The U.S. auto industry’s dirty little secret: plummeting quality

Manufacturing a car involves choreographing hundreds of parts, most of which are created somewhere else, to be at the same spot at the same time for final assembly. Given the widespread adoption of “just in time” manufacturing methodology, it’s underst… Continue reading The U.S. auto industry’s dirty little secret: plummeting quality

Ford camper van redefines flexibility with huge modular ecosystem

“The most flexible vehicle in the world” and the “future of camping” – that’s how German camper shop Vanexxt envisions its newest creation, the Ford Tourneo Custom V710. It might seem like it’s overreaching, but the company has a clear plan on how to s… Continue reading Ford camper van redefines flexibility with huge modular ecosystem

Westfalia reworks new Ford Transit Custom into Nugget-size mini-camper

While Westfalia Americas was busy hosting a full brand relaunch with the $155,000+ Wave camper van in Florida this week, the brand’s German HQ was in Stuttgart making some new product waves of its own. In fact, it premiered the type of small, affordabl… Continue reading Westfalia reworks new Ford Transit Custom into Nugget-size mini-camper

Ford Transit Trail becomes all-out adventure camper van – pod by pod

The modularity masters at VanDoIt have officially launched the first camper van build atop Ford’s rugged Transit Trail turnkey adventure van. Born before the Transit Trail even debuted, the all-new Moov package fills out Ford’s most off-road-ready fact… Continue reading Ford Transit Trail becomes all-out adventure camper van – pod by pod

Ford tunes Mustang Mach-E into production-bound electric rally machine

It shouldn’t be long before young kids start longing to be a Ford engineer when they grow up, instead of a race car driver or ball player. Besides working on some of America’s most popular everyday vehicles, these engineers get to team on a seemingly n… Continue reading Ford tunes Mustang Mach-E into production-bound electric rally machine

Ford’s adorable new Nugget PHEV camper van gets the jump on Volkswagen

It’s about time. The plug-in hybrid camper van wars are slowly warming up. The Ford Transit Custom has been available as a PHEV camper from third-party manufacturers like Dethleffs and Wellhouse Leisure for several years, but not from Ford itself. That… Continue reading Ford’s adorable new Nugget PHEV camper van gets the jump on Volkswagen