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Autoblog Podcast #253

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:23:37 +0000

Filed under: Podcasts , Etc. , BMW , Chevrolet , Nissan , Diesel Chevy Camaro ZL1, BMW 3 Series Diesel/Wagon, diesel boom, Nissan Titan hangs on Episode #253 of the Autoblog Podcast is here, with Chris, Zach, Dan and Steven Ewing serving as this week’s crew. Topics include the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, the 2012 BMW 3 Series diesel and wagon, the coming wave of diesels from other automakers and Nissan sticking with its Titan pickup for a while. Your questions and comments power the end of the ‘cast, and for those of you who hung with us live on our UStream channel , thanks for taking the time.

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Official: Ford Transit Connect CNG taxis swing into action across U.S.

admin — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:12:58 +0000

Filed under: Minivan/Van , Ford , Specialty The next time you hail a cab in Southern California, you could be jumping into a vehicle fueled by clean-burning compressed natural gas (CNG). That’s because California Yellow Cab of Orange County has become the state’s first taxi company to put CNG-fueled Ford Transit Connect vans into service. California Yellow Cab says 10 (and soon more than 120) natural gas Connects are on the roads and ready to pick up passengers in the greater Los Angeles area.

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Video: V8 Ford Transit connects with the fine art of drifting

admin — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:27:32 +0000

Filed under: Motorsports , Minivan/Van , Etc. , Videos , Ford Drift vehicles come in all shapes, from the ever-popular Nissan 240SX all the way up to Mike Ryan’s Freightliner . Somewhere on that vast scale of driftables sits this V8-powered Ford Transit van, which can roast tires with extreme prejudice. It also sounds fantastic, whips up donuts faster than Dunkin and drifts through turns with grace.

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Official: Plug-in hybrid Ford F-Series Super Duty trucks coming in 2013

admin — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:51:42 +0000

Filed under: Hybrid , Truck , Technology , Work , Ford , Diesel Azure Dynamics has signed an agreement with Ford , whereby the Oak Park, MI firm will integrate its plug-in hybrid technology into Ford’s F-Series Super Duty trucks. Working in collaboration with Ford, Azure’s plug-in hybrid technology will debut on the F-550 Super Duty chassis cab in early 2013. This agreement also allows for Azure to perform plug-in hybrid powertrain conversions on all available configurations of Ford’s F-350 and F-450 trucks. Azure says that roughly two-thirds of its plug-in hybrid system will be applicable for all Super Duty configurations, with approximately one-third needing to be powertrain-specific (i.e

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Official: Ford Transit Connect Taxi approved for NYC cab duty

admin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:18:58 +0000

Filed under: Minivan/Van , Government/Legal , Ford New York City’s post-Crown-Victoria future is becoming clearer. It was nearly a year ago that the selection of the future NYC yellow taxi was narrowed to three : the Nissan NV200 , Ford Transit Connect Taxi and the Turkish entry, the Karsan V1 . And although the Karsan was the people’s choice, the Nissan NV200 was chosen as the official livery chariot for the next ten years.