Ford / Toyota Partnership????

[mjncad]

Chris is right about these partnerships going on all the time. Remember Chrysler/Mitsubishi? Nissan and Renault are involved with each other.

Sometimes the magic works, sometimes it doesn't with these corporate friendships.

 

[Chef Pa]

Here's another with a little more info. If they pull it off I could see it being beneficial for both. Would think there's enough history/experience in past joint ventures that they could figure out a way to make it work...

Ford to Join With Toyota to Develop Hybrid Pickup Trucks, SUVs - Bloomberg

Greg

 

[WilliamBos]

Hybrid engine with rear wheel drive in a light duty pickup?
Could be a winner. Should have a ton of torque at zero rpm with an electric motor driving the rear wheels. Maybe we'll see a 35 mpg F150 size PU in my lifetime (I'm 69).

Ford does not have a Hybrid truck?? GM does, or are you talking about a different configuration??

 

[deerefan]

Brains and brawn coming together. I will let you guys fight over which is which.

 

[KennyG]

so Ford teams up with Toyota, but sells engines to Mazda???... And the Ford Escape is just a re-badged Mazda.. what a deal... Throw in two Subarus and Hynduai and you got a set of winners...

Would be more accurate to say the Mazda Tribute is a rebadged Ford Escape. They are all designed and built in the US.

 

[crazyal]

If Ford wants to get serious about fuel economy in it's trucks then it will need to learn how to make a truck that has less but stronger steel in it. Also isn't Ford dropping the Ranger? It seams like Toyota has figured out the small truck market a lot better than the full size market. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out.

 

[PoorMansCat]

Would be more accurate to say the Mazda Tribute is a rebadged Ford Escape. They are all designed and built in the US.

really??? my S.I.L. has one thats about a year old and the engine data plate says Mazda on it...

 

[BethesdaEC]

really??? my S.I.L. has one thats about a year old and the engine data plate says Mazda on it...

Must be older than a year, the 2.3 liter engine was a Mazda design but the 08 or 09 got the Ford engineered and American made 2.5. The 3.0 was always Ford and American made.