Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Ford takes top honors in Polk Automotive Loyalty Awards


Sturman and Larkin is honored to sell it's customers the best in the industry! To prove they're the best, Polk has awarded Ford top honors in the Polk Automotive Loyalty awards. 

Zach Bowman of Autoblog writes:

Polk has handed out its annual Automotive Loyalty Award for 2011, and Ford walked away with a total of six honors, including two of the highest. The Dearborn-based automaker took home the top nod in both the Overall Loyalty to Manufacturer award as well as the Overall Loyalty to Make award categories. The manufacturer received both awards in 2010 as well. Ford also received the African American Market Loyalty to Make, and the Ford F-Series and Ford Escape brought down wins in the Mid/Full-Size Pickup and Compact SUV categories, respectively. Additionally, the Lincoln MKZ drove away with the Luxury Car category.

Polk prides itself on organizing and distributing the industry's only fact-based owner loyalty award, and the organization analyzes over 4.5 million household records and consumer transactions each year to determine the winners. Polk also examines state registration and lease information.

Ford wasn't the only automaker to receive a node from the Polk Automotive Loyalty Awards. Chrysler took home its fair share of hardware. Polk awarded Jeep its Most Improved Loyalty to Make award, and the Dodge Challenger and Chrysler Town and Country took home trophies in the Sports Car and Minivan segments. Hit the jump for the full press release.

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Motor Trend Names F-150 Truck Of The Year!


Sturman & Larkin Ford is excited to start a new year, with a fresh new truck! Looking for something bold, durable, powerful, and long lasting? Look no further the Truck Of The Year [F-150] is here!

CNN Money posts:

The Ford F-150 has been named Motor Trend magazine's Truck of the Year.

Although it wasn't substantially redesigned for the 2012 model year, Ford did make some significant changes on the truck that have brought important improvements, the magazine said.

Ford reintroduced V6 engines in its full-size truck this year and they've been a hit, accounting for more than half of all F-150s sold. The great majority of those V6s have been Ford's turbocharged EcoBoost engine.

The big selling point for the EcoBoost engine isn't fuel economy, according to Ford (F, Fortune 500), although it is somewhat more efficient than the larger V8 engines. Instead, it's the truck's towing and hauling power when equipped with the EcoBoost engine that attracts customers. The turbocharged V6 gives the truck more towing power than the larger 5.0-liter V8.

"It mastered every task we subjected it to, acing our instrumented tests at the proving grounds and swaying opinions during our real-world road evaluations," Motor Trend editor-in-chief Ed Loh said of the F-150 in an announcement.




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