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A Ford Mondeo hybrid entered into the 2018 Layer Marney Cup run in Essex returned 123.77mpg on the 80-mile route. Driven by rally driver-turned-hypermiler, Andy Dawson, and co-driver John Chillman, the Mondeo averaged almost 55mpg more than the second-placed hybrid. Powered by a 140PS 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine, the powertrain is assisted by the equivalent […]
A kiss in the car was more romantically memorable in the days of the Ford Cortina and the old Mini than in today’s more refined vehicles. That’s the surprise finding from a survey of more than 1,300 British motorists who were quizzed about their earliest memories of in-car romantic encounters. The online motor retail specialist BuyaCar.co.uk […]
It’s the ultimate track showdown: Eight models from the Ford Performance global line-up on a circuit together for the very first time, pushed to their limits by the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team drivers. In a new video from Ford Performance, filmed at the Motorland race circuit near Barcelona, Spain, the Ford F-150 Raptor; Fiesta […]
The Ford GT is an absolute monster of a performance car. It has been quite rightly called a race car for the road and it certainly lives up to that moniker when seen up close in the metal. But just how good is it? Perhaps the real question is whether it can do what the […]
Clive Sutton, one of London’s leading supercar and luxury car dealers, has the new 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor for sale. Described as a ‘super truck’, this monster has a 444bhp 3.5 litre V6 petrol and engine and produces 510lb feet of torques. A shy and retiring Chelsea tractor this isn’t! Stock is limited initially to […]
Once again, the Ford Focus has topped the list of the most common vehicles serviced in garages during 2016, according to figures released by Autodata. Ford first introduced their popular compact car to Europe less than 20 years ago, in 1998. Just one year later, in 1999 the Ford Focus (1st generation) was awarded European Car […]
The Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust (MSMT), a charitable body that exists to assist in the recording and publication of motoring history, is to hold a conference for aspiring authors. ‘How to publish motoring history’ is a one-day event on Saturday, 11 March 2017 at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon. It will gather together writers, editors […]
The final major show of the Ford season turned out to be a roaring success, with over 8,000 Blue Oval fans and around 2,000 club cars on display. With both static and action attractions at the show, the famous Santa Pod drag strip was a major draw, with headline sponsors mountune stealing the show by […]
Ford Performance is adding two more years of production for the all-new carbon fibre Ford GT supercar. The announcement comes on the heels of letters sent to potential customers notifying them of their application status to purchase one of their own, with more than 500 of those coming from the UK alone The additional production […]
Now come on, who doesn’t want one of these cars? A true slice of American muscle, finally served up in a palatable right hand drive version! The Ford Mustang has long held a fascination for performance car drivers, even though it previously had fairly basic suspension and a very simple rear drive power train. Thankfully, […]