A new class-action lawsuit has been brought against Ford for problems with the company’s PowerShift transmissions, as covered by CarComplaints. The new lawsuit concerns US market models of the ...

FORD TO INTRODUCE FUEL-EFFICIENT DUAL-CLUTCH POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION IN NORTH AMERICA IN 2010 DETROIT, Jan. 21, 2009 – Ford Motor Company announced today it will introduce an advanced dual-clutch ...

I'm on the lookout for either a Ford S-Max or Galaxy in Titanium trim, with a 2.0 petrol Ecoboost engine. I recently viewed a 2010 S-Max with 26,000 miles, on sale at a Ford dealer for £14,000.

Ford is replacing the old-school four- and five-speed automatic transmissions in its small cars with more efficient six-speed dual-clutch gearboxes it says offer better fuel efficiency and increased ...

Ford announced that it has expanded the availability of the PowerShift dual-clutch transmission, offering the gearbox on six different models. The Ford PowerShift transmission uses an electronically ...

It's neither a true automatic nor a true manual, but thanks to some clever engineering the twin-clutch gearbox manages to combine nearly all of the positive aspects of both while simultaneously ...

MORE THAN 70,000 disgruntled Ford customers are stuck with allegedly dodgy cars, and a new document reveals the company knew about it. On Wednesday, a class action involving thousands of Ford ...

You know that gut drop when your car starts to sound or feel off. Maybe it's a strange shudder, a delayed shift, or that dreaded warning light on the dash. You take it to the shop, hoping it's just a ...

In the never-ending pursuit of efficiency, performance and smooth power delivery, the next step forward for many automakers is the adoption of the dual clutch transmission. Once the province of ...

Before a recent trip to Las Vegas, I reserved a rental subcompact car online from Avis. Bottom feeders like me never know what car they’ll get until they are handed the keys at the counter. The keys I ...

Ford has just announced two things today. No.1 is a bit of boasting, saying that they have the best selling small car in Europe, as the Fiesta sold 22,561 in September and 222,184 for the first nine ...