How’s your week been? And ours, you ask? Well, greetings from Germany! Yup, theFordStory.com has had an international flavor this week! We’ve been at the 64^th Frankfurt Motor Show, where the big news from Ford has been new performance cars, new concepts, and a new EcoBoost™ engine. Meanwhile, back here in the U.S., you have kept us entertained in our rare moments of downtime by sharing Your Ford Stories and great Ideas. Keep them coming, because we are about to board a plane that’s homeward bound, and we look forward to new stories and ideas to read when we land!

And now, a peek at the week that was on theFordStory.com…

Your Stories

Expedition EL Vs. Irene
I’m a big Ford guy and we have our 2006 Mustang Pony Convertible and our Expedition EL we use for trips and work. Every year we travel from Southeastern PA to the mountains of Maine. Read more…

Top Of The Rockies!
My wife, sister, and three boys set out in our two 2004 Ford Escapes for a trip to the top of Cottonwood Pass in Colorado. Read more…

A Blood Line Of High Expectations
I was driving around the other day and I looked down and the odometer on the 97 F-150 said 190,000. Read more…

Your Ideas

Drop Down Tailgate
When loading heavy stuff it’s hard with the tailgate in the way, so my idea is to be able to just drop the tailgate down instead of opening it outwards. Read more…

5.0L Expedition
How difficult would it be to put the F-150 5.0L in the Expedition along with the other F-150 powertrain choices? Read more…

Backup Camera is the Rearview Mirror
I was in my ‘11 Explorer yesterday and I realized that it was dangerous for me to be in reverse with my head down looking at the screen for the backup camera. Read more…

Powerscope Mirrors
Hey! Make the Powerscope Tow Mirrors available in the F-150 line. Read more…

Our Stories

Ford at the 2011 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show
If you attend this year’s IAA Frankfurt Motor Show, September 15-25, you may notice that the Ford display is big. Huge in fact. It’s the largest-ever European stand for Ford, and it features the hottest new vehicles as well the latest Ford technology. Read more…

Ford Racing is the brain and brawn behind the newest offering in the Ford global motorsports plan

Ford Focus ST-R Racecar Availability to Begin in North America
Have you heard? There’s a big-deal happening in Frankfurt, Germany, as we speak. That’s right, the Frankfurt Motor Show! You might think European news and car reveals don’t apply to the U.S. crowd, but you’d be wrong. And way wrong when it comes to the debut of the all-new Ford Focus ST-R racecar. Read more…

Build a virtual Mustang for bragging rights—then build it for real

Can You Customize a Mustang? Do It, then Let the People Vote
Ideas are free. The trouble generally comes with bringing them to life, and the main issue there usually involves things being not so free. That’s why the Ford Mustang is an exceptionally cool car. Read more…

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