Ford claims that the Edge is “aggressively styled”. I’d say that’s a bit rich. In my books, the 2017 Ford Edge is a handsome but understated design. It’s not aggressive, but it certainly looks good in a clean, inoffensive way. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. I like it, but I don’t love it. It launches like out of a catapult off the l

The Ford EcoSport has been unveiled two days before the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show under the pulsing stage lights and booming beats of DJ Khaled at the corner of Hollywood and Highland. The festive mood and focus on all things small reflects Ford’s ambitious plan to have its newest, and smallest crossover SUV appeal to both the youngest buyers in t

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta – Ford’s Expedition, which was introduced 20 years ago, takes the crown as the king of the hill when it comes to their current SUV line-up. The long-gone Excursion was bigger, but was too much for most buyers. Considering the Explorer isn’t a featherweight to begin with, it begs the question: who needs – and is buying – the Exp

The latest-generation Ford Focus was one of the first cars to address the griping Canadian masses fed up with North American grade compacts. The rest of the world got top-notch, global-grade machinery that, for numerous reasons, was more desirable. Us Canucks were instead provided a North American–spec sheet metal and grey crispy plastic gruel for

Jasper, Alberta – “Be Unstoppable.” That was the slogan Ford Canada’s Marketing Plans Manager for SUVs, Greg Watkins, used to open his presentation on the 2017 Ford Escape. It’s a great Rah-Rah battle cry for his Ford colleagues to embrace, but it’s also an apt one for the runaway success of the company’s compact SUV. The 2017 Escape is a pr

J Mays and his design team upped the ante in the family four-door segment when their 2013 Ford Fusion took Best Design Award at the 2012 Detroit auto show. Ditching the dowdy, the new Fusion wore a sleek four-door-coupe skin and sported an Aston Martin-esque grill. In an unusual switch of the norm, this world car hit the streets in North America be

It’s no secret by now that the 2015 Ford F-150 pickup is chock full of innovation. Its aluminum body has garnered most of the headlines, but the truck is also ahead of the curve in a number of other areas. As of the end of May, Ford has sold 48,868 F-150s in Canada this year. Trucks have always been high-profit products for the automake

Just how flexible is the Ford Flex? The short answer: Very. Now for the longer: The Ford Flex is spacious, with all that space sensibly planned to the inch – and as modular as an Ikea bedroom. Indeed, if you crossbred the modularity of a Honda Fit and proportions of a Mini Clubman, then gave the offspring the growth hormone Vladimir Putin insist

Scottsdale, AZ – Don’t let its looks fool you, this is no mere refresh. The 2015 Ford Edge is a whole new crossover, changed and improved from front camera to rear camera. As a big seller in the five-passenger, mid-size crossover category, Ford needed to make sure the new Edge continued to give buyers what they love about the car while improv

The introduction of a new (sub)compact SUV has become like Donald Trump’s scandals: just when you thought you’d seen them all, there’s yet another feeding the news cycle. After years of selling on other continents, the newish Ford EcoSport (pronounced “echo” not “ee-koh”) has been tinkered with slightly and finally coming to North America. The firs

The Explorer is a big deal. And not just to Ford. It was the first mainstream SUV and as it navigated the ever-evolving automotive landscape over the last 25 years, it has been sold seven million times. That’s a lot of Explorers! Ford decided to do something special for the Explorer’s 25th anniversary. And to check it out, I got to “Explore More

The Ford Escape has never earned first place in our comparison tests of compact SUVs, but there’s no doubt it’s the clear favourite amongst consumers. Now in its third model year since a complete redesign, the 2015 Ford Escape remains Canada’s best-selling compact SUV despite a drop in market share and a strong sales surge by the Toyota RAV4 (as

Ford's Focus may not be first compact car in the minds of Canadian buyers – it ranked seventh in sales behind the Honda Civic, Hyundai Elantra, Toyota Corolla, Mazda3, Chevrolet Cruze and Volkswagen Jetta in 2015, and the Nissan Sentra is also ahead so far in 2016. Elsewhere around the globe, however, the Focus is a huge deal: it's the world's top-

DENVER, Colorado – I’m at the helm of a new Ford Super Duty pickup, attempting to perform an exercise simulating a gooseneck trailer hookup. A little like threading a needle – backwards – through the rearview mirror, it’s a maneuvre that usually requires a whole lot of skill – and a little luck. Ford’s just thrown down the gauntlet, again, wi

Review by Dan Heyman, photos by Dan Heyman and Brendan McAleer I guess you could say the Ford Edge had a bit of a tough birth. I mean, when your bigger sibling – the Explorer – has been a perennial bestseller, and has been credited with being one of the pioneers of the massive SUV movement, well, “big shoes to fill” is putting it mildly.