For years, science fiction has speculated on the ways artificial intelligence — the ability of computers to “think,” reason and make complicated decisions — will affect our day-to-day lives. While some of the more out-there of those speculations have gone very dark indeed (hello, Terminator!), the reality is: modern industry and even consumer products are […]

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Every day, in everything he does, the mind of McLarty Daniel Ford of Bentonville General Manager Jason Hooe is on the Four-Oh-Nine. That’s what he calls the philosophy he came up with during his 14 years at the dealership, and his two decades in the car business. Since he became General Manager at McLarty Daniel Ford, […]

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Here at McLarty Daniel Ford, we not only sell, service and work on cars, we’re obsessed with cars! Many of us were blessed with the proverbial “gasoline in our veins” from an early age, eating, sleeping and breathing anything on four wheels or two. When you love cars like that, you tend to find ways […]

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For those who’ve reached a certain vintage, it might seem like just yesterday that they drove past a dealership or opened a magazine and first laid eyes on the new 1964-1/2 Mustang. The first so-called “pony car” — with a long nose, short trunk and available high output engine options — the basic shape of […]

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The world has gone podcast crazy, and that’s a great thing if your job or an upcoming vacation requires you to be behind the wheel for long stretches. Though listening to music is fine, nothing engages your brain (safely) and helps make the miles a little shorter than listening to a great podcast. Light years […]

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If you’ve thought about buying a F-150 Raptor for the take-no-prisoners, high-horsepower grins, but need a comfortable, upscale truck that can make a refined first impression, do we have some news for you! Our friends at Ford recently announced that the 2019 F-150 Limited, their top-of-the-line full-options showboat, will be available for the first time […]

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Founded way back in February 1880, the town of Eureka Springs is one of the true jewels of Northwest Arkansas, featuring street after street of Victorian homes, hotels, churches, buildings and storefronts that look like they’ve been trapped in amber since the early 20th century. The beauty of Eureka and the uniqueness of the town […]

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We sell a heck of a lot of Ford F-series trucks here at McLarty Daniel Ford, from the sporty capability of the 2018 Ford F-150 4×4, to the take-no-prisoners horsepower of the 2018 Ford F-150 Raptor, to the workhorse durability of Ford’s Super Duty models and beyond. Still, we’ve got a soft spot in our […]

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When it comes to trucks, a big part of their job description is hooking on, hitching up and towing the loads, both for work and play. While towing with older trucks could be an exercise in anxiety and peril, especially for drivers not used to the tricky maneuvers one has to perform with a trailer […]

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Lots of folks get nostalgic about how battleship tough cars and trucks used to be in the Good Ol’ Days, but the truth — revealed by any vintage photo of an auto accident before 1975 or so — is that vintage cars were pretty terrible at keeping people safe when the inevitable crash happened. Most […]

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