The Ford Transit Connect is a popular cargo van and passenger wagon that some business owners find useful for transporting goods. It has several technology features to assist with safe driving. Two of these helpful features are the forward and reverse sensing systems and the rear view camera.
The forward and reverse sensing systems alert you to objects when you are moving the car forward or backwards at a slow speed. As the cargo van comes closer to an object, the system beeps faster. Whenever you put the car in reverse...
Your vehicle comes with an owner’s manual. A quick glance at the manual informs you of the tire size recommendation for your vehicle. Your full-size spare tire, often bolted inside your trunk, is a tire in that size already installed on a replica of the wheels your car uses on its regular tires.
When you are equipped with a full-size spare tire, you have an actual spare of the same model and make of the tire recommended for your vehicle by the manufacturer. The advantage of replacing one tire with the same tire is obvious. However, the wheel is…
In a word, the Ford Explorer is breathtaking when it comes to performance. As one of the most popular full-size SUVs ever, the Explorer has long been a favorite of DeSoto drivers as it allows you to play hard wherever you're looking to go.
When you buy an Explorer, you get a choice of two Ford EcoBoost® engines as well as a 3.5L Ti-VCT V6 engine to provide power to your vehicle. The EcoBoost® engines come in a V6 3.5-liter version while a sturdy 365 horsepower and torque that measures 350 lb.-ft. With the 2.3-liter…
For some, the incredible advances in-car entertainment over the last few years is incredible. They remember the days of the patchy AM car radio, then the upgrade to the FM radio. They remember the 8-track and the cassettes. Now you can connect to satellites to music or stream. You can observe your car’s performance and the incoming weather. To some, that is a staggering advance.
Coming standard in the Ford C-Max Hybrid is a six-speaker system, A Sync voice-recognition system, and a rear-view camera, all of which were dreams for drivers in the sixties and seventies. The SYNC 3…
The 2018 Ford F-150 Raptor is the Motor Trend truck of the year and received the National Highway Traffic Safety Award's five-star safety rating for good reason. That is not all this newly designed mid-cycle F-150 has to offer to prove it is better than the competition.
Ford took a chance when it closed two of its plants for 13 weeks to refit them for the rollout of this new edition 2018 Ford F-150 Raptor. It dropped 700 pounds to improve fuel efficiency with its high-output 3.5L V6 EcoBoost engine. It is right at home on any paved…
If your vehicle alerts you that one or more of your tires needs air and you don't take care of this situation immediately, you can notice a number of problems occurring over time. For example, your tires could…