Ford has announced the official EPA ratings for its new Focus Electric. Becoming known as one of America’s most fuel-efficient 5-passenger car, the Focus Electric achieves a certified 110 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) city rating and a 99 MPGe highway rights. That’s a combined 105 MPGe – beating the Nissan LEAF by 6 MPGe, [...]
Ford Focus sales are on their way to double in February – a move which will give the compact model its yes sales performance in more than a decade. “Fuel prices have been on the rise again, with customers once again moving to smaller vehicles,” said Erich Merkle, Ford sales analyst reporting manager. “We have [...]
Ford engineers on Team RS have their sights set on the next Focus RS model, although the variant has yet to be made official by the automaker. It would be a 2015 model, and the team at Ford already knows what they want for it, starting with “at least 320 hp”. This would come from [...]
FoMoCo said that its European market share rose slightly last month compared to the same period a year ago. The American automaker said its market share in its traditional 19 European markets increased to 8.4 percent as the European industry continued to weaken. FoMoCo’s share was up 0.2 percentage points compared with January 2011. Ford [...]
Fans of the new and well-received Ford Focus will be pleased to hear that the Dearborn-make will be apparently offering a real-man’s cog swapper for the top spec Focus Titanium. Yes, that means the Focus Titanium will be receiving three pedals and a manual shifter. WOO! It may not seem like outstanding news to the [...]
Though it ‘tis a tad dear at $40,000 the first electric Focus is an important symbol for the most profitable of the ‘Big Three,’ which Ford delivered to their first customer, Google right before Christmas. The car itself is on paper pretty similar to the now ubiquitous Nissan Leaf: range of 100 miles, top speed [...]
The 2012 North American Car and Truck of the year finalists have been revealed, at the Automotive Press Association luncheon in Detroit. After being voted on by a group of 50 full-time automotive journalists, finalists in each segment have been revealed. In order to be eligible for the award, North American vehicles must be new [...]
Ford may be an American company, but when it comes to a factory fresh, rough and ready Focuses for the average consumer, the offerings are lacking. You are not going to find a Golf R fighter on this side of the pond, but Ford have just announced pricing on a race-ready Focus: the ST-R, unveiled [...]
Given that there is now going to be a three cylinder, 1 liter Ford Focus, it makes sense that the company will now be building an all electric version of Ford’s very popular economy car. In keeping with this trend of efficiency, Ford say that a third of their 2012 vehicle line will offer models [...]
All of the editors over at CARandDRIVER have sat down and chosen their top 10 cars for 2012 that are available for sale in the United States. As always, the cars on the list don’t have to be the newest, and they don’t have to be expensive as nothing over $80,000 is even allowed to [...]
