"The company thrives when we have fresh product, it is just as simple as that," Ford's president of global markets, Jim Farley, told CNBC after unveiling the new Explorer. "With this new line-up of utilities.......
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Class of 2019: The New and Redesigned Cars, Trucks and SUVs
Class of 2019: The New and Redesigned Cars, Trucks and SUVs
The 2017-18 auto show season is in full swing, with automakers introducing a number of new cars, trucks and SUVs at shows including the 2018 Detroit Auto Show and 2018 New York Auto Show. Many of these models are heading our way for the 2019 model year, and there's much more to come. Browse the gallery above for a preview....
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One particularly interesting bit regarded the shooting brake, which Nurnberger said, "we sort of started it and then realized to make a really good shooting brake we had to do a lot more engineering." Thus, the long-roof Vanquish actually has a longer wheelbase than the rest of the cars. According to Nunberger, the rear of the car is taken from a modular platform and is essentially a rear of a Rapide that has been added on. Of course, that required total reengineering, retesting, as well as re-crashing to bring it to production......
What exactly does that mean? In short, driver and passengers are shielded from small arms and rifle fire thanks to steel and composite armor materials fitted into the doors, as well as ballistics grade glass for all the windows....
