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Ford Five Hundred: commanding, comfortable, confident and clever
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
11-14-2004
Ford Five Hundred: commanding, comfortable, confident and clever
Date: 11-14-2004, Sunday
Section: NORTH JERSEY CARS
Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday
Ford Motor Company has introduced six new car and crossover models this year, and one of the five that will wear the Blue Oval badge is the most significant, all-new sedan the industry has seen since the 1980s - the Ford Five Hundred.
The Five Hundred represents no less than the reinvention of the family car. It is a four-door sedan that boasts many of the advantages associated with sport utility vehicles and ...
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Ford fights high costs on CVT.(News)(Continuously Variable Transmission)
Magazine article from: Automotive News Europe
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Ford CVT project delayed.(Ford Motor Co., continuously variable transmissions)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Automotive News
; DETROIT - Ford Motor Co.'s plan to add continuously variable transmissions to its powertrain...AG to build CVTs at a former Ford Motor transmission plant in Batavia...beginning of 1999. The delay means Ford Motor, which had been among...
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Ford finds software glitch in CVT.(continuously variable transmission)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Automotive News
; Byline: Amy Wilson Ford Motor Co. is telling dealers...software flaw affecting the continuously variable transmission in the new Ford Five Hundred and Freestyle and...problem with the transmission, Ford says. But the software may...
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Is CVT the car transmission of the future? (continuously variable transmission)
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; The continuously variable transmission often...the future. THE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE transmission...including Fiats, Fords, Nissans, Subarus...Industries Ltd. and Ford of Europe in large...operations for Ford of Europe, which...
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Shoppers unaware of fuel-frugal CVTs.(Continuously Variable Transmissions)(Automobile industry)
Magazine article from: Automotive News
; ...technology of the future, the continuously variable transmission will get some...year with the launch of three Ford Motor Co. vehicles. But a...150 to $200 that a CVT costs Ford? The automaker is gambling...to catch on. But this fall Ford rolls out three key high...
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Finally CVT. (continuously variable transmissions)
Magazine article from: Popular Science
; ...question engineers developing continuously variable transmissions have been...the ECVT--electro-continuously variable transmission. And Ford Motor Co. (Britain...I drove an experimental Ford Fiesta fitted with a CVT...
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CVT at last. (continuously variable automatic transmission)
Magazine article from: Popular Science
; ...later date. At the same time, Ford Motor Co.is set to begin...Doorne's Transmissie BV. Ford and other companies have cooperated...Because both pulleys are continuously variable in size, you can go from a...supply transmissions for Fiat. Ford, on the other hand, has invested...
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Continuously variable transmissions. (Epilogics Inc., Subaru)
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME
; ...acceptance, Suburu has put a continuously variable transmission on the road in...high-torque applications. Continuously variable transmissions (CVT) are beginning...subcompact offerings from Subaru, Ford, and Fiat after decades of...
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ZF counts on CVT boost from Japanese automakers.(Suppliers)(ZF Friedrichshafen)(Continuously Variable Transmission)
Magazine article from: Automotive News Europe
; ...find a North American customer for its continuously variable transmissions, or CVTs. Ford Motor Co. uses only ZF's engineering...CVTs in Batavia, Ohio, USA, for the Ford Five Hundred, Ford Freestyle and Mercury Montego. But the...
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Time's up: as warranties approach their expiration dates, light duty vehicles with continuously variable transmissions may no longer provide such a smooth ride.(LIGHT DUTY)
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