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Phil McNamara,
17 February 2012 07:00
Ford’s third-generation Focus RS is shaping up, with an all-new four-cylinder engine good for 350bhp, and with clever tech to help the front wheels put that hefty power down. The bad news is that the RS is unlikely to surface before 2014-15, although Ford executives are considering unleashing it earlier in the car’s lifecycle than with previous generations. The good ...
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Tim Pollard,
03 November 2011 16:18
Our spies have caught the new 2012 Ford Escape SUV on test in Michigan ahead of a planned debut at the Los Angeles auto show later in November 2011. Following the One Ford mantra, the next Ford Escape will become the next Ford Kuga for Europe. So this will - eventually - replace the Kuga over here too. So when ...
Our spies have caught the new 2012 Ford Fiesta ST hot hatch on test at the Nurburgring in Germany. Watch the latterday XR2i on test in our new scoop video above. The new Fiesta ST is being developed on schedule for a launch later in 2012, after the Focus ST. It is tipped to use the 1.6-litre EcoBoost turbo engine, ...
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Tim Pollard,
18 May 2011 09:39
Our spies in Germany have caught the upcoming Ford Fiesta ST, the Blue Oval's new go-faster Fiesta hot hatch. We understand the new Fiesta ST will harness Ford's latest EcoBoost technology, as will all future fast Fords. That means a direct-injection, downsized but up-pumped turbocharged engine, most likely the new 1.6. So how powerful is the Fiesta ST going to ...
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Tim Pollard,
08 March 2011 11:30
Ford is developing its B-Max mini-MPV for production in 2012, and we suspect this strange cut-n-shut Fiesta mule caught in America is part of the Blue Oval's new small car project. Our spy shots captured this Fiesta test hack in Michigan. Its dimensions and track have clearly been played with, suggesting the engineers are honing Ford's B-platform architecture for use ...
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Tim Pollard,
25 February 2011 17:21
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Tim Pollard,
27 September 2010 14:42
Ford is readying its smallest EcoBoost engine yet – and the new 1.0-litre three-cylinder petrol will appear in the new C-Max. Our spy photographers caught the new C-Max testing the downsized petrol engine in the Alps. Ford’s new 1.0-litre triple will become the smallest engine yet seen in a midi-MPV, which rarely dip below 1.4 litres in capacity. But Ford’s ...
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Tim Pollard,
16 September 2010 08:00
Ford engineers are busily testing the Kuga crossover on the continent – but judging by the minute changes on these new spy photos, it looks like it’s a nose job plain and simple. We reckon it’s nigh-on identical to today’s 4x4, but look closely at that lightly disguised front grille to spot a few detail changes. The upper grille has ...
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Tim Pollard,
21 May 2010 10:47
Ford will usher in a new facelifted Mondeo in autumn 2010. The 2011-spec Ford Mondeo will have a revised design to bring it in line with the S-Max and Galaxy MPV twins and a suite of engineering changes under the skin to keep it up with the competition. Ford's facelifted Mondeo: what's whatOur new spy photos capture the buffed-up Mondeo ...
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Tim Pollard,
20 April 2010 09:40
Ford continues to test the new Focus ahead of launch in spring 2011. Our man with the long lens caught this prototype – intriguingly still disguised despite having been unveiled at the start of 2010 – on test in Germany, as the engineers continue to hone the settings for the Euro-spec hatch.Why's the new Focus disguised then?Blame the hyper early ...
