The Americans from Ford finally presented the new generation Mondeo, the European brother of the Ford Fusion, a model which is already available in the States. The 2013 Ford Mondeo will be offered to the European customers together with an entry-level 1.0-liter three-cylinder petrol engine capable to deliver 123 horsepower. 2013 Ford Mondeo Of course, a more powerful 1.6-liter EcoBoost...
The restyled Ford Fiesta is ready to hit the UK showrooms with a starting price of £9,795 for the base 1.0-liter direct injection engine. The range also includes a 1.2-liter power plant with 59hp and 81hp, a larger 1.6-liter four-cylinder with 103hp and a three-cylinder 1.0-liter EcoBoost offering 99hp and 123hp. 2013 Ford Fiesta On the other hand, there are...
Ford must have picked up a few lessons from their success with their compact cars and their experience with the global market effort. In mixing both somehow, the company's CEO, Alan Mulally, says he's now considering making a new car, one that would be smaller than the Fiesta. Ford Start Concept Not that the Ford Ka doesn't exist, or that...
Lovely, lovely news from Ford: the EcoBoost engine is about to become more popular than it currently is. The next car it will be delivered with is the Ford Mondeo. Unfortunately, it's not going to be 3.5 liter V6 powerplant from the F-150 pickup but a more restrained version of the engine. 2013 Ford Mondeo EcoBoost Rather disappointingly it's not...
It's not like the Paris Motor Show is infamous for very small cars being released there but France certainly is known for its affection with the small hatchbacks. With that in mind, maybe the Ford Fiesta getting a facelift unveiled there isn't such a bad idea. Not that it's a bad idea but could the Aston Martin styling ripoff be...
The 2013 Ford Explorer Sport can't be considered a new name in the automotive industry, but however, today is the day when we find out one of the most important performance information, namely the total output. The new Explorer Sport is scheduled to go on sale in the US later this year with prices starting from $40,720. Under the bonnet...
Chevrolet's recent leaping ahead of the equation on hot hatches being sold in the United States doesn't seem to have gone well with Ford. The 2013 Chevrolet Sonic RS may already have its pricing listed but Ford's Fiesta still has a lot to tell the performance enthusiast that's on a budget. 2013 Ford Fiesta ST Reports have started coming in...
The Americans from Ford officially announced the EPA fuel economy ratings, figures that place the new C-Max hybrid above its main rival. The car maker claims that the C-Max is more fuel efficient compared to the Toyota Prius V, official figures showing a combined fuel economy of 47mpg. Both city and highway fuel consumption numbers are rated at 47mpg even...
Roush is a company that has been with us for quite some time now and we've constantly been associating them with performance Ford models. The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is a performance model from the Blue Oval and though we wouldn't put in the same league as a Mustang or GT, it's worthy of the Roush badge. Roush Ford F-150...
British performance tuner Superchips is well known for tweaking various engines but unlike most such tunes, they don't focus on high end stuff. Superchips offer tuning packages for what most of us would refer to as under-powered cars. Which makes it easy to understand why they chose this car to go with now. 2013 Ford Focus It's the Ford Focus...
Ford announced today a one-off model based on the Ford Mustang GT Coupe. We talk about the Red Tails edition, a car inspired from a fighter airplane from World War II. At the exterior, the American model receives a polished aluminum finish, black and red stripes, new 20-inch alloy wheels, a rear wing and diffuser and also quad-pipe exhaust. Ford...
Here is the all-new Ford Mustang RTR, a model produced in partnership with Classic Design Concepts and unveiled by Vaughn Gittin Jr. The new Mustang RTR benefits from a performance package able to improve the total output of the 5.0-liter V8 engine by about 25hp. 2013 Mustang RTR The extra power is obtained thanks to a new K&N air filter,...
Ford announced today their plans to offer the current Mustang model in the Philippines. The company says that they are confident the model will be a success in the respective market. According to Ford, the Mustang will be launched with a 3.7-liter V6 unit capable to develop 305 horsepower. However, there will be a more powerful GT version with a...
The Americans from Ford released official fuel economy figures for the high-performance version of the new Focus, the ST model. To begin with, the new Focus ST packs a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine capable to deliver 252 horsepower and 270 lb-ft of torque. Ford Focus ST Power arrives at the front wheels via a standard six-speed manual transmission, actually the only...
The Americans from Ford released official fuel consumption figures for the new C-MAX Hybrid. From the beginning we find out that the new model is able to return better figures compared to one of its main rival, the Toyota Prius V. According to Ford, the C-MAX Hybrid achieves a fuel economy of 47mpg (5l/100km) - city, and 44mpg (5,3l/100km) -...
The Americans from Ford officially announce that they will compete in the hill climb competition at Goodwood with a powerful Mustang Shelby GT500 but also with the new Focus ST hatchback. The Shelby GT500 packs a 5.8-liter V8 unit developing 662 horsepower and 631 lb-ft of torque. Ford also fitted the muscle car with the Performance Package which includes a...
Though it's not exactly a surprise, the next generation of the Ford Mondeo was spied in Europe wearing the newly designed skin of the 2013 Fusion. In shifting over from the United States to Europe, the exterior look of the sedan has remained pretty much untouched but the interior and engines haven gone through a few changes. The 2.5 liter...
The Americans from Ford announced today the availability of a new special edition for the current F-150 pickup truck. We talk about the Limited Edition, a model which benefits from several goodies such as HID headlamps, new front and rear bumpers, large 22-inch aluminum wheels, grille surround and a chrome mesh for the grille. The exterior also benefits from three...
Interested in buying a Ford Focus? We recommend you wait for the ST model and really get a thrilling car that doesn't seem to have any practical downsides. There's a selection of smaller petrol and diesel engines but you won't guess what the next recommendation would be in terms of powerplant choice. It's the 1.0 liter EcoBoost engine. Yet another...
You know the rule, when you've got a product that sells like hot cakes, you're not going to swap out the recipe and attempt to make donuts are you? That's the justification behind why Ford's 2013 F-150 pickup doesn't seem to be that much different from the generation the Blue Oval sold last year. The changes are applied to both...
