Ford Focus News
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It’s a well known fact that the U.S. misses out on most of Ford’s hot products, but with a push for new global models taking shape in Blue Oval offices around the world hopefully we will start to see more of these coveted models make their way into local showrooms. Last year reports emerged claiming Ford was considering bringing its high-performance Focus RS--a 305 horsepower variant of the European Focus hatchback--to the U.S. but those claims were quickly dismissed by the car’s engineering chief Jost Capito. Now, with the global 2012 Ford Focus finally revealed, interest in the...
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Domestics Beat Imports In 2010 J.D. Power Initial Quality Study, Porsche Still On Top
For the first time in the 24 years that the J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study has been conducted, the domestic brands have managed to surpass the imports. Led by new entries from Ford and General Motors, domestic brands, as a whole, have done better but four out of the five top...
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Ken Block Faces Off With Kimi Raikkonen At WRC Portugal Super Special
America's dorifto golden boy takes on the ex-F1 Finn in the stadium at Portugal.
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Video: WRC Driver Mikko Hirvonen Drives The Ford Focus RS500
These two videos give us a look at what a pro rally driver thinks about the RS500.
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Leno Talks Electric Cars, Old vs. New: 'This Is The Future'
Just like a lot of other technology that has recently been introduced to market vehicles, electric drivetrains aren't really all that new. Jay Leno compares two electric cars from his own collection: a 1909 Baker Electric "Horseless Coach" and a brand new Electric Ford Focus. His verdict? "Exactly...
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Ford Focus RS500: Small, dark and vicious... and not for the U.S.
Hot hatches. The Europeans love them, we--as a whole--apparently hate them, and consequently we can only stare and envy from afar. Today, the green-eyed monster stokes the fire of jealousy to white hot with the early release of the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Focus RS500, a 345-horsepower...
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Wanting what we can't have is a natural state of things, especially among the hot-hatch-loving crowd of Focus fans. The Focus RS, ST and now the soon-to-come RS500 all tantalize with their power, handling, and relative accessibility. The latest fruit of the forbidden tree boasts 350 horsepower, and what appears to be very taut handling. The teaser video shows the car running a closed course at night, the light howl of the tires and the growl of the engine the only companions to the twisting asphalt. Global Focus, you can't come quickly enough. Due to be unveiled in five days--oddly timed...
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Ford Combines Euro And U.S. Performance Works, Hot Focus Headed Our Way?
Reports from Geneva indicate a Ford Focus SVT could be coming to the U.S.
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News Of All-New Performance Focus Comes Out Of Geneva
Global Performance Variant In the Works
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2010 Geneva Motor Show: 2012 Ford Focus Wagon
The 2012 Ford Focus lineup has been expanded with the addition of the Focus Wagon, which is making its debut this week at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The latest model is the fifth vehicle to be revealed from Ford’s new global C-segment platform that will underpin at least ten vehicles around...
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We Give You Tips For Finding the Perfect Parking Spot
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2010 Detroit Auto Show: 2012 Ford Focus Live Gallery
The 2012 Ford Focus bridges the U.S. and Europe with a single, global version.
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2010 Detroit Auto Show: 2012 Ford Focus
The 2012 Ford Focus is set to make its debut in Detroit today at the 2010 NAIAS.
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Ford Unveils iPhone-Inspired MyFord And MyLincoln Interface Systems
Ford has introduced a new system to connect drivers with in-car technologies and their digital lives this week at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Dubbed MyFord or MyLincoln, depending on which vehicle you’re driving, the new interface system combines a number of...
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Video: Jay Leno Show Ford Focus BEV Hot Hatch
The Ford Focus BEV is based on a European Focus ST.
Nelson Ireson -
47% of first 80,000 'cash for clunkers' sales from American brands
Ford may be the only American carmaker reporting a rise in sales for July, but Detroit's beleaguered trio didn't fare too badly - almost half of the fuel-efficient upgrades sold in the CARS 'cash for clunkers' bonanza were GM, Ford or Chrysler vehicles, according to the White House. Only little...
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Former president Bush signed the $25 billion Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program into life last year, but for the past 8 months, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has sat on the money, carefully evaluating applications to see which companies would make the best use of the funds. That was until last week when the first announcements of disbursement were made from Ford's Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn, Michigan. The same funding program, earmarked for both automakers and suppliers, would be doubled to $50 billion under a bill passed by the House on Friday...
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Capito: Ford no longer considering Focus RS hot-hatch for U.S.
It’s a well known fact that the U.S. market misses out on most of Ford’s hot products, but with a push for new global models taking shape in Blue Oval offices around the world hopefully we will start to see more of these coveted models make their way Stateside. Unfortunately, the Focus...
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Ford hopes to sell 5,000 to 10,000 Focus electric cars per year
Electric cars may be all the rage these days but making the technology cheap enough for mass-market will take some time. One of the leaders in this field is Ford, which is expected to have one of the first mass-produced all-electric cars on the market with its battery-powered Focus. Arriving in...
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Ford confirms Michigan plant for new global Focus
As the second model developed under Ford’s new global design strategy (the first being the new Fiesta), the next-generation Ford Focus will be manufactured at Blue Oval plants at all corners of the globe. In addition to its regular haunts in Europe, the Focus will be manufactured in Australia...
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Ford goes X-Road at Amsterdam's AutoRAI Show
It seems like every year the list of special-edition hatchbacks, sedans, wagons and SUVs grows for Europe while every year Americans see fewer and fewer on the road. Maybe it's a 'grass is always greener' syndrome, but there a definite sense of cross-pond jealousy when it comes to up-rated versions...
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Spy shots: First test-mules for Ford’s global Focus?
In Europe, the Ford Focus is an affordable, well-engineered and stylish small car available in hatch, sedan, wagon and convertible bodystyles. The car is also available with a number of options, including dual-clutch transmissions, flex-fuel engines, a folding hard top roof (convertible models...
Jeremy Weber