Ford F-Series
“Small Car Domination Coming Soon | Giga Gears”
After covering Ford CEO Jim Farley saying America needs to fall back in love with smaller cars despite running a company that killed the Fiesta, Focus, Fusion and Taurus, we decided to take a look at the sales figures of the smallest, cheapest cars still on the market. It is July, after all, meaning most of the Q2…
Ford Recalls 550K F-150s for First Gear Shift Issue
Ford is recalling over 550,000 2014 model-year F-150 pickup trucks for a major fault. The pickup’s transmission can unexpectedly downshift into first gear at any speed. Drivers are unsurprisingly losing control of their F-150s when the sudden downshift strikes. The recall resulted from an investigation launched by the…
Ford F-150 Lightning Lease Discounted by $15,000 due to Slow EV Sales
If you’re looking for an electric truck that still feels like a regular pickup, you’re going to have a hard time beating the Ford F-150 Lightning. The Tesla Cybertruck may get all the attention, but if you’re actually going to be hauling anything, for example, you’ll have a far easier time reaching into the…
2024 Ford F-150 Raptor R: Childhood Gamer Dreams Come True | Giga Gears
Back in the early 2000s when I was a wee lad, I was obsessed with the 4x4 Evolution video game series, which I played on our Mac computer. In both games you would purchase, upgrade and race basically every American and Japanese truck and SUV on the market on fictional off-road tracks in all sorts of exotic places. I…
“2024 Ford F-150 Tremor: Off-Roading Made Easy | Giga Gears”
Now more than ever before, automakers are catering to customers that genuinely want to go overlanding or off-roading (or at least look like they do), introducing trim levels of everything from hatchbacks and minivans to pickups and large SUVs that are designed to be better in the rough stuff. Reintroduced as a trim…