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Ford Escape's Technology Helps Make the Most Intense Escape the Room Game Ever

 

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You've probably seen a room-escape game cropping up somewhere in your area -- several have opened in Florida in the past few years. The premise is simple: players are locked inside a room, and must find clues that will lead them to the key.

These games can be as straightforward, or complicated as the creators dream up (or have a budget for). Last month, Escape the Room NYC partnered up with Ford Motor Company to create one of the largest and most unique games ever attempted.

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2017 Fusion Defeats Small-Overlap Test to Become Ford's Safest Sedan Ever

What makes the 2017 Ford Fusion so safe?

The key is in one particular type of crash scenario, the small-overlap collision. When the NHTSA tests vehicles for front-collision safety, it smashes them directly into a barrier at 35mph. The IIHS has a different approach.

The way they see it, very rarely will a vehicle in real life crash directly into a fixed wall. Usually, less than half of the vehicle overlaps with whatever it is hitting…

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Road Trip Options According to Your Travel Style

 

 

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"A road trip of the Pacific Northwest should start in Seattle, where you can explore the region's big ideas at the Bezos Center of Innovation and stop by the Microsoft Visitor Center. Then shuttle down to the growing tech hub of Tacoma, Wash., to see sparks fly at a workshop in the Museum of Glass, which showcases local visionary Dale Chihuly."

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The 2017 Ford Fusion Energi Gets Double the Range Most Americans Expect!

When asked in a March 2016 Harris Poll, the majority of respondents claimed that the maximum range on a plug-in hybrid car was 261 miles. Nobody must have told them about the 2017 Fusion Energi, which gets an estimated range of 610 miles!

The confusion may be about the cord. When you see a vehicle plug in to an outlet, you may think it has to be plugged in to function, and…

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How the Farm-to-Car Movement is Improving Ford Vehicles

Fifteen years ago, it seemed like a pipe dream. Debbie Mielewski, Senior Technical Leader of Materials Sustainability, Ford Motor Company, wanted to make cars using more sustainable materials -- namely, plants.

She calls it the farm-to-car mission.

At the time, the idea of plant-based plastics was new and untested. "We were told over and over it could not be done," she recalls. "I always say we got thrown out of

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Get a Good Look at the Gorgeous (and All-New) 2016 Ford Explorer

Lately, we at Coggin Deland Ford are finding it increasingly challenging to conceal our true feelings for our full-size SUV, the spanking-new 2016 Ford Explorer. This top-shelf transport has admittedly left us a bit tongue-tied.

So, instead, we'd like to share the following video. Join Autotrader critic, Jabari Jones, as he delineates the top five reasons why one should consider buying the Explorer:

The Explorer's powertrain portfolio is comprised of three distinctive options. We're quite keen on the entry-level iteration and have a funny feeling you might be, too.

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Driving Distracted Can Have Dire Consequences--Stay Focused Behind the Wheel

Acceptable things to do while driving: listen to the radio, a book on tape, or a podcast. Not so acceptable activities to perform behind the wheel? Anything that requires you to take your eyes off the road, like texting or talking on the phone, applying your makeup in the rearview mirror, or cleaning your teeth.

There's a time and a place for everything, and your morning commute is hardly the opportunity to perform amateur dental hygiene. Ford drives this point home with a light-hearted, over-the-top demonstration of what can go wrong when you neglect to stay focused on your…

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Hot Off the Press: MyFordMag.com

Tuesday is our least favorite day of the week. You're far from the weekend in every direction. But we have a way to add a little interest to Tuesday: Head to MyFordMag.com, where you can read interesting and motivational; stories like this one about Detroit natives (and their F-150s) who are working to improve the city:

 

 

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2017 Ford SVT Raptor Super Crew Has Four Doors, Lots of Muscle

If you think Ford's most recent F-150 was enough to bring the competition to their knees, make no mistake, the 2017 SVT Raptor Super Crew will proverbially drop kick them into outer space. At this year's Detroit Auto Show, we got our first look at the longer wheelbase four-door model, and boy, is it badass.

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