In the automotive industry, there are manufacturers who offer vehicles with a certain level of performance and those who build performance vehicles. It's the latter type of vehicles that the Ford Performance’s division aims to offer to its customers, and if it's something that interests you, go straight to Chartrand Ford, your Ford dealer from the North Shore, to discover the vehicles we are going to discuss.

A Performance That Goes Way Back
 

The best way to assess the commitment of a company in a given area is to look at when the first concrete actions going in the same direction have taken place. Ford's commitment to performance goes back to the very beginning of the last century when, in 1901, the founder of the company (which did not exist yet) set up a small team of engineers to build a race car, the Sweepstakes. The success of this first project eventually led to the creation of the Ford company a few years later. In a sense, Ford took performance to heart even before becoming the company we know today!

Inspiring models
 

How does this "commitment" to performance translate concretely? It is visible in the 2019 Edge ST, the first SUV in the Performance lineup and in its 2.7-liters turbo engine capable of producing 335 horsepower; in the 2018 Shelby GT350 Mustang with its 5.2-liters, 8-cylinder engine, and its MagneRide adaptive suspension system; in the 450 horsepower of the 2019 F-150 Raptor, its 3.5-liters EcoBoost engine, and its 10-speed automatic transmission; in the unleashing Ford GT which is able to generate nearly 650 horses thanks to its engineering modeled on those of racing cars; and in many other models. These vehicles represent the culmination of the marriage between performance and advanced technology, and you'd be wrong not to try one if you get the chance!


 

Do not believe all the promises of some automakers who claim that performance is in their DNA when there is nothing to support this statement. The story of Ford and the models that you can try at Chartrand Ford, your North Shore Ford dealer, are concrete proof that this builder does not lie to you!