With the electric Mustang Mach-E now rolling out, Ford BEV boss Darren Palmer makes it clear buyers won’t have to accept flaws in their electric Ford. The Mustang Mach-E – Ford’s ‘Mustang’ take on an electric Crossover – should already be on the road in the UK, but Covid pushed back production and now the […]
New Ford Mondeo Active SPIED as Ford plan to turn the Mondeo ‘SUV’
The new Ford Mondeo Active – a high-riding Crossover Mondeo – is spied ahead of an expected launch in 2021, complete with big screens. The death of the Ford Mondeo as Ford moves to a maker of SUVs and Crossovers (well, plus the Mustang, Fiesta and Focus) has been predicted for a long time. But […]
New Ford Puma BEATS Land Rover Defender and Honda Jazz to win Scottish Car of the Year 2020
The new Ford Puma Crossover beats the new Land Rover Defender and Honda Jazz to be voted Scottish Car of the Year 2020. It’s eighteen month since the new Ford Puma was revealed, and this time round the Puma badge has been planted on a Crossover take on the Fiesta, and successfully so. Since its […]
New Ford Kuga Hybrid offers DIESEL Kuga range and economy – and ‘Self Charging’
The new Ford Kuga Hybrid offers 600-mile diesel Kuga range as Ford continues down its electrification road with a full ‘self-charging’ hybrid. It’s been more than eighteen months since the new Ford Kuga was revealed, and although it looks a very good family SUV (really, the Ford Cortina for the 21st century), Ford has had […]
New electric Ford E-Transit will send White Van Man down the EV road
Ford reveals the E-Transit electric van more than a year ahead of its arrival, promising an electric revolution for van drivers. There is a strong argument that making every car driver desert ICE propulsion for EVs is the minor part of the emissions problem, when what we really should do is concentrate on getting rid […]
Ford EcoSport Active ARRIVES to add a touch of butch to the EcoSport range
The Ford EcoSport Active arrives to grow the EcoSport range, delivering Ford’s ‘Active’ butch makeover to its more budget SUV offering. The Ford EcoSport arrived in the UK in 2013 in the hope it would give Ford some much-needed traction in the small SUV market, but it took a couple of updates (here and here) to get […]
Ford Mustang Mach-E is the FIRST Tesla Competitor, says Ford boss
Ford boss Jim Farley has declared that the new Ford Mustang Mach-E – Ford’s electric SUV – is the first real Tesla competitor. Tesla’s indisputable lead in electric cars means that every new electric car that turns up is compared to what Tesla delivers but, at least technically, no car maker has managed to get […]
Ford Mondeo Hybrid now REPLACES petrol-engined Mondeos
Ford has dropped petrol engines as an option on the Mondeo, with the recent hybrid petrol and a diesel engine now the only options. We keep hearing that the Ford Mondeo isn’t going to last much longer as Ford concentrates on SUVs, EVs and smallish hatches. And that’s probably right. But that ‘not much longer’ […]
New Ford Mustang Mach 1 IS coming to the UK
The new Ford Mustang Mach 1 is coming to the UK, Ford has confirmed at the Goodwood SpeedWeek, and will go on sale in early 2021. Ford is moving away from anything that isn’t electric or SUV, although the Hatch Focus and Fiesta will continue, but one exception to the new Ford rule is the […]
Ford EcoSport Active TEASED ahead of November debut
The Ford range of ‘Active’ model;s with raised ride height and butch cladding will increase when the Ford EcoSport Active debuts in November. It’s no secret that Ford is eschewing cars that don’t make it money and concentrating on making SUVs (and the Mustang – sports car and electric SUV) and it’s hard to see […]