sporting a 351 cubic-inch V8 underhood. Times have changed quite a bit over the past 35 years, as Ohio’s newest Mustang engine contains but six cylinders yet produces an impressive 305 horsepower and an even more brow-raising 30 miles per gallon highway. Ford expects the 3.7-liter-powered Stang to account for two thirds of Mustang sales, and The Blue Oval is so confident in customer demand for its six-cylinder offering that it’s hiring 60 new workers to assist production. To prep the Cleveland plant for its newest engine, Ford is also investing an additional $155 million to bring the plant up to speed

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Ford is Hiring! 3.7-liter V6 for Mustang means 60 new jobs in Cleveland