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Ford And Other Car Companies Like Testing New Vehicles In Arizona

Ford Motor Company held the first national drive event for the 2015 Ford Edge this week in Scottsdale. And car companies spend a lot of time in Arizona, especially during the testing phase of development.

Johanna Slanga works for Ford and is the Vehicle Integration Supervisor for the 2015 Edge.

But it’s not just Ford that brings its vehicles to Arizona for testing. Jim Prueter is a Phoenix-based automotive journalist and says car companies have been coming here since around the 1950s.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.