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Euro NCAP’s tough crash safety tests were launched 20 years ago last week. It has published over 630 safety ratings and crash-tested some 1,800 cars during this time. The first tests exposed safety failings in top-selling family cars, forcing a fundamental rethink in the way vehicles were designed to prevent accidents and save lives. Twenty years on, […]
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 […]
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 Ford Fiesta ST is a brilliant, fast little car. It has just about everything you could ask for including pace, practicality for a supermini and that elusive X factor – being fun to drive. The ST200 turns that performance dial up to 11 and puts even more anger underneath the hood. We strongly recommend […]
Auto Trader, the UK’s largest marketplace for new and used cars, has announced the top ten fastest selling used cars of 2015. The data, normally released monthly, shows the fastest selling used vehicles both nationally and by region, providing motor industry commentators and retailers with essential used car sales trend data. The Ford Fiesta has […]
Granted, the Car Articles ‘Something For The Weekend‘ series tends to focus on the supercars, hypercars and extremely exotic. However, the purpose of this feature was to highlight cars that would simply provide a huge amount of fun all the way from finishing work on Friday evening right up until the late hours of Sunday […]
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 […]
Teams from universities across England, Scotland and Wales are competing in the 1,701-mile “Formula Student Diesel Eco Driving Challenge” in the UK’s most popular car, the Ford Fiesta. Engineering students will drive the length of Britain in a bid to be crowned the nation’s most economical drivers. The inaugural competition is jointly run by Formula […]
So, does the oval badge excite you like nothing else? Ford has a history of making some excellent hot hatchbacks and the Fiesta comes in at the smaller supermini category (although even superminis seem to be getting bigger every year). So, just how does the new Fiesta ST shape up? Watch the video to see […]
Get your entry in now for this wicked competition! If you want the chance to show Ken Block how good you are in a Ford Fiesta ST in Budapest, then watch the video above and click the link below to enter. Note, the competition is only open for another day, so don’t delay and get […]