Author: John Faulkner

John Faulkner is Road Test Editor at Clean Fleet Report. He has more than 30 years’ experience branding, launching and marketing automobiles. He has worked with General Motors (all Divisions), Chrysler (Dodge, Jeep, Eagle), Ford and Lincoln-Mercury, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan and Toyota on consumer events and sales training programs. His interest in automobiles is broad and deep, beginning as a child riding in the back seat of his parent’s 1950 Studebaker. He is a journalist member of the Motor Press Guild and Western Automotive Journalists.
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7 Overengineered Cars Built Beyond Reasonable Standards of Automotive Design

The term ‘over-engineered’ in the context of automobile design is quite subjective-in the majority of cases it means a vehicle built to some standard much further than what strict functionality is necessary for. If given immense room and creative freedom, it’s possible to produce something built on technical excellence beyond economy, complexity or ease of […]

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The 2027 Ford F-150 Raptor Gets a Price Cut, but Buyers Lose Some Standard Equipment

Ford’s high-profile power, performance, capability and value war for the hearts and wallets of performance truck buyers is moving forward in the latest salvo of new and improved supertrucks. Headlining these Ford offensive actions is the considerably discounted pricing on the incoming 2027 F-150 Raptor. Ford, as part of a re-shuffling of standard equipment levels […]

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Ford Brings More V8 Power Back While Making a Sharp Turn Toward EREV Technology

To provide truck buyers with something closer to what they demand strong engines, that V8 feel that many are accustomed to, expanded range, and some functional new tech-Ford is taking a significant initiative. This involves expanding its use of the good old, tried and true, V8 power, while also reinventing its electric vehicle gameplan with […]

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The 1970 Ford Mustang Was Brutal, Bold and Built for a Very Different America

The 1970 Ford Mustang arrived as the American performance car arena became intensely competitive than it had ever been before; rival offerings from Chevrolet, Pontiac and Chrysler grew ever more muscular, and intermediate muscle car sales expanded and pulled in the demand for ever more performance. Four years of declining Mustang sales did nothing to […]

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Ford’s Recall Problems Spread Across Millions of Vehicles as Safety and Manufacturing Issues Mount

An elaborate recall dilemma is confronting Ford Motor Company as new dangers are emerging from vehicle system sophistication and the increase in computer control, the supplier standards, across Fords products in the US. So far in the 2020s various models from Fords line, beginning with the truck and commercial vans to the SUVs and Mustang […]

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Ford Bets on the Affordable Fathom as Its Electric Pickup Strategy Takes a New Direction

The market for affordable EVs has reached its own new dawn, and the upcoming Fathom electric truck from Ford represents the clearest indication of what’s coming in this wave. Instead of just churning out another pricey electric rig, Ford appears to be adopting an entirely new strategy focused on value: affordability, smart engineering and practicality. […]

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Ford’s EV U-Turn: The F-150 Lightning Makes Way for Extended-Range Hybrid Pickups

Ford is a significant shift in its pickup electrification strategy, ending production of its current all-electric F-150 Lightning while maintaining the Lightning nameplate on an upcoming successor. Instead of coming back as another regular battery-electric truck, this next-generation vehicle is going to be equipped with a range-extending electric vehicle (EREV) setup. This type of electrified […]

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