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New York City is reaching out to auto manufacturers to design the next generation of a taxi cabs for the Big Apple. The Ford Crown Victoria has been the city's staple for decades. But over the past couple of years NY has been trying to expand to other Ford models, including 4000 hybrid cars as part of their 13,200 vehicle fleet.

Now that the Crown Vic discontinued, the Taxi and Limo Commission is…

Work trucks, those beasts of burden with vinyl floor mats, hand-crank windows and six-cylinder engines - are undergoing a renaissance.
They are the full-size rigs being bought by businesses and workers who put off replacing their trucks in the recession but can wait no longer.

To sample the state of the art among true work trucks, USA TODAY and PickupTrucks.com teamed for the V-6 Work Truck Shootout - a face-off for no-frills, full-size pickups. They were put through their paces on test tracks and Michigan roads.


PICKUPTRUCKS.COM: 2010 V-6 Work Truck Shootout

We wanted to see how they performed with…

Early next year, the 2011 Ford Focus compact will hit US showrooms like Norris Ford of Dundalk - 901 Merritt Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21222 with a 160-horsepower, two-liter four-cylinder engine. That powerplant will assist the car in receiving 40 miles per gallon on the highway.

According to Jamie Hanshaw, a Ford valve timing technical specialist "Drivers will notice improved low-end power and better fuel economy. And there are benefits they won't notice too, like reduced…