Ford is America's Best-Selling Brand for Sixth Straight Year

2015 was another stellar year for Ford, as the automaker reported its best annual sales in nine years. With 2,511,935 vehicles sold, Ford maintained its spot as American's best-selling vehicle brand for the sixth year in a row.

A strong December by the F-150 helped F-series top the 85,000 mark for the first time in 10 years. Throughout the year, Ford sold more than 780,000 F-Series trucks...

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How to Drive Your Ford F-150 Efficiently

Let's be honest here. You don't drive a Ford F-150 for its efficiency.

Sure, it's not lacking efficiency for a truck, but we all know you're looking for power and performance, or you'd be driving a C-Max Hybrid.

Still, you hate waste-- so how can you maximize your truck's fuel economy?

There's a myth that says driving with the tailgate down, or replacing it with a net, can improve economy. However, as this demonstration in the Ford Motor Company wind tunnel proves, that's simply not the case.

Your Ford truck is designed…

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Tips for Bringing a Christmas Tree Home from Ford

If one of your favorite holiday movies is “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” you likely remember the tree scene very well. The family bundles up and heads for the forest, intent on finding the perfect Christmas tree.

The daughter turns blue from cold as the family trudges miles in the snow. Finally, the father, Clark, spots it: the perfect tree.

Yes, it’s nearly the size of a redwood and they discover that no one brought an axe or saw, but somehow they manage to get the behemoth home. It reminded us of this funny list of do’s and…

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Dream of Quitting Your Day Job? Here’s How Ford Can Help

Have you ever dreamed of quitting your day job and heading out for the open road? More and more Americans are doing just that. They’re not wealthy trust-fund babies though. These working professionals are “location independent.” All they need to work is a good WiFi signal and a device of some kind.

Most popular in the technology and consulting industry, location independent workers travel around the U.S., (and beyond), working and living in motorhomes.

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AutoGuide.com Revels in the Remade 2016 Ford Explorer

Here at Premier Ford Lincoln, we tend to recognize a good thing when we see one. That's why immediately upon meeting the all-new 2016 Ford Explorer, our flagship utility vehicle, we knew it'd be a huge hit.

And evidently, word of this world-class whip has spread like wildfire. Take a peek at the clip below to find out what the folks at AutoGuide.com make of it:

Though there are five unique trims for the Explorer, the brilliantly appointed base model just may be the best of the bunch.

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Ford Looks At the "Carryless" Movement

The latest #FordTrends video has Sheryl Connelly, Manager of Global Consumer Trends and Futuring, talking about the "Carryless" movement. More and more, people do not want to carry things. Bitcoin, Apple Pay, Google Wallet, subscription-based services, smartphone apps, and wearable technology are all reducing the need to carry physical objects like wallets or purses.

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Take a road trip with the Ford Explorer

Although summer has passed us by, there's still plenty of time remaining in the year to make unforgettable memories on an epic road trip. Hop behind the wheel of the 2016 Ford Explorer, hit the road and take in some of the beautiful foliage Mother Nature throws our way this fall.

Here at Premier Ford Lincoln we know you'll be more than impressed by the…

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The Best-Selling, Globetrotting Ford Mustang

 

 

An Autoblog post from September 8, accessible here: http://ford.to/1EOS78t, says that "According to the latest global data by IHS Automotive, the 'Stang is the world's best-selling sports car through the first half of 2015, with 76,124 registrations. That's a 56-percent

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Ford Firsts: The Ford 999 Racer

True greatness is innovative and incomparable. It creates something where there was once nothing. Such was the case with Henry Ford's Ford 999 Racer, which many consider to be the starting point of America's fascination with racecars. At a production cost of $5,000, this model didn't have a body, a transmission, or even a steering wheel, but it was certainly one of a kind, setting the standard for racing speed and performance. In today's dollars, this model would have cost around $120,000 to create. Hats off to you, Henry Ford, for making that commitment…

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