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  • Ford Focus RS

    In the 40-year story of Ford RS, the marque has been applied sparingly, merited by only the most high-performance Ford machines of the time.

    Six years have passed since the last Ford RS – the Mk1 Focus RS – finished its strictly limited production run.  Now the famous badge has returned for its league of devoted fans and a new generation of performance car enthusiasts.

    RS – A Significant Event

    This new Focus RS is the product of Ford Team RS, headed by Jost Capito, a committed car enthusiast and racer.  Alongside Capito is a small team of dedicated performance car and motorsport engineering specialists, led by Chief Programme Engineer, John Wheeler, whose own expertise stretches over 20 years of Ford performance and motorsport vehicles.

    Team RS works hand-in-hand with Ford of Europe experts from across the engineering spectrum to create Ford’s performance road car range.  More than 100 engineers have been involved in Focus RS and every one understood the weight of expectation that greets a new Ford RS model.

    States Capito: “A new Ford RS is a significant event; the badge is not applied to a new car very often and when it is, it has to be a great car.  I know this Focus RS will be thoroughly deserving of the name.”

    From early in its development programme, the team set a target to create a car with the poise, power, performance and precision to trade lap times with far more exotic vehicles and be a benchmark for performance and value for money.

    Their result is a car capable of lapping the legendary 20.8km (12.3 mile) Nuerburgring Nordschleife repeatedly at speed and equally adept at cruising home afterwards; blending Ford Focus practicality with bespoke engineering, dynamics and a turbocharged, 305PS (300 bhp) 2.5-litre Duratec engine.

  • New Ford Fiesta ECOnetic Is Uk’S Greenest Family Car

    The all-new Ford Fiesta – December’s top-selling car – is the latest to benefit from the ECOnetic package of extra fuel efficiency refinements already available on Focus and Mondeo.

    For the Ford Fiesta ECOnetic, modifications include lowered suspension, aerodynamic body styling and a gear change alert.  Together these help to lower fuel consumption to 76.3mpg and CO2 emissions to 98g/km. (more…)

  • Seat Starts The New Year With A Revolution

    Spanish car maker SEAT is revolutionising the new car market with a set of truly stunning offers this January.Forget 1917’s February Revolution, the dynamic Latin motor maker is launching its very own assault on the automotive establishment with a set of stunning offers across its model range. (more…)

  • Ford Hits Vital Co2 Targets

    Ford’s latest C-MAX MPV delivers the lowest CO2 emissions in its segment.  Engineering developments to Ford C-MAX 1.6 TDCi models have resulted in emissions of just 119g/km of CO2.

    As a result vehicle excise duty (VED) for these models reduces immediately from £120 to £35.  There will be a further reduction to £30 from April 2009, when new VED bands come into force.  The official European Drive Cycle combined fuel consumption figure for these models is improved to 62.8mpg*. (more…)

  • Ford Focus Wrapped With Special ‘Green’ Designs Showcase At “100 Designs To Save The World”

    Inspired by “green” energy in motion, Ford Thailand brand ambassador “Tata Young” and two leading designers “Vasu Virajsilp” and “Issariya Virajsilp” will unveil three Ford Focus wrapped with special graphic designs at the “100 Designs to Save the World” show. (more…)

  • Lincoln MKS, Ford Focus Stand Out At SEMA

    With its sleek design and strong wheel base, the all-new 2009 Lincoln MKS is opening doors in the aftermarket for customization enthusiasts looking for a full-size sedan to make their own. (more…)

  • Ford adds new sporty Zetec S to Focus range

    Ford Focus Zetec SFord is to introduce the sporty Zetec S badge to its acclaimed Focus line-up for the first time.

    This new addition to the UK’s best selling car range is now available in Ford dealerships and is based on the existing Zetec model but with the addition of a full sports styling kit, of front and rear spoilers with lower sill extensions, 17in alloy wheels, aluminium-style foot pedals and hand brake cover, and an exclusive “S” badge on the front fender. (more…)

  • Ford Focus Outperforms Competition In Repair Cost Affordability

    Ford Focus 2009Ford Motor Company’s hot-selling and fuel-efficient Ford Focus is significantly less expensive to repair than 19 other small cars, including the Toyota Prius, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reported last week. (more…)

  • New Ford Focus RS: A Legend Returns

    The legendary Ford RS performance car brand is returning in the shape of the exciting new Ford Focus RS, which will be previewed on July 22 at the 2008 London International Motor Show. (more…)

  • Ford Focus Econetic Voted Car Of The Year By WhatGreenCar?

    Environmental motoring website Whatgreencar? has awarded its first Green Car of the Year award to the Ford Focus ECOnetic.
    Whatgreencar.com’s lifetime impact rating covering cars’ use and manufacture scored the 1.6-litre ECOnetic Focus better than the site’s benchmark hybrid. (more…)

  • New Ford Focus RS on track as first details confirmed

    Ford RS is back and the all-new Focus RS is on track!  An early prototype of the fastest Focus road car to date is now undergoing performance and durability testing at the challenging Nu”rburgring Circuit in Germany, in preparation for its launch in 2009.

    The principal architect of the Focus RS project is Ford of Europe’s Vehicle Line Director for Performance Vehicles, Jost Capito, whose Team RS development group were responsible for the first generation Focus RS in 2002, and more recently, the Fiesta ST and the new Focus ST. (more…)

  • Wolf Ford Focus ST

    WOLF has been attending to the brand with the blue emblem for 30 years as the most competent partner for sophisticated tuning, and it has accumulated an enormous wealth of experience during that time. WOLF’s involvement in racing since 1977 has played a big part in that.

    Who doesn’t remember the feared Cosworth RS 500 versions of the Ford Sierra – lovingly called “Cossie” by its fans – with which WOLF RACING stirred up the DTM … and won? WOLF also caused a sensation in rally racing – Group N. And WOLF is still involved in racing today. All of the experience gathered from that flows into its street tuning program. Drivers of the current Ford Focus ST also benefit from that. (more…)