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Ford Turns Dearborn Hotel into New Offices and Retail Space

Ford has been tweaking and growing its Michigan campus, and now it's adding Dearborn into the mix. The American car company is investing $60 million in Wagner Place, which will take over two blocks of mostly empty buildings and convert them into an urban development center with outdoor green space, first-floor retail stores and upper-level offices for about 600 Ford employees.

“Wagner Place will be beneficial both to the community as well as Ford employees,” says Donna Inch, chairman, and CEO, Ford Land. “It is part of the company’s overall Dearborn campus transformation plan as Ford...
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2017 Ford Super Duty: Adaptive Steering on All Terrains

Recently, interest for the 2017 Ford Super Duty has spiked at our dealership.  Folks are especially enamored by its newest feature -- an adaptive steering system. 
The adaptive steering mechanism is a great option for those who need to haul heavy loads and want to maneuver more easily.  A highly versatile vehicle, the Super Duty can do it all -- from lugging your gear to work, to parking on the visitor's side of the soccer field.  An aspect too often overlooked by many of its competitors, maneuverability is one of the Super Duty's many strong suits.
 
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Watch This Tough Science Strength Test

If you want to see how strong the 2017 Ford Super Duty steel frame is, you've got to check out the latest video from the Tough Science team. The clip is entertaining and informative, and demonstrates that the all-new Super Duty steel frame can withstand the weight of eight Ford trucks, totaling approximately 37,000 pounds. 
 
And yet, not even that was enough for the Tough Science squad.  They decided to kick up the challenge (several notches) by adding a Ford Mighty F7 Tonka -- weighing 13,688 pounds on its own -- to the equation.  In the end, the Super…
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Ford Targets Further Water Usage Reduction by 2020

In a recent press release from the Ford Motor Company, the automaker announced a new goal of reducing its water usage for the vehicle manufacturing process. By the year 2020, Ford aims to reduce its water usage per vehicle by nearly three-fourths, saving more than 10 billion gallons of water. With only one percent of the Earth's water available for human use, Ford has targeted a long-term goal of zero potable...

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2017 Ford Fusion is Safer than Ever Before from Frontal Crashes

The best kind of accident is the one you're never in, and with the 2017 Ford Fusion, avoiding frontal collisions is easier than ever before. Pretend you're stuck in traffic in Forest Grove, and find yourself suddenly seized by a coughing fit. You try to focus on the road, but you wind up hacking just as the car in front of you slams on its brakes.

Normally, you would rear-end them, but you had…

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2016 Ford Flex Makes Great First Impression with Autotrader Team

Far and away one of the most charismatic full-size crossovers we at Doherty Ford have ever encountered, the 2016 Ford Flex is one that whip that, by all accounts, warrants a closer look.

And, as luck would have it, a closer look is exactly what our chum -- Autotrader commentator, Jabari Jones -- just so happens to be here to provide! Team up with him in the video review below:

High atop the Flex food chain is the feature-rich Limited model.

Standard equipment on this iteration includes 19-inch wheels, xenon headlamps, LED taillights, power-folding mirrors, additional metallic exterior ...

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Ford fights climate change with sustainably engineered plastics

If you're anything like us, you're concerned about the environment. With April shattering the global temperature average, the threat of climate change has never been more real or present. But we can each to do our part to help combat climate change, and Ford is leading the charge. Earlier today, Ford announced that it had developed a sustainable new practice to manufacture automotive plastics and foam via recaptured carbon emissions.

 

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All-New Fusion V6 Sport Delivers Advanced Suspension System to Mitigate Pothole Damage

Potholes are the worst. They are often unavoidable, and they are more than just an uncomfortable nuisance. According to AAA, potholes cost drivers in the United States nearly $3 billion every year, with individual drivers paying $300 or more per incident. Fortunately, Ford has introduced a new advanced suspension system, exclusively for the upcoming Fusion V6 Sport, that takes the jolt out of a pothole impact...

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