Ford’s Ranger pick-up offerings expand with the arrival of the new luxury Ranger Platinum, aimed at ‘Premium’ buyers with prices from £44,000. Do most buyers of pick-ups buy them for their load-lugging capacity and workhorse abilities, or do they buy them for the BIK tax breaks compared to a comparable SUV? Certainly, at the top […]
Ford E-Tourneo Custom REVEALED as an E-Transit Custom MPV with seats and windows
The Ford E-Tourneo Custom arrives as an MPV take on the new E-Transit Custom with eight seats and a 230-mile range. Just last month, Ford announced it was ending production of the Galaxy and S-Max MPVs (and the Fiesta) as it moves focus to EVs. But that doesn’t mean it’s given up on offering transport […]
Ford Fiesta regains sales TOP spot in October – but Nissan Qashqai is this year’s best-seller
New car registrations in the UK rose by 26.4 per cent to 134,344, with the Ford Fiesta regaining top spot. But it’s the Nissan Qashqai at the top for the year so far. New car registrations are still a long way short of numbers pre-Covid as its hangover and supply chain problems constrain production. Despite […]
OFFICIAL: Ford Fiesta, S-Max and Galaxy AXED – casualties of the EV onslaught
Ford confirms the end of the Ford Fiesta is nigh, with Fiesta production ending in 2023, as does production of the S-Max and Galaxy. It’s almost half a century since the Ford Fiesta arrived, and in that time it’s been Ford’s best-selling model and, just like the Mini before it, almost ‘classless’. You’ll struggle to […]
New Track Pack offers better track performance for the Ford Focus ST
The Ford Focus ST can now be had with a new Track Pack, adding hardware changes to chassis, brakes, suspension and wheels. Just over a year ago, Ford revealed the ‘Ultimate version of the Focus ST if you want to go blatting, with the Ford Focus ST Edition promising the “most dynamic version yet of […]
OFFICIAL: this is the new Ford Mustang – and it still comes with a proper V8
The new Ford Mustang is revealed with new looks, new technology, track variants and still with a proper V8 engine. In a world where the only new cars seem to be those with electric motors, it’s refreshing to see the arrival of a new car which still celebrates over a century of the internal combustion […]
Electric Ford Mustang Mach-E gets a bit of an UPDATE
Ford has rolled out a series of updates for the electric Mustang Mach-E as it reveals the electric Mach-E outsells the petrol Mustang 8-to-1. Ford has made big efforts in the last couple of years to convince buyers that the electric Mustang Mach-E is a real Mustang, despite being powered by electric motors, having four […]
Ford Bronco is heading for Europe – but NOT the UK
Ford announces the new Ford Bronco will be available in European markets, but will not be heading for the UK. It’s two years since the revived Ford Bronco – back after an absence of nearly a quarter of a century – bowed in as an affordable and capable off-roader aimed at the Jeep Wrangler and […]
Ford Electric SuperVan is the FASTEST Transit…in the world
The Ford Pro Electric Supervan 4 arrives at Goodwood sporting an almost 2000bhp electric powertrain as Ford delivers its first electric Supervan. Ford has played with the ‘Supervan’ idea three times in the past, each delivering a bonkers performance Transit powered by thumping great ICE. Now, because this is 2022 and there’s a new electric […]
New Ford Ranger Raptor goes on sale in the UK – and it’ll cost you almost £60k
The new Ford Ranger Raptor – the range-topping version of the new Ford Ranger – goes on sale in the UK with prices starting from £57,340. The humungous Ford F150 isn’t sold in the UK, but now you can have a slightly shrunken lookalike version in the new Ford Ranger Raptor, now on sale in […]