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Ford Performance Introduces 700hp Kit for F-150

The Truth About Cars

V8 engine has been the F-150’s volume seller, but that hasn’t stopped some gearheads deep within the skunkworks of Ford Performance from coming up with a relatively affordable supercharger kit for the mill – one which cranks the wick to 700 horsepower. It’s been ages since the venerable 5.0L to 700 horsepower and 590 lb.-ft

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Ford is Offering a Zero-Percent Interest Rate for Mach-E Loans

The Truth About Cars

Ford cut Mustang Mach-E pricing earlier this year, achieving its intended result of boosting demand for the electric SUV. Now, the automaker is offering a zero-percent APR for qualified customers, making the vehicle even more affordable. Those numbers made it the second best-selling SUV in its class, topped only by the Tesla Model Y.

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Ford Investing $550M to Retool SUV Plant to Produce Focus Small Car and EV

Green Car Congress

The plant, formerly the Michigan Truck Plant and the production site for Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigators SUVs, is one of three North American light truck plants Ford is retooling to build fuel-efficient global small cars in the coming years. Local property tax incentives for new investments at the site. Earlier post.)

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2024 BMW iX2 review: Is this the EV bargain of the year? How tax incentives make this slick compact SUV a tempting electric car

EV Central

Part of the appeal is six models priced below the luxury car tax threshold, in turn allowing owners to package them into a novated lease and sidestep fringe benefits tax when using the car for personal use. In other words, you’re paying for the car from your pre-tax salary. BMW iX2 xDrive30. SCORE: 4.25/5

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2023 BMW iX1 review: How does this premium electric SUV stack up against Tesla, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo in Australia?

EV Central

A spin-off from the petrol-powered X1, the newly arrived iX1 compact SUV is undoubtedly proof of that. The most affordable BMW BEV since the iX3 is its opposite when it comes to orthodoxy and risk. iX1 tyres are not run-flats and there is no spare, only a repair kit and tyre pressure monitoring. 2023 BMW iX1 M Sport.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. Today youd do it to be one of the first to drive the worlds cleanest extended range vehicle; in the future, youll do it because its an obvious and affordable win! The kit is designed so the batteries can be upgraded to lithium-phosphate.)

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Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive review

EV Central

Effectively an SUV version of the Model 3 that is by far the top selling EV in Australia, the mid-sized Model Y has been eagerly awaited as electric car interest grows. As the Model 3 has done, the Model Y is also poised to tempt buyers from traditional petrol- and diesel-powered SUVs. The hardware for the tow kit is due in 2023.

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