Ford introduced a smarter, safer, simpler system to connect drivers with in-car technologies and their digital lives today at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES^®).

MyFord,™ which will be branded as MyLincoln Touch and MyMercury Touch on respective Lincoln and Mercury brand products, redesigns the in-car interface, mirroring how consumers interact with most devices in their lives using touch-sensitive buttons, touch screens, thumb-wheel controls and voice recognition.

A word from our General Manager:

Evergreen Ford has a long history of Community Service, beginning years ago with the Evergreen Ford Friends and Family Foundation.  A  program that supported young people in need of medical care, dental or vision care, and help with athletic fees to name a few.  Fundraising through auctions and golf tournaments enabled our store to give food and gift certificates to hundreds of families in need over the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays.  These funds also created monies and support from other businesses in the Issaquah area to provide backpacks and school supplies again to hundreds of children K-12 in the Issaquah School District and some from the Lake Washington School District annually. 

Evergreen Ford employs one person part time to do Community Relations and Community Service.  This person actively participates in Rotary locally and District 5030 and at times on an International level.  This employee has been awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship for her contribution on Evergreen Fords behalf for serving the International President of Rotary.   

• Evergreen Ford contributes to the local Kiwanis auctions. 
• Evergreen Ford supports The Challenge day races both in Sammamish and in Issaquah benefiting the organization LEO or Life Enrichment Opportunities and Ski for All. 
• Evergreen Ford has also supported the Community Service employee to run a marathon in Amsterdam funds directly going to the Arthritis Foundation. 
• Evergreen Ford has sponsored the Salmon Day Run a certified 10k and 5k race in Issaquah for years.
• Evergreen Fords Community Service person also has been a Salmon Days Parade announcer for the main grandstand televised locally for years. 
• Evergreen Ford’s Community Service person has served on The following Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Issaquah, Sammamish, and Renton.  Currently we participate in Sammamish and in Issaquah and still have a person serving on the Issaquah Chamber Board.  
• Our Community Service person and another employee also volunteer for Fenders on Front Street.
• Evergreen Ford provided funds and the community service employee at a benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina Victims
• Evergreen Ford has sponsored Issaquah Community Concerts on the Green
• Evergreen Ford provided trucks and the Community Service employee to re-salmon Tibbets Creek a successful program put on by the Issaquah Fish Hatchery.
• Evergreen Ford is hosting 54 Model T’s as they complete the Ocean to Ocean 2009 Centennial Run reenacting the race for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. Celebrating and supporting the Down Town Issaquah Association.
• Evergreen Ford and Ford Motor Company have held Two Drive for Your School Events in Sammamish raising thousands of dollars for school programs in both the Lake Washington School District and the Issaquah School District.
• Evergreen Ford donates annually to the Issaquah Schools Foundation
• Evergreen Ford participates in Discover Issaquah.
• Evergreen Ford participates in organizing at the request of the City of Issaquah a restaurant coalition to support local restaurateurs and their businesses. 
• Evergreen Ford has provided the Issaquah Police Department and the Sammamish Police Department with DARE vehicles for as long as the DARE program operated.

 Evergreen Ford is greatly interested in supporting other businesses and nonprofit organizations in both Sammamish and Issaquah and puts manpower on these volunteer jobs, not just funding. Evergreen Ford employees actively participate in person at other events around our city and Seattle. We are so proud that our employees have such a high level of awareness and participation in giving back and contributing to our community at large. They understand that this creates a healthy environment for all to thrive in personally and businesswise.  

I hope this helps and shows you we keep busy!

Most customers that buy Ford Motor Company’s overachiever, the F-250 Super Duty, have a specific agenda in mind; they need a workhorse of a truck offering technology to get the job done and in a comfortable environment. With a suggested MSRP at $28,020 this truck offers almost anything a customer could want including a way to achieve perfect cabin temperature even before the owner opens the door.

Ford’s factory-installed remote start is offered as an option for Super Duty customers and will be offered in Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicles at a later date. The Super Duty is the first vehicle to offer this option which will be available on the 2011 Ford Super Duty spring, 2010.

Ford’s design team works hard to determine the needs of its customers. Knowing the auto is an integral part of their customers’ lives; Ford works to find a way to make the truck driving experience as pleasurable for the consumers as possible. Having a cabin that is either already warm or in the summer months cool is an option Ford Super Duty customers can now experience. Here is how it works:

The 2011 Super Duty will offer a factory-installed remote start system which along with the automatic climate control will monitor cabin temperature and give the customer the warmth or coolness desired in a short amount of time. According to Ford, “heating, heated seats and defrost activate on colder days; air conditioning, cooled seats kick in when the weather is warm.”

With the environment on everyone’s minds these day, Ford engineers found the remote start system actually “reduces hydrocarbon CO and nitrogen oxides emissions by up to 75 percent.” This is achieved as the catalyst is preheated on cold morning starts.

The 2011 F-250 Super Duty, already a workhorse of a machine that comes in several cabin options and style trims, now offers even more to customers that know the truck they drive has to be road tough but with all the comforts and technology of the office.

In recent months and years, U.S. automakers have rallied that American cars are now on equal or better footing than Japanese (and Korean) cars in terms of quality, reliability, and durability.  

The campaigns, along with sea-change improvements in some of the products coming from Detroit, as observed by TheCarConnection.com, seem to have worked. With critically acclaimed success stories like the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, Ford (NYSE:F) has gained significantly with U.S. shoppers; the percentage singling out Ford as the automaker producing the best quality cars doubled since 2006, from nine percent to 18 percent.