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The 2018 Ford Focus range is the most dynamic, innovative and exciting ever – with a release 20 years on from the first car. The new Focus has been designed from a ‘clean slate’ and so is new from wheels to roofline. The new design philosophy is described as ‘human-centric’, delivering stunning exterior styling and […]
The majority of new car buyers will lose out when new road tax rules come into force on 1st April 2017, according to latest research from HonestJohn.co.uk. The leading consumer motoring site’s figures show that new tax rules will add more than £500 to the long-term running costs of Britain’s most-popular and eco-friendly vehicles, while […]
To celebrate Ford’s return to the Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race 50 years after recording an historic 1-2-3 victory in 1966, the #66 Ford GT race car is now available to drive in theForza Motorsport 6 racing game for Xbox One. Starting today, codes to download the Ford GT Le Mans race car for free will […]
After more than 10,800 people showed interest online in buying a new Ford GT, Ford received 6,506 fully completed applications from people around the world – including over 500 from the UK market alone – in the one-month window to apply to purchase the new EcoBoost-powered, carbon-fibre supercar during its first application window. The number […]
It’s well known that Ford’s EcoBoost technology has really helped petrol engines come on leaps and bounds when it comes to fuel efficiency. Smaller engines are generally more efficient anyway, but mate them to high compression rates and a low burn combustion cycle and you have wallet friendly cars. Is it possible to make this […]
In the inaugural 2014 award ceremony for the UK Car of the Year Awards, the brilliant little Ford Fiesta ST has taken ‘Best Performance Car’ honours. This accolade follows recognition last month from What Car? and Top Gear, which proclaimed Fiesta ST its overall Car of the Year. The new UK Car of the Year […]
The answer was of course the Ford Fiesta! Ford sold 33,561 Fiestas in Europe during September and has sold 222,184 in the region during the first nine months of the year, also making the Fiesta Europe’s second best-selling car overall for September and 2013 to date. The UK remains Europe’s strongest market for Fiesta and […]
Ford has announced a new ultra-efficient version of the Focus 1.0-litre EcoBoost that will be the first petrol-powered family car in Europe to offer 99 g/km CO2 emissions. The Focus 1.0-litre EcoBoost has returned 67.5mpg in tests thanks to its specially calibrated 100PS version of Ford’s award-winning engine. The new Ford Focus will feature Ford […]
One thing you can’t argue with is sales success and the Ford Fiesta has had just that. The four millionth Ford Fiesta has recently been sold in the UK! Worldwide, more than seventeen million Fiestas are out there – what a result for the famous blue oval. The four millionth car was recently sold to […]
Ford’s latest 1 litre EcoBoost engine is fitted to the new Focus and will feature in the Ford B-MAX and Ford C-MAX later this year. It will likely also have a number of applications given that this small yet high power unit offers in theory the best of both worlds – economy with performance. “The […]