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Ford is to release a new sportier model to its Focus line-up designed specifically for the European market. The new Zetec S combines sporty styling and performance with the debut of the 1.6 litre 180PS EcoBoost petrol engine. Based on the existing Zetec model, it adds a full sports styling kit including unique front and [...]

November 29th, 2011

Ford’s first global performance car, the Focus ST, is to become a star of the new film blockbuster, The Sweeney. Featuring everyone’s favourite Cockney, Ray Winstone as flying squad detective Jack Regan and R ‘n’ B singer Plan B (real name Ben Drew) as George Carter, the Focus ST will be the crime-busting officers’ mode [...]

November 23rd, 2011

Ford has unveiled a new Escape sports utility vehicle in Los Angeles which is destined to launch in the US and Europe next year. Its European equivalent, the Ford Kuga, will be shown in Geneva in March and will offer unique powertrains and features.The American car maker is calling the new model a ‘smarter utility [...]

November 16th, 2011

Parents may be able to rest a little easier as Ford launches a new in-car function which can prevent their teenage children from receiving phone calls and text messages while they are at the wheel. The Ford MyKey ‘Do Not Disturb’ function, set to launch on the Fiesta model from next year, is an industry [...]

November 1st, 2011

Five of Ford most famous stars of film and television have been brought together at Elstree Studios in London as  part of the car maker’s 100 years in Britain celebrations. The Ford Anglia 105E from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was lined up alongside the pink FAB1 from Thunderbirds, James Bond’s Ford Mondeo [...]

October 19th, 2011

Ford has released a set of images which would look out of place in a modern art gallery. Yet these pictures actually show how the car maker detects tiny defects, invisible to the naked eye, in its pursuit of quality. Using  a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) the car maker’s Dunton-based engineers can develop new parts [...]

October 5th, 2011

Two comedy giants-separated by six thousand miles-have been brought together using Ford’s SYNC technology, as part of the Ford of Britain Centenary Tour. Celebrating hundred years in the UK, Ford set up a comedy gig featuring comedy stars Jay Leno and Jimmy Carr, live from the front seats of two Ford Focus cars, communicating across [...]

October 4th, 2011

Ford is to produce a new special edition Fiesta which sees the model rev up to 134PS at 6,700rpm and offer 160Nm of torque at 4,250 rpm. Just 1000 of the new hot hatch Fiesta Metal models will be made, available to order now. Priced from £15,695, the Fiesta Metal features a 1.6-litre, Duratec Ti-VCT [...]

September 28th, 2011

Ford has expanded the availability of its low emission ECOnetic engine on the Fiesta range to now include the mid-range Zetec and top-range Titanium models. That means drivers can take advantage of a better equipment level and still enjoy the low emissions and fuel economy of the lowest emission variant. The cleanest Fiesta model emits [...]

September 27th, 2011

Have you ever opened your car door and accidentally knocked the vehicle parked in the next bay? Perhaps you’ve been on the frustratingly costly receiving end and been left with some grizzly looking scratches and dents in your motor. Well, Ford is aiming to make this a thing of the past with its latest innovation [...]

September 23rd, 2011