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Ford aren’t done yet, folks. No, the new 2024 Ford Mustang shows how dedicated they are to providing fun and amazing gas-power vehicles, especially with V8s. Starting now, you can order your brand new Ford Mustang in pretty much any flavor that you choose. Whether you want an automatic or a manual, an EcoBoost or a V8, a nice riding car with some oomph, or a full-on track devourer, it’s all here. The Mustang’s base price is $30,920, which really is not expensive when you consider what you’re getting. The base 2.3-liter EcoBoost Inline-4  puts out 315 horsepower, available only with a lightning-quick shifting 10-speed automatic transmission and an optional 3.55 final drive and limited-slip differential with the Performance Package. Stepping up to the venerable Coyote V8 will cost you $41,495 and now making a whopping 480 horsepower. You can option your Mustang GT with a 12-speaker Bang & Olufsen sound system and have either a 6-speed manual or 10-speed automatic. The newest Mustang on the block is the Dark Horse, making 500 horsepower and 419 lb-ft of torque at just $57,970. Again, it can have either the manual or the automatic transmissions. The Dark Horse will carry the same 5.0 Coyote V8. Standard is the MagneRide adjustable damping system, which can change the suspension tuning on the fly via a button. Not Just A Pony Car, A Techy Car All Mustangs come with a 12.4-inch instrument display cluster that allows you to change and fine tune your gauges. It also comes standard with Sync 4 in a 13.2-inch center-mounted multimedia touchscreen display. You can equip your car with Ford Co-Pilot 360 for a full 360-degree display on the infotainment screen, as well as heated and cooled seats, heated steering wheel, Recaro bucket seats, Brembo brakes, and wireless charging. Along with Co-Pilot 360, the Mustang is available with speed limit sign recognition, Adaptive Cruise Control that will even bring the vehicle to a complete stop and start moving again with the vehicles in front of you, Lane-Centering Assist, Evasive Steer Assist, Reverse Brake Assist, and possibly the most special of all for those with the optional Performance Package: Active Pothole Mitigation. What in the world? Yes, the car, when equipped, will monitor the road ahead and can adjust the suspension so that potholes won’t have such an impact on the vehicle and be felt less by the passengers inside. Now that’s just awesome. Your Car, Your Way With 10 or more exterior colors and multiple trim and upholstery options for the interior, as well as many ways to customize the look of your Mustang with vinyl racing stripes, hood stripes, or side stripes, it will be all yours. Made for you, chosen by you. Contact us today for more information or arrange a test drive with one of our expert staff.

Since 2001 Ford have had a hit on their hands. The Ford Escape has been one of the best selling crossover vehicles of all time. Now for 2023, Ford step up the performance and capabilities for you, the buyer and owner of these vehicles. With a tweak of the styling and naming structure, the 2023 Escape is available in a new trim model naming structure. You’ll be able to option your Escape in Base, Active, Platinum, PHEV, and, for the first time on an Escape, the ST-Line. Sporty Looking, Sporty Acting Following in the footsteps of its bigger siblings, the Edge and Explorer, the Escape gets its own ST model featured over three different trim levels to allow everyone to partake in a sportier vehicle. ST-Line trim offers a 1.5-liter EcoBoost Inline-3 with 180 horsepower with either front or all-wheel drive in its base form. Stepping up to the ST-Line Select or Elite gets you standard all-wheel drive and a 2.0-liter EcoBoost Inline-4 putting out 250 horsepower. All ST-Line trim can be optioned as a Hybrid, too. More Hybrids Fewer Fuel Stops The Escape was the first-ever mass-produced Hybrid crossover when it debuted in 2005. Now, Ford will give you two Hybrid options, a 2.5-liter Atkinson Cycle Inline-4 producing a combined 192 horsepower or a Plug-In (PHEV) version that makes a combined 210 horsepower. The PHEV Escape can travel about 37 miles of electric-only driving. Ford claims that the gas EcoBoost models can achieve up to about 400 miles of range, but the Hybrid models can go for 550 miles. More Advanced Technology The 2023 Ford Escape comes with the new Sync 4, with voice recognition to allow you to ask Sync to search for restaurants, gas stations, and charging stations or even just change the climate control in your car. Sync also features Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as standard, and an 8-inch multimedia touchscreen for the Base model, and standard 12.3-inch touchscreen displays for all other Escape models. On all models, the gauge cluster is the beautiful 8-inch screen that allows you to change various settings and gauges, and the Active and Platinum trim levels allow you to option a 12.3-inch gauge cluster display. Optional is Ford CoPilot 360, which now adds Intersection Assist 2.0. This feature will help drivers avoid potential accidents with pedestrians around town when you are making left and right turns. Blind Spot Assist will do more than just alert you to vehicles in your blind spots, but will actually display a warning in your side mirror and “nudge” the steering wheel for you if you ignore other blind spot warnings. Couple all of that with standard Alexa hands-free, which allows you to control your phone through Amazon Alexa. You can make phone calls, send text messages, get directions, etc., all by using your voice. Value For Many Budgets The 2023 Ford Escape is available now to special order and buy with a starting price for the Base of $28,000, going up to $40,500 for the PHEV model. Contact us today to arrange a test drive. If you are already a proud owner of a Ford Escape and are need of maintenance, schedule an appointment today, or find out your trade in value to get a new 2023 Ford Escape for your driveway!

For International Women’s Day on March 8th, Benna Ford takes a moment to recognize the most famous factory worker in Ford’s history; “Rosie the Riveter,” the bandana-wearing, arm-flexing young woman proclaiming “We Can Do It!” who worked in the Ford Willow Run factory in Michigan. She became the symbol of women factory workers across the country who were making the machinery their husbands and brothers would use to win the second World War, and later became an icon of women empowerment. Rose Will Monroe was born in Pulaski County Kentucky in 1920, as one of nine children. After her husband was killed in a car accident, she moved to Michigan with her two young children to take a job at the Willow Run plant that Ford had built to assemble B-24 Liberator bombers. The 332-acre facility was the largest manufacturing operation in the world and employed over 40,000 workers. It produced over 9,000 B-24 Liberators, and by 1944 planes were coming off the line at the rate of one every hour. Moved to Michigan as a Widow and Mother By the time she moved to Michigan, a 1942 song “Rosie the Riveter” was already popular on the radio about a dedicated wartime female factory worker. During the war, actor Walter Pidgeon came to Willow Run to shoot footage for a film promoting the purchase of war bonds. When he found there was an actual woman named Rose working as a riveter there, he asked Monroe to be part of the film. From there Monroe became the face of “Rosie the Riveter” and is the inspiration if not the exact likeness of the famous “We Can Do It” poster. Monroe’s dream at the time was to become a pilot to transport aircraft parts around the country. Unfortunately, her status as a single mother denied her the training. Though she experienced some “Rosie” notoriety after her appearance in the film, she chose not to further capitalize on her fame. After the war, Monroe left the factory and worked as a cab driver, operated a beauty shop, and launched a luxury home construction company known as Rose Builders. Monroe eventually did get her pilot’s license in 1970 and flew until 1978.  Leaving a legacy for women to stand forth, Rosie passed away on May 31, 1997, in Clarksville, Indiana, at the age of 77. "Rosie the Riveter" in its song, film, and poster forms, inspired a social movement that increased the number of working American women from 12 million to 20 million by 1944. In 1942, between the months of January and July, the estimates of the proportion of jobs that would be "acceptable" for women was raised by employers from 29 to 85%, and 4.1 million unmarried women between the ages of 20 and 34 worked in the defense industry The “Rosie” Heritage Of course, most of the women lost their factory and other traditionally “male” jobs after the war, as they were expected to make room and employment opportunities for the returning veterans. Most assumed domestic life or returned to traditionally “female” roles in the workplace. By contrast, the Rosie the Riveter poster has become a feminist symbol as it perfectly encapsulates the fact that women can, in fact, do work once thought to only be within the abilities of men. The proof was undeniable and it provided support for a subsequent generation of women not content with traditional female employment opportunities. The automotive industry has long been male-dominated, but it doesn’t need to be. The present 13 members of the Benna Ford staff all play crucial roles in keeping the business running smoothly, and we are always on the lookout for talented employees of any gender. In the meantime, this March 8th, and we will be looking to “Rosie the Riveter” and all the other women who have inspired us and made history.

On September 14, 2022, Ford unveiled the 2024 Mustang–the first fully redesigned Mustang since 2015. Within that announcement came news of a new range-topping performance model called the Dark Horse. The Dark Horse will be the most powerful Mustang in the lineup–at least until the Shelby models appear–and now we have imagery of the car in a color known as Vapor Blue. This new hue is a color-shifting Blue Ember Metallic and will also be another Dark Horse color exclusive. Meaner Mechanicals The Dark Horse will be powered by a naturally-aspirated 5.0-liter Coyote V8, producing 500 horsepower and 418 lb-ft of torque. Engine enhancements from the GT500 include a dual throttle body intake and connect rods. Cooling will be augmented with a bespoke lighter radiator, more powerful fans, and an auxiliary oil cooler. Tremec manual 6-speed will channel power to the rear wheels with a specific transmission fluid cooler or a 10-speed automatic with paddle shifters. To shore up handling, the suspension will include larger rear sway bars, standard MagneRide magnetically controlled adaptive dampers, and a Torsen rear differential. Up front are Brembo 6-piston brakes with 13.9-inch rotors. The wheels are 19-inch but are staggered with 9.5-inch width up front and 10-inch in the rear, wearing standard Pirelli P Zero tires. An optional Handling Package brings stiffer springs, larger front and rear sway bars, and Pirelli Trofeo tires on one-inch-wider wider rims front and back. Arriving later in the model year will be available carbon fiber wheels, the first for a Mustang without a Shelby badge. It Looks the Business The Dark Horse lives up to its name with dark trim accentuating various aspects of this muscle car–even around the headlights. The black grille is divided into three crating trapezoidal “nostrils” on each side. The front bumper will be unique to the Dark Horse and feature what Ford refers to as “high gloss fangs”. For the first time, a Mustang “face” badge appears on the side, which also features lower side skirts. At the rear are darkened exhaust tips, a fixed wing, and a lower racing-derived diffuser. Gripping the specially molded steering wheel, you’ll recognize just how special this vehicle cockpit is, and not just due to the Cameros and European sports cars quickly receding behind you. In your hands is a thick flat-bottomed steering wheel wrapped in suede with Bright Indigo Blue stitching. Matching accent stitching also trims the seats, door panels, shift gate, and is color-matched by coordinating blue seatbelts. Up front, you receive all needed vehicle information through a 12.4-inch digital instrument cluster and an adjacent 13.2-inch center infotainment screen with “Black Alley” dash trim. Deep Indigo seats with unique perforation are available in an Appearance Package. The 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse will have a starting MSRP of $57,970 and is anticipated to be available sometime in late Q4 with very limited availability. In the months to come, speak with our Genuine Ford Representatives regarding how to acquire your own 2024 Mustang Dark Horse in advance.

March is Women’s History month and thus a time when we take notice of Women’s achievements, past and present. Men have historically held the seats of political, business, and theological power making the history we all learned male-centered by default. Despite this, it is long overdue that we recognize the stories and efforts of the dedicated women that too often don’t often make it to the history books. Women Keep Benna Ford Running Both at the manufacturer and dealership level, the automotive world has traditionally been seen as a male bastion. But at Benna F ord, over a fourth of our staff are women, and luckily, that number keeps growing. We know that without the women on our staff, Benna Ford would cease to operate. Without Carla Ringold, our advertising wouldn’t go out. Kimberly Hobbs, Billie Suomala, and Tiffany Weideman almost entirely comprise our Business Development Center. The women of Benna Ford keep the office running, get the titles transferred, and see that everyone gets paid. They are key to the operation and success of our store. The Ford Foundation’s Long History of Supporting Women’s Causes We are grateful that the manufacturer of the products we sell, Ford, established the Ford Foundation in 1936. Among its many endeavors, the foundation has been committed to advancing gender equality for nearly 60 years, supporting hundreds of dauntless activists, organizations, and initiatives with more than $3 billion in grants. From the very beginning, the foundation followed the lead of women pioneering the feminist movement in the United States. They later expanded and learned by listening to the women in the trenches in Africa, South Asia, and Latin America as we expanded our support worldwide. They have regularly invested in the ideas, individuals, and institutions on the front lines, so they can carry their work forward and optimize their impact. Thanks to these and other efforts, women's rights have come a long way in the past 50-60 years. Even with these strides, a significant gender income gap remains and more than 2.7 billion women are legally restricted from having the same choice of jobs as men. Much has been accomplished, but it is an ongoing and noble struggle. Even as we hope you visit our Benna Ford dealership to shop for a new or used vehicle or service your existing one, we hope you take some time this month and thereafter to think about the role women have played in our history and look at the goals and efforts of our present women history makers.

With more distractions on the road than ever, useful driver assist features help us stay safe and avoid collisions. One of those features is Ford’s Auto Hold, a braking feature that helps you out when there’s stop-and-go traffic or city driving. It’s one feature among many of Ford’s driver assist technology, meant to keep your foot rested when traffic gets tough. Curious about how it works? You can learn how to engage Auto Hold and what it does from the Ford experts at Benna Ford. How Does Auto Hold Work? Enabling Auto Hold in your Ford is simple and convenient. There are two options to turn it on: locate the Auto Hold button on your instrument panel or center console and press. You’ll know it’s activated by looking at the cluster and making sure the light is illuminated. That’s it! Then, the next time you need to brake, you can lift your foot off of the pedal and the brakes will stay activated. Your brake lights stay on to indicate to the vehicles behind you that you’re still braking, and your car will remain stopped until you hit the accelerator again. [gallery link="none" columns="2" size="full" ids="417,418"] This feature is helpful whether you’re stopped at traffic light after traffic light or are on a busy highway during rush hour. It even activates when you’re on a hilly street, so if the vehicle notices any rolling, it will automatically apply the brake again. It’s important to note that Auto Hold will turn off with your vehicle, so it needs to be reactivated every time you plan to use it. Not all new Ford vehicles will include this feature, as it might depend on the model, trim, and feature availability at the time it’s manufactured. Find Your Ford with Auto Hold at Benna Ford Are you interested in seeing how Auto Hold works in person? Visit us today at Benna Ford for a demonstration! We can show you this and other driver assist features included on the Ford vehicle that interests you, then set you up with a test drive so you can try for yourself. Contact us today to learn more about which vehicles include Auto Hold.

Having your Ford ownership experience be as owner-friendly as possible is the goal for our Benna Ford Team. One way for many Ford owners to enhance their ownership is to use the FordPass app which is easily downloadable from either the Apple Store or Google Play, allowing you to interact with your brand new Benna Ford vehicle remotely through your smartphone in all kinds of useful ways via the FordPass Connect Service. Let’s start by going to the Benna Ford FordPass download page. You will need to enter your Ford’s Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). You can find your VIN in the locations listed below. It is a long combination of letters and numbers so bring something to record the number. Title and sales purchase documentation and possibly your insurance card. The inside of the driver’s door jamb under the latch. Under the base of the windshield, on the driver’s side (visible from outside the vehicle). The Benna Ford FordPass page will show you where to enter your VIN. The site will confirm if your model has FordPass Connect Service. Put FordPass to Work With the Ford Connected Service and FordPass app, you now have a surprising level of access to your new Ford, via your smartphone and tablet. As an example, if you are unsure if you locked your car, you can lock it remotely. Not line of site remotely such as you can do with your key fob, but blocks away remotely. Or even from one coast to another remotely. This can be convenient if you need to unlock your car to give someone you know access to the inside. If it the weather is freezing outside, you can start your car from anywhere and have it warmed up and warm inside by the time you get there. If you know when you will be getting in your car, you can even set a time in advance for it to start.   On a single display you can check you can easily check several aspects of your vehicle status including: Fuel status, including an estimate of many miles you have in your tank based on your recent driving. Charge status (for EVs) with the same available operating miles figure Odometer Individual tire pressure Oil life with an estimated date and distance until a recommended change Leaving the stadium after the big game? FordPass will show you where you parked. Or you can check on your Ford’s location after you have lent it to someone. FordPass helps you in other ways as well. Within the FordPass app, select Benna Ford as your preferred auto service provider for access to our phone number, website, hours, and directions, all on a single display. When traveling, the FordPass app will show you the Ford dealerships near your location with directions using your choice of Google or Apple Maps. After the service, FordPass will retain the reward points you receive upon servicing your vehicle at a Ford dealership. As your reward points accumulate, you can use these points to pay for future service, accessories, or even apply them toward your next Ford vehicle purchase. The Maps display will also assist in locating points of interest, such as gas and charging stations, parking, and collision repair.  Your FordPass app also provides roadside assistance, located on the upper right of the main display. Your Personal Ford Information Resource Upon financing your vehicle with Ford Credit, the FordPass app menu assists you there as well, enabling you to view your current statement and make your next payment, along with your message center displaying important notifications, service reminders, and recall notices. Just one click will give you all the necessary information for your safety and comfort. FordPass also includes a digital owner’s manual specific to your vehicle, along with a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section to assist in instant answers for your Ford questions. Our experienced Benna Ford Service Team is available to assist you with any questions regarding your new Ford vehicle and use of FordPass. Stop by our Benna Ford Superior, Wisconsin location today, and check out the new Ford F150 Lightning, the rugged Bronco, or any of our fine new 2022 or 2023 models. Benna Ford! Proudly serving customers from Duluth MN, Superior WI and surrounding areas in the Northland for over 20 years!

New Ford vehicles come with a factory warranty covering limited options for the first few years of ownership.  Nowadays, owners show a trend on keeping their vehicle beyond the warranty period.  An extended warranty, as the Ford Protect® Extended Service Plan adds great value in protecting you from future repair bills. Here at Benna Ford, our Service Professionals will help you understand Ford Protect®. Coverage You Can Depend On A Ford Protect® Extended Service Plan is the right choice for a number of reasons. To start, the plan is fully backed by Ford Motor company.  Necessary repairs will be performed by Ford factory-trained certified technicians using genuine Ford parts. That includes service by our Service Professionals at Benna Ford.  While traveling, Ford Protect® plans are honored by every Ford and Lincoln dealer in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Ford Protect® coverage is comprehensive, giving you the peace of mind to cover big ticket repairs, whether they involve the engine, transmission, steering , brakes, suspension, electrical systems, or other systems. 24-hour Roadside Assistance For the duration of the plan, you will also have 24-hour Roadside Assistance. Services covered under this assistance include: Tire Change Vehicle Lockout Out-of-fuel Battery Jump-Start Assistance Towing Assistance (up to $100 per occurrence) Emergency Travel Expense (up to $1,000 within the first 5 days per occurrence) Destination Assistance (up to $75) For added convenience, Ford Protect® Extended Service Plans include a rental vehicle benefit with coverage of up to $40 a day for up to 10 days due to delays in parts and repair.  An additional option is to purchase an Enhanced Rental Option for coverage of $60 a day for up to 10 days for the same duration. We Will Pick It up and Bring It Back As even covered services take valuable time from your day, Ford Protect® allows you to have your car picked up and delivered to your home or place of business, thus minimizing the time your repair impacts your daily routine. All Ford Protect® Plans Extended Service have the same benefits yet may vary in duration from 46,000 to 150,000 miles, with terms ranging from three to eight years. The plans are also fully transferable, if you sell your Ford within the plan’s term, it can be a valuable sales point to your next buyer, who is likely to desire some piece of mind of their own. Consider a Ford Protect Plan as useful for your Ford vehicle in the years to come. Speak with any of our Benna Ford representatives, upon your next Benna Ford purchase, for further insight into what kind of Ford Protect® Extended Service Plan suits your needs. Also inquire for more information regarding our Benna Ford in Superior, Wisconsin, Exclusive 20 Year - 200,000 Mile Limited Warranty.