FoMoCo has announced that its sales topped 2 million in the United States in 2012 – making it the only automotive brand in America to do so last year. Ford also said that its Focus is on track to become the best-selling global name plate, while the Fiesta subcompact is not too far behind. Globally, [...]
Earlier this year, Ken Block dropped the much-anticipated Gymkhana 5. While drooling over all the stunts and crazy drifting done by Block, we usually wonder what it goes into making a Gymkhana video. Well, lucky for us DC Comics and Ford’s ST department have teamed up to bring us a video show us the making [...]
Hot compact hatchbacks is a great niche for any automaker to compete in. Lately FoMoCo has been jumping in on the action. First the Dearborn automaker decided to take the segment by storm with the 252-hp Focus ST, which is powered by the 2.0 liter EcoBoost. Check out our original post on the Ford Fiesta [...]
Making its stateside debut today is the brand-new 2014 Ford Fiesta, which now gets a 1.0 liter EcoBoost engine that pumps out 123-hp and 148 lb-ft of torque. “Customers want cars that are expressive and fun while offering class-leading fuel economy,” says Mark Fields, Ford president of The Americas. “Fiesta delivers all the excitement drivers [...]
As promised, Ford announced today that the high-performance Fiesta ST will be available in the United States very soon. The new 2014 Ford Fiesta ST will be making its North American public debut at the 2012 LA Auto Show tomorrow. Power for the Fiesta ST comes from a 1.6 liter 4-cylinder EcoBoost making 197-hp and [...]
Say what you will about Ford’s MyFord Touch infotainment and connectivity system, but the company has no plans to stop offering what it says is a very popular feature with its customers. FoMoCo announced today that the 2014 Ford Fiesta will now offer the MyFord Touch option with a new 6.5 LCD touch screen unit. [...]
Earlier this week, FoMoCo confirmed that its 1.0 liter EcoBoost engine will be offered in the Ford Fiesta in the United States starting next year. The engine is good for pumping out 123-hp and 148 lb-ft of torque. According to new reports, Ford is now working on a production version of a 1.0 liter EcoBoost [...]
Besides announcing the sale of the 500,000th Ford EcoBoost equipped model, FoMoCo confirmed today that it will be bringing the smallest engine ever, to the United States. The company will start selling its 1.0 liter EcoBoost engine in the United States with the new 2014 Ford Fiesta that will go on sale next year. Check [...]
Consumer Reports today revealed the details to its 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey and Ford Motor Co. is not going to be happy with the results. Consumer Reports says that a bunch of reliability issues has dropped the Ford brand to next to last among the 28 car brands ranked in Consumer Reports 2012 Annual [...]
Drifting was initially popularized by fans of import sport compacts and now professional drifting has found a soft spot in the hearts of the young crowd and a more active audience. To get closer to this group and to get them to consider a Fiesta, Focus, Mustang or Raptor as their next car, Ford has [...]
