Best Car Models & All About Cars: Ford 2012 E Series Wagon

Ford 2012 E Series Wagon

America's best-selling full-size van for 32 years, Ford E-Series marks its fiftieth anniversary this year by offering premium technologies to better serve customers.

Offered technologies like SYNC(R) voice-activated communications and entertainment system and a Navigation System with HD Radio(TM) technology add up to a formidable package for each productivity and client satisfaction.

"E-Series vehicles supply long-haul sturdiness," said Rob Stevens, Ford Industrial Vehicle chief engineer. "There are a lot of E-Series units moving around with 250,000 miles or more than vans from any alternative manufacturer, based on R.L. Polk information."

Since 1961 the time-tested Ford E-Series has proven itself as a dependable workhorse for patrons and their family or business wants, with smart innovations and the right equipment to create any job, delivery or trip a better and a lot of productive endeavor.

New for 2012

For 2012, E-Series vans and wagons are offered in a very new exterior color - Steel Blue Metallic - and currently include an audio input jack as normal equipment. Cast-aluminum wheels are now offered as an option. For business applications a dual battery system replaces the auxiliary battery configuration.

Quality

2012 Ford E-Series vehicles provide a daring, purposeful exterior design. Vans and wagons feature a flexible rear cargo door configuration, enabling the doors to carry open by detent at one zero five degrees, or increase to a wide 178 degrees. Double-wall construction ensures Engineered Ford Tough sturdiness.

Inside, Ford E-Series vehicles bring a comfortable interior that matches the useful, purpose-engineered exterior style. Key cabin options embrace:

-Useful, user-friendly instrument panel and center console

-Door trim panels feature integrated second-bin compartments with a contents retention strap to assist secure items

-Instrument panel options a storage tray above the passenger airbag

-A center console includes three massive cupholders that may accommodate a large choice of cup sizes, an integrated clipboard holder and house for a laptop

-A normal audio input jack on the instrument panel connects E-Series to MP3 players and other moveable audio devices

-A large glove box provides still more storage and a second powerpoint

-The accessible message center in E-Series vans and wagons options an engine hour meter, vehicle maintenance information and fuel economy with miles-to-empty data

Green

All E-Series vehicles equipped with either the 4.half dozen-liter or five.four-liter V8 engine are capable of running on E85 (eighty five % ethanol and 15 p.c gasoline), pure gasoline or any mix in between.

For patrons planning to upfit E-Series vehicles for different-fuel use, a CNG and LPG fuel-capable conversion preparation package is on the market on five.four-liter V8 and six.eight-liter V10 engines.

Like all Ford vehicles, E-Series vans and wagons feature seat cushions employing soy-primarily based foam rubber.

Safe

Customary on all E-Series vans and wagons, Ford's AdvanceTrac(R) with RSC(R) features distinctive functionality and a level of performance that competitive stability management systems can't match. Unlike competitor systems, AdvanceTrac with RSC uses a second gyroscopic roll-rate sensor to see the vehicle's body roll angle and roll rate.

If the unique roll-rate sensor detects a significant roll angle, the system applies further countermeasures - such as applying brakes to 1 or more wheels or reducing engine power - to enhance vehicle rollover resistance.

Customary and accessible 2012 Ford E-Series safety features embrace:

-Airbags for driver and front passenger seats

-Aspect-door intrusion beams

-Out there Integrated Trailer Brake Controller

-Four-wheel disc Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS)

-Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)

E-Series vehicles include an optional dash-mounted front passenger airbag cutoff start vans and cutaway units.

Sensible

Ford E-Series is the van of choice for a broad vary of consumers - from tiny business homeowners to larger commercial fleet operators - and offers features and technologies to form work and travel additional productive and convenient.

Ford E-Series offers the Crew Chief(TM) telematics and diagnostics system, enabling fleet administrators to manage their vehicles, dispatch drivers, and keep tabs on usage patterns and vehicle maintenance records. By monitoring idle time, Crew Chief can help a fleet administrator reduce fuel and operating costs.

E-Series versatility makes electrical upfit easier, providing four user-defined switches on the dashboard and an efficient wiring harness to accommodate accessories.

Further Ford E-Series technologies out there embody:

-Navigation System that includes a six.five-inch bit screen show integrated into the instrument panel, plus HD Radio technology for extra listening choices

-Speed limiting enables settings at sixty five or 75 mph. Available on select models for fleet use solely

-Sirius Traffic and Sirius Travel Link: When in addition to navigation, this technique provides a assortment of data services as well as real-time native traffic (on the market in select markets), coast-to-coast climate and fuel worth info

-Rear view camera (van and wagon only): The system is activated when the vehicle is shifted into reverse, giving the driver a transparent view behind the vehicle. The video image is displayed within the self-dimming rearview mirror or within the navigation screen if equipped

-SYNC(R) voice-activated communications and entertainment system featuring 91one Assist(TM), Vehicle Health Report and Traffic, Directions and Data with GPS-primarily based flip-by-turn driving directions and info services

-Sirius Satellite Radio, for various programming

-Accessible Reverse Sensing System with an audible signal

E-Series vans are obtainable in E-150, E-250 Super Duty and E-350 Super Duty regular- and extended-length configurations. Wagons are on the market in E-150 and E-350 Super Duty commonplace- and extended-length configurations.

Production location

All 2012 Ford E-Series vans are designed at Ford Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake, Ohio

Ford 2012 E Series Wagon