The new Ford Fiesta ST is advertised in the UK as having a little over 180bhp, but the US version of the Fiesta ST has 200bhp. Is the US getting a more powerful ST. [nggallery id=981 template=customlinks] The new Ford Fiesta ST is an appealing little ‘slightly better than warm’ hatch at an attractive price […]
Ford Fiesta eWheelDrive gets wheel hub electric motors
Ford has partnered with German specialist Schaeffler to build the Fiesta eWheelDrive EV with electric motors in the rear wheel hubs as a research vehicle. [nggallery id=1494 template=customlinks] Car makers haven’t entirely given up on the idea of the electric car, although they do seem to be starting to move to the point where the EV is seen […]
Ford Escort returns – for China: Shanghai Motor Show
Ford has revealed a new Escort Concept for the Chinese market at the 2013 Shanghai Motor Show as a new compact saloon for the local market. [nggallery id=1485 template=customlinks] It’s more than thirty years since Ford built an Escort saloon (well, unless you count the Ford Orion of the 1980s, which was an Escort with […]
New Ford Mondeo to get new 1.5 litre EcoBoost engine
Ford is launching a new 1.5 litre EcoBoost engine to replace the 1.6 litre currently offered and offering improved economy. [nggallery id=895 template=customlinks] Ford are premiering a new 1.5 litre EcoBoost engine for the Mondeo, which will get its premier at the Shanghai Motor Show later this month when it debuts in China. The new […]
2013 Ford Mondeo: Price cuts & new models
Ford is trying to give the 2013 Mondeo a lift with two new models – Mondeo Graphite and Titanium X Business Edition – and price cuts. [nggallery id=1473 template=customlinks] Before you get too excited, this 2013 Ford Mondeo isn’t the all-new Mondeo – the one that’s already launched in China and on sale in the US […]
Ford Focus is the best selling car…in the world
Automotive data experts Polk have declared that the best selling car in the world in 2012 was the Ford Focus, selling more than 1 million. [nggallery id=773 template=customlinks] Polk, probably the world’s leading automotive data analysts, have revealed that the Ford Focus was the best selling car in the world in 2012, selling 1,020,410 cars […]
New Ford Kuga production increased to meet strong demand
Ford has revealed that it having to increase production of the new Kuga by 10 per cent at its Valencia Plant to meet strong demand. [nggallery id=982 template=customlinks] Three years ago, when we reviewed the Ford Kuga, we decided that the Kuga, rather than the Mondeo or Focus, was the true inheritor of the affordable […]
2013 Ford Mondeo launches in China. UK & Europe still waiting.
With the UK and Europe having to wait until 2014 to get the new Ford Mondeo, Ford has managed to launch the new Mondeo in China this week. [nggallery id=895 template=customlinks] With Ford in the process of closing their plant in Genk, production of the new Ford Mondeo has been put on hold until Ford can transfer […]
Ford FF1 road-legal single-seater at 2013 Goodwood FoS. Heading for production?
The Ford FF1 – a single-seat, road-legal track car powered by Ford’ 1.0 litre EcoBoost engine – will get a public debut at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Ford built the FF1 as a showcase for the abilities of its little 1.0 litre, 3-cylinder EcoBoost engine, and it’s more than proved the point that […]
New Ford Focus ST is Europe’s best selling hot hatch.
The new Ford Focus ST has become the best selling hot hatch in Europe in the last three months, outselling the Golf GTi and Renault Megane Sport. [nggallery id=773 template=customlinks] It seemed to take a very long time for the new Ford Focus ST to get from concept to production-ready car, and just as long […]