Veterans Ford Company Crawfish Boil

Reasons we love April here at Veterans Ford.

1. It's springtime Louisiana! Its not cold anymore and it's one of the few months in the year that makes you want to spend all day outside because the weather is so nice. 
2. Quarter 2 starts, so we have all new rebates and deals to offer our customers. Great deals mean happy customers, and we love when our customers are happy.
3. Crawfish. It's crawfish season which means crawfish boils ahoy! Everyone knows that these tasty morsels are one of the best things about it getting warm outside. They're also a great excuse to get a group together and get to know each other better, which is always easier to do over a great meal. 

We had our first company crawfish boil of 2013 yesterday and the turnout was great. The crawfish were great, the company was great, and everyone left feeling satisfied in more ways than one. C'mon Man! Check out the pics below. 

Ford and GM Form Alliance For the Future

According to Yahoo and The Detroit Bureau, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors company have formed and alliance to develop a 10- speed, automatic transmission. This alliance will help both of the companies work together towards attaining the 54.5 mile-per-gallon mandate that will be set in place by 2025.
In order to reach these new standards, auto companies are expected to spend billions of dollars in research and development, so it makes sense that auto rivals team up to slash costs and combine their respective talents. Automakers have formerly been banned from working together, but restrictions have eased considerably in recent years.
According to GM vice president of global transmission engineering, Jim Lanzon "Engineering teams from GM and Ford have already started initial design work on there new transmissions." Lanzon expects "the new transmissions to raise the standard of technology, performance and quality for our customers while helping drive fuel economy improvements into both companies' future product portfolios."
This project takes the gear count up to 10, which is believed to be the maximum gear count before factors like, mass, inertia, friction and cost overcome any advantage. High gear transmission have to be carefully designed to prevent "hunting", the process where the transmission has trouble shifting back and fourth between gears;it can be unsettling to drivers. So in a sense, the 10-speed transmission vehicle is the last frontier for modern day vehicles as we know them.
Not only will the advancements in transmission technology benefit the consumer, but it will also be a benefit for American auto-makers by decreasing the reliance on foreign transmission suppliers and will create more jobs here in America.
This is the third time Ford an Gm have formed a partnership. The previous projects yielded over 8 million 6-speed, front wheel drive automatic transmissions for large and small vehicles, which was a huge success. With a win like that behind them, the future looks promising.