New York Auto Show: Ford Transit Taxi could be NYC’s green cab solution
What better city to unveil a taxi then New York? You remember when we told you that NYC cabs will have to start going green this fall with the minimum city mileage standard going up to 25 MPG from the current 14 MPG that Crown Victorias get? While that mostly meant that the Escape hybrid would become Ford’s number one solution, Ford has some other tricks up its sleeve. Ford showed us its Transit van in full NYC taxi garb. They even had the cab rates on the sides. It looked so real that when we...

Ford and Shelby to build 756 additional GT500KRs
In order to meet worldwide demand, Ford announced today that it will build an additional 746 units of the 2009 Shelby GT500KR. While 571 of the 746 units will be allocated for the U.S., the remainder will go to countries that did not receive the 2008 models.i The 2009 Shelby GT500KR will be powered by the same 5.4L supercharged V8 engine producing 540-hp. The 2009 models will not feature the 40th anniversary badging as on the 2008 models. This will bring the total production number of the Shelby...

New York Auto Show: Ford Transit Taxi could be NYC’s green cab solution
What better city to unveil a taxi then New York? You remember when we told you that NYC cabs will have to start going green this fall with the minimum city mileage standard going up to 25 MPG from the current 14 MPG that Crown Victorias get? While that mostly meant that the Escape hybrid would become Ford’s number one solution, Ford has some other tricks up its sleeve. Ford showed us its Transit van in full NYC taxi garb. They even had the cab rates on the sides. It looked so real that when we...

Ford and Shelby to build 756 additional GT500KRs
In order to meet worldwide demand, Ford announced today that it will build an additional 746 units of the 2009 Shelby GT500KR. While 571 of the 746 units will be allocated for the U.S., the remainder will go to countries that did not receive the 2008 models.i The 2009 Shelby GT500KR will be powered by the same 5.4L supercharged V8 engine producing 540-hp. The 2009 models will not feature the 40th anniversary badging as on the 2008 models. This will bring the total production number of the Shelby...