| Truck crunches Chevron station | | Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 2:46:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | COEUR d'Alene -- Tammy Christofson was behind the counter at the Kathleen Chevron Monday afternoon when a customer came in -- through the window, along with his truck. "It was like a big boom," she said.The green 1999 Ford Ranger ran over two tables and four chairs before the shelves finally stopped it.Christofson said only a handful of people were inside the store, 3840 N. Government Way, at the time and none were sitting at the tables by the window. .... | |
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| | | Ford Ranger replacing its Couriers | | Posted Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:46:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | Ford has brought its light commercial pick-up range in line with overseas branding with the launch of its all-new diesel-only Ranger, which replaces the popular and respected Courier nameplate. New Ranger meets buyers’ increasing demands for dual-purpose, user-friendly pick-ups. It features a more aggressive and bolder look, a modern car-like interior, two new 16-valve four-cylinder Duratorq direct injection common-rail turbo-diesel engines, improved ride and handling and increased load and towing capacity. A 2.5-litre engine powers the two-wheel drive models, it produces 105kW at 3500rpm and 330Nm at 1800rpm, while the 4x4 versions’ 3.0-litre develops a hefty 380Nm of torque at 1800rpm and 115kW of power at 3200rpm. A wide range of cab/chassis and body configurations are available, with pricing from $34,390.... | |
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| | | Ford presents buyout offers | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 2:46:19 PM by Blog57 Team | | Six-figure buyout programs were offered Tuesday to the 1,730 hourly workers at St. Paul's Ford Ranger plant to persuade them to leave by Jan. 1, or more than a year before the plant is scheduled to close in 2008. Ford Motor Co. and union officials conducted four meetings to discuss the details of eight separate plans with employees throughout the day and into the evening Tuesday. Eligible workers can choose just one package. "We didn't get what we wanted, but we got what we expected," said Roger Turveen, president of the United Auto Workers Local 879. The plans offered to St. Paul workers are essentially the same as those being offered to Ford's 75,000 hourly wage employees throughout the nation, said Marci Evans, a spokeswoman for Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford.... | |
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| | | NFL Notebook: Panthers DE fined for hit on Simms | | Posted Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:45:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | The NFL fined Carolina defensive end Al Wallace $7,500 Friday for his fourth-quarter hit on Tampa Bay quarterback Chris Simms. Simms underwent surgery to remove a ruptured spleen after the game last Sunday. It's unclear what hit caused the injury, but Simms had complained of soreness and shortness of breath before Wallace's hit, which was not penalized. Still, Wallace was fined for unnecessary roughness on the play. He hit Simms shortly after he threw a pass and landed on top of him. Wallace claimed he didn't know Simms had released the ball. The NFL said Wallace violated a rule that says players cannot ''unnecessarily or violently throw a [quarterback] down and land on top of him with all the defender's weight.'' Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden said he felt Wallace should have been called for roughing the passer.... | |
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| | | SF Activist Wants To Make Electric Vehicles Everyone's New, Cool ... | | Posted Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:46:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | EDITOR'S NOTE: As gas prices rise and sea levels inch upward, kicking the nation's oil habit is becoming a priority. Now one group of activists wildly passionate about their electric vehicles (EVs) is fighting to put a plug on American autos. Brian Shott, an editor at New America Media, interviews one such advocate, who says a tiny, ugly EV changed his outlook on energy use and personal transit. SAN FRANCISCO--It was his passion for automobiles more than a growing concern for the environment that first pushed activist Marc Geller to purchase the electric vehicle he says changed his life. In 1999, "I was looking for my next cool car," says Geller, a tall, wiry man who came to the Bay Area in 1976. Keeping up his old Citroen -- a funky French station wagon with hydraulic suspension that Geller says rode "like traveling in a living room" -- was simply too expensive.... | |
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| | | Weekend wreck kills two in Lawrence County | | Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:45:54 AM by Blog57 Team | | LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. - A head-on collision in northern Lawrence County Sunday claimed the lives of two drivers, including a mother whose children were injured, safety officers said. Kristi Nicolette Lee, 33, of Lawrenceburg, and David M. Spencer, 44, of Leoma, Tenn., died in the wreck, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The fatal accident occurred at 1:49 p.m. Sunday on Buffalo Road. Troopers said a 1997 Ford Ranger pickup truck, driven by Spencer, crossed from the northbound lane to the southbound lane and crashed into a 1993 Ford Taurus sedan, driven by Lee. Three children in the car were flown by helicopter to a Nashville hospital. Troopers identified two of the injured children as Chana Elizabeth Lee, age 10, and Matthew Lee, age 8. Officers had not identified the third child at the time of the report.... | |
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| | | Prices For Ford Ranger | | Posted Tuesday, August 08, 2006 12:45:46 AM by Blog57 Team | | The new Ford Ranger pick-up goes on sale in September priced from £11,650 to £17,450. It is equipped with a 2.5-litre Duratorq TDCi common-rail fuel injection diesel engine which provides increased power from the previous 107bhp to 140bhp and increased torque from 226Nm at 2000rpm to 330Nm at 1800 rpm. The interior of the new Ranger has been redesigned with new seats, improved bolster and a larger headrest. The centre console is finished in silver and chrome detailing continues on the instrument cluster, ventilator grilles, gearshift, window switches and inner door handles. There are now five cupholders, a pull-out tray to keep stationery in place and a two-bin centre console to store CDs, mobile phones and sunglasses. All new Rangers feature an integrated radio with an in-dash CD player.... | |
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| | | Ford July U.S. Sales Fall on Tough Comparisons, Drop in Demand for Trucks | | Posted Sunday, August 06, 2006 2:45:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Ford Motor Co., the nation's second largest automaker, said Tuesday its July U.S. sales fell on a drop in demand for its trucks as consumers shun gas guzzlers in a climate of high prices at the pump. Ford's July sales slid 34.2 percent to 241,339 vehicles, compared with 366,548 for the same month in 2005. The automaker blamed tough comparisons to July 2005, when its sales were boosted by offers of employee discounts on many of its vehicles, for the drop in sales. .... | |
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| | | Pre Owned Trucks: 1998-2005 Ford Ranger | | Posted Sunday, July 16, 2006 12:45:57 AM by Blog57 Team | | While other compact pickup trucks have sold well--the Tacoma arguably has given Ford the strongest run for its money--the evergreen Ranger just keeps ticking along, providing vast amounts of utility in a wide range of styles and prices. Because Ford has been building the Ranger for so long (since 1983), you'll see one on just about every used-car lot in America. .... | |
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| | | Police think dog knocked pickup into gear, leading to accident | | Posted Friday, July 14, 2006 2:45:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | OGDEN, Utah The dog did it. That's what police in Ogden, Utah, are saying about how one of their pickup trucks got put in gear and ran over a woman. Authorities say Ranger, a German shepherd, was left in the truck while an officer went to check on a domestic disturbance call. The engine was running to give the dog air conditioning. But police believe Ranger hit the shift on the steering column. The truck rolled forward, running down Mary Stone as she went to her mailbox. It then plowed through Stone's yard, into a car in the driveway. Stone is hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and tailbone. Her husband says she had tire marks on her clothes. He's fuming that he's heard nothing from police -- not even an apology. Investigators are looking if the Ford had some sort of malfunction, since a driver is supposed to step on the brake to put it into drive.... | |
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