Ford has released the first picture of the new B-Max, which will debut at Geneva in March, a year from the debut of the B-Max Concept. The Ford B-Max is a long overdue replacement for the Ford Fusion, the one car in Ford’s range that is way past its sell-by date, and was shown as a concept [...]
Ford has announced that the new Focus is now available with the 1.0 litre Ecoboost 3-cylinder engine in 100 PS and 125 PS options. Back in September, Ford revealed that it planned to install its new pocket-sized engine – the new 3-cylinder 1.0 litre Ecoboost – in to the new Ford Focus, giving the Focus the power [...]
The North American Ford Fusion has been revealed at Detroit, but we have the first photo of its European cousin – the 2013 Ford Mondeo. We’ve covered the reveal of the 2013 Ford Fusion from the Detroit Auto Show and pointed out that, to all intents and purposes, the Fusion North America gets is pretty [...]
The North American 2013 Ford Fusion has debuted as a petrol, hybrid or EV and with the option of 4WD. And it’s the 2013 Ford Mondeo. Yesterday we ran a leak of the 2013 Ford Fusion story, which showed the new US Fusion morphing in to a Mondeo with an Aston Martin grill. And now it’s officially [...]
The 2013 Ford Mondeo – or, more accurately, the 2013 Ford Fusion in the US – has appeared on an iPhone app ahead of a reveal at the Detroit Motor Show. It may not actually be the 2013 Ford Mondeo – it is in fact the 2013 Ford Fusion in the US – but, apart from [...]
Ford’s new compact SUV – the Ford EcoSport – has been revealed at the Delhi Motor Show in concept guise ahead of a Summer launch. We first revealed the new Ford EcoSport was likely to be revealed at this month’s Delhi Motor Show early last month, after an over-eager web tech posted details on Ford’s India site [...]
Ford has revealed that the new C-Max and Grand C-Max have doubled their sales and market share in Europe in the last twelve months. Although it’s two years since Ford revealed the C-Max and Grand C-Max at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2009, it took another year for the new Fords to hit the market. [...]
Ford has confirmed they will reveal an all-new vehicle planned for introduction in India and other global markets which we assume is the EcoSport SUV. A week or two back we reported that Ford in India has inadvertently posted some details about the upcoming Ford Ecosport, a high-riding compact SUV based on the same platform as the Fiesta. [...]
Ford appears to have accidentally posted the first details of a new Ford Fiesta EcoSport SUV on their Indian web site. We’ve known for a while that Ford are working on an SUV / Crossover version of the Fiesta. Over a year ago we saw spy photos of a Fiesta Crossover, a high-riding version of Ford’s perennial [...]
Ford has unveiled the fastest version yet of the new Focus – the Focus Zetec S – with a 1.6 litre 178bhp Ecoboost engine. It’s probably sensible that the Ford Focus Zetec S gets added to the Ford range now. Leave it until 2012 and it’s going to seem a bit tame compared to the new [...]
The Ford Focus ST is to be up front in the the new film of the 1970s TV show The Sweeney. Starring Ray Winstone, The Sweeney will arrive in 2012. We had the arrival of the production version of the Ford Focus ST at the Frankfurt show in September, and it is due to arrive [...]
The New Ford Kuga for 2012 has arrived all dressed up as the 2013 Ford Escape, Ford’s ‘One Ford’ replacement for the old Kuga and Escape. The reveal of the new Ford Escape ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show this week may not have the Kuga badge on its boot, but it is – bar [...]
Ford has announced that the electric Focus BEV is now available to order at almost $40,000 – twice the price of an entry-level Ford Focus. One thing’s for sure. No one is going to buy an electric Ford Focus on price. Ford has announced that the all electric BEV Focus is now available to order [...]
We’ve already seen the 3-door Fiesta ST Concept, and now Ford are taking a 5-door version of the ST to the Los Angeles Motor Show. What does the news that Ford are taking a five-door version of the Fiesta ST to the Los Angeles Motor Show this month tell us? Are they planning on making [...]
With the world debut of the new Ford Kuga / Escape at the Los Angeles Motor Show, Ford are teasing the 2012-2013 Kuga/Escape with its kick-to-open tailgate. The new 2012 Ford Kuga will debut later this month at the Los Angeles Motor Show (alright, strictly speaking it’s the 2013 Ford Escape – but they’re the same) so Ford has decided to tease [...]
Now the Americans have their hands on the Ford Focus, they’re doing what Americans do – modding them. A total of 7 Focus will be at the SEMA show. There’s nothing American petrolheads (perhaps we should say gearheads) like more than tarting up a car. Which explains why the relatively sensible Ford Focus is being pimped to [...]
Ford Motor Company announced in 1966 that it had made a breakthrough in battery technology and Electric Cars would be with us in five years. It’s 1966 and the Ford Cortina MK I (pictured above) is selling like hot cakes, a sure indicator of a prosperous new age, and just about to be replaced by the MK II Cortina. [...]
Ford are to debut the Vertrek based production-ready new Ford Escape at the Los Angeles Motor Show in November, which will be the new Ford Kuga when it arrives in Europe. Yes, strictly speaking the debut of the new Ford Kuga at the Los Angeles Motor Show in November is actually for the 2013 Ford Escape. [...]
Ford has finally realised buyers of Eco cars don’t necessarily want a hair shirt too, as they launch Fiesta ECOnetic models in Zetec & Titanium trim. Back in early 2009, when we reviewed the first Fiesta ECOnetic, we were suitably impressed with what a decent job Ford had done with their eco-friendly Fiesta. But we said that [...]
Ford has revealed the 2012 Mondeo Titanium with a 240hp Ecoboost option, making it the fastest ever Mondeo. Expected in the UK early 2012. If you want an illustration of how quickly things are changing in the car world when it comes to the relationship between power and economy, you could do worse than look [...]
Ford has come up with a modern version of clip-on door protectors. The 2012 Focus will be the first Ford fitted with the new active door protection. When Adam was a lad, dings on the edges of doors caused by careless passengers opening a door without any thought were mitigated by a quick trip to Halfords for a set [...]
Ford has revealed that it plans to offer the new Ford Focus with a 1.0 litre, 3-cylinder Ecoboost engine with either 99bhp or 118bhp from 2012. We’re getting used to car makers downsizing engines to cope with the ever increasing regulations on emissions and economy; v10s become V8s and V8s become V6s. And now we’re about to see [...]
Just as we expected, Ford has revealed a hot Fiesta – the Fiesta ST – With 178bhp and a sub 7 second 0-60mph. Expect it late 2012. Just as we expected, Ford has revealed a properly hot Fiesta to take on the new wave of superminis – like the Polo GTI – and is offering [...]
Ford has revealed not just the Focus ST but – for the first time – the Focus ST Estate at Frankfurt 2011. Both versions on sale 2012. The 2012 Ford Focus ST has debuted tonight at the Frankfurt Motor Show and came with a surprise addition – a Focus ST Estate, the first time Ford has offered [...]
It’s reported that with the launch of Spotify in the U.S., Ford are planning to add music streaming to their in-car wi-fi SYNC system. For the technophobes amongst you the headline may sound like a bunch of geek-speak. Spotify? What on earth is Spotify? And Ford SYNC? Never heard of it, you may well say. [...]
