Ford are planning on introducing a hybrid (C-MAX HEV) and a plug-in (C-MAX PHEV) version of the new C-MAX by 2013. Ford have been concentrating on bringing their current business back from the edge of the abyss for the last year or two, so their plans to join the headlong rush by car makers in […]
Ford Start Concept Press Release
Ford Start Concept is an exploration into a simple, personality driven car for urban markets. Its aspirational design has an endearing quality and feel capturing the spirit of an earlier generation of sports cars. Start Concept builds on Ford’s Drive ONE strategy pillars of Drive Smart, Drive Quality, Drive Safe, Drive Green. The Ford Start […]
Ford Start Concept – Beijing
Ford has revealed a global city car concept ahead of the Beijing Motor Show – the Ford Start Concept – featuring a 1.0 litre 3-pot engine and low cost components. We really didn’t see this coming – at least not yet – but Ford have pulled off a surprise ahead of the Beijing Motor Show […]
Ford S-Max & Ford Galaxy (2010) get Blind Spot Monitor
Ford is introducing Blind Spot Monitoring as an option on the 2010 Galaxy and S-Max. It will also be offered on the 2011 Focus and C-Max. Toys. Toys on cars in particular. You’ve got to love ’em. We get more toys to play with on cars with every model revamp. Cars are so clever now it’s not going to be […]
Focus RS – get 345 Mountune horses from your Ford dealer
Ford are offering a power boost to the regular Focus RS to give it the power of the RS500, courtesy of a Mountune performance kit. If you’re busy spitting feathers because you’re one of the unlucky thousands who tried to throw £35k at Ford for one of the limited edition Focus RS500s last week, worry not. You can save […]
Ford Focus RS500 – Sold Out
It’s being reported that the Ford Focus RS500 has sold out just days after the swansong for the Focus RS was revealed. That didn’t take long. We’re hearing this morning on the grapevine that the just-revealed Focus RS500 has already sold out. Which – even with only 500 being produced – is no mean feat for a car from […]
Ford Kuga 2.0 TDCi Titanium Review & Road Test: Part 2
In this second part of our road test / review of the Ford Kuga 2.0 TDCi Titanium we get down to the nitty-gritty. Any good, or not? As we’ve come to expect from all Fords, the Kuga is a good drive. It feels like a jacked up Ford Focus – which is exactly what it […]
Ford Kuga 2.0 TDCi Titanium Review & Road Test
We spend some time with Ford’s well-specced Kuga – the Ford Kuga 2.0 TDCi Titanium- to give you a review and road test of the compact SUV. Ford has always produced cars that the great British public think of as ‘Family ‘ cars. When I was knee-high to a grasshopper my Dad had a quite […]
Ford Focus RS500 – the Video
We have undisguised video of Ford’s super Focus RS – the Focus RS500 – on the day Ford had originally planned to release the first details. It started with a kiss tease. The Focus RS500. Just like every other new car reveal these days, we got the tease on the Focus RS500 a week ago. This […]
Ford Focus RS500 Press Release
NEW LIMITED EDITION FORD FOCUS RS500 IS THE ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE FORD Powerful new limited-edition Ford Focus RS500 for performance car enthusiasts Strictly limited run of 500 vehicles marks the end of current Focus RS production Tuned 350 PS, 2.5-litre 5-cylinder engine with 460 Nm of torque provides muscular performance Technical enhancements improve engine’s breathing and […]