http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/shared/handlers/rsshandler.ashx?N=4294756861&Ns=P_Publication_Date|1CAR Online | FOCUS RSS Feed(c) 2013, Bauer Media. All rights reserved.30Month 2 running a Ford Focus ST: considering the steering of our Focus long-termer If thethe test of a true hot hatch is that there’s never a dull moment, then we’re onto something here. Driving the Focus ST in a...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/Long-term-tests/Ford-Focus-ST-2013-long-term-test-review/Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:00:00 GMTReviewsFord's next Focus RS super-hatch will stick with a front-wheel drive, manual gearbox recipe, according to company sources. That's fighting talk, as the likes of Mercedes (A45 AMG) and Audi (RS3 Sportback) have turned to all-wheel drive for their hot hatches. Even BMW offers...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Ford-confirms-Focus-RS-keeps-manual--front-wheel-drive/Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:00:00 GMTSpy ShotsDo winter tyres work? We've explained how snow tyres work in our separate story here, but now it's time to put them to the test. We've tried cold-weather rubber in a wide range of cars, to see if they really are...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Guest-Blogs/Should-you-buy-winter-tyres-CAR-puts-winter-rubber-on-test/Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:11:00 GMTBlogsFord's Focus has overtaken the Toyota Corolla in the sales charts. Unremarkable, you might say? Not when you realise this is the global sales mantle, making the Focus the best-selling car name on the planet in the first half of the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Ford-Focus-2012---the-best-selling-car-in-the-world/Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:32:00 GMTNewsI do like a Ford Focus. And I do spend a deal of time in the boozer explaining to those who get enough practice to hit the bullseye of a soap-on-mirror target with a freshly squeezed blackhead every single time...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-Focus-16-Ecoboost-Zetec-S-2012-CAR-review/Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:00:00 GMTReviewsThis is the new 2012 Ford Focus ST. It’s Ford’s rival for the Golf GTI, but the blue oval hot hatch undercuts its equivalent key rival from Wolfsburg by over £4k. It also outpunches the GTI in the power and...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-Focus-ST-2012-CAR-review/Mon, 11 Jun 2012 01:01:00 GMTReviewsFord has confirmed prices for the new Focus ST. The new 247bhp hot hatch will cost from £21,995 for the hatchback, or £23,095 for the Focus ST estate. That undercuts the VW Golf GTI, which has bumped up in price in recent...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-prices-new-2012-Focus-ST-from-21995/Mon, 28 May 2012 13:56:00 GMTNewsWhen the Focus ST launched back in 2006, it served up something genuinely different in the hot-hatch segment. Yes, there's that unique 2.5-litre, five-cylinder turbocharged engine, endowing the ST with a beautiful, Ur Quattro-like warble and bags of easy torque....http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-Focus-ST-2006-2010/Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMTReviewsFord’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...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Ford-Focus-RS-2014-first-details-of-350bhp-hot-hatch/Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMTSpy ShotsA Ford Focus with a 1.0-litre engine! Isn’t that like getting Charles Hawtrey to compete for World’s Strongest Man, or sending Samson into battle after a crewcut? In one of the most extreme downsizing examples yet, Ford has plumbed an...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-Focus-10-Ecoboost-review/Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:15:00 GMTReviewsDirect injection petrol and diesel, hybridisation, downsizing, turbocharging, twin-charging the list of efficiency-boosting, fuel saving features being offered in new cars is becoming so long, buying a new one is like revising for exams. Is there room for another? Apparently...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Tomorrows-world-Fords-downsized-10-litre-Ecoboost/Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:41:00 GMTNewsOn the eve of the 2011 Frankfurt motor show, Ford has unveiled two ST models, the Focus ST hot hatch and the Focus ST Wagon. Ford unveiled a bright orange Focus ST concept at the Paris motor show 12 months...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-Focus-ST-2012-at-the-Frankfurt-motor-show/Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:00:00 GMTNewsRental cars. Not what they used to be. So when I touched down in Italy on my recent summer holiday, imagine my delight when my cheapest-possible-small-estate package turned out to be the new 2011 Ford Focus Estate – one of...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-Focus-16-TDCI-Edge-2011-CAR-review/Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:36:00 GMTReviewsWatch Ford WRC rally ace Mikko Hirvonen pilot his Fiesta World Rally Car around a makeshift gymkhana course at Battersea power station in our new video clip above. That's CAR Magazine's road test editor Ben Barry in the passenger seat....http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Barry-Blog/Video-Mikko-Hirvonen-hammers-us-round-Battersea-power-station-in-Ford-WRC/Mon, 16 May 2011 13:31:00 GMTBlogsIt’s been over six months since Ford unveiled the Focus ST concept at the 2010 Paris motor show, and with the production ST’s launch looming large for early 2012, the Blue Oval has started its PR push. These are the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-Focus-ST-2012-development-pictures/Wed, 11 May 2011 07:00:00 GMTNewsThe new Ford Focus aims for the middle ground between the groundbreaking, sharp-steering first-generation Focus and the duller but smarter Mk2. In theory, if it can match the fun of the first with the quality of the second, it could...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-Focus-20-TDCI-Titanium-2011-CAR-review/Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:47:00 GMTReviewsFord has released details and pictures of the 2012 Focus Econetic, the eco-efficiency variant of the new Ford Focus range with a hybrid-beating 80mpg claimed. Ford Focus Econetic: 80mpg and 95g/km Ford makes some impressive promises about the efficiency of...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-Focus-Econetic-2012-first-official-pictures/Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMTNewsThe Ford Focus redefined that family hatch when it appeared in 1998. Now there’s a new one, the first significant change to the model in seven years. Can the new 2011 Ford Focus Mk3 move the goalposts again? Read CAR...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-Focus-2011-CAR-review/Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:01:00 GMTReviewsThis is the new Ford Focus Electric, just unveiled at CES 2011, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The Ford Focus Electric will become the first electric production car from Ford, and the first of five electric or electrified (hybrid) vehicles that...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-Focus-Electric-2011-Blue-Ovals-new-BEV/Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:00:00 GMTNewsThe new Ford Focus range will start at less than £16,000 when it hits UK showrooms in March 2011, the company has announced. The base Edge, with a 1.6-litre 102bhp petrol engine, is the cheapest Focus at £15,995, with the £25,095 2.0-litre...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/New-Ford-Focus-2011-less-than-16k/Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:46:00 GMTNewsAn anonymous CAR Online reader uploaded these intriguing shots of the new 2011 Ford Focus after a holiday in Italy. The UK-registered hatch was sporting a new take on automotive car disguise. Let's call it Splurge. Or maybe Freisian Cow. The...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Your-spyshots/Ford-Focus-2011-reader-spies-a-new-camo-job/Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:03:00 GMTSpy ShotsThe Ford hot hatch is back! The new Focus family will sire a – range-topping, for now – ST performance variant, to be unveiled at the 2010 Paris motor show. There's still a bit of a wait on, however; the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-Focus-ST-at-Paris-motor-show-2010-/Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:01:00 GMTNewsFord 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,...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Ford-Focus-2011-the-testing-continues/Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:40:00 GMTSpy ShotsThis is the new Ford Focus RS500, a special limited edition version of the Blue Oval’s mad Focus RS hot hatch with 15% more power. More power? Just what the RS needs. Tell me all about the Ford Focus RS500...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-Focus-RS500-2010-first-official-pictures/Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:20:00 GMTNewsThe Ford Focus RS is about to get faster. Next week the Blue Oval will unveil a limited edition Focus RS500 with close to 350bhp. Ahead of the reveal Ford has launched microsite with a video of the RS500 being...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-readying-350bhp-Focus-RS500/Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:15:00 GMTNewsFord has shown off the new estate version of the Focus family on the eve of the 2010 Geneva motor show. The new Focus wagon is one of 10 bodystyles planned off Ford's new global C-segment architecture.The new third-gen Focus...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-Focus-Estate-2010-first-pictures/Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:41:00 GMTNewsWelcome to what will undoubtedly prove to be a very familiar sight in the coming years: the new 2010 Ford Focus. Unveiled as a world car at the 2010 North American International Auto Show, the new Mk3 Ford Focus is...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-Focus-at-the-Detroit-motor-show-2010/Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:01:00 GMTNewsFord Focus information: everything you need to know if you own a Ford Focus, are thinking of buying one or just want to find out more about the Focus. Click on the links below for all of CAR Magazine’s news,...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/CAR-Manufacturers/Ford/Ford-Focus/Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:36:00 GMTManufacturersThe new Jay Leno show is underway in the US and while it promises to be chockfull of comedy and the usual features that made Leno famous in the previous Late Night show, it also features a 1100ft practice track...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Sarah-Jayne-Harrison-Blog/The-Green-car-challenge---Jay-Leno-show/Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:47:00 GMTBlogsNot one to miss out on a party, Ford gatecrashed the French brands’ electric carfest at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show. The new Focus BEV (battery electric vechicle) is a working prototype and not bound for production – yet, although...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-Focus-BEV-at-2009-Frankfurt-motor-show-/Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:00:00 GMTNewsAt last! After months of studio shoots and passenger ride teases, CAR has finally driven the all-new Focus RS Mk2 – Ford’s 301bhp, front-wheel drive mega hatch – on some of the best mountain roads southern France has to offer....http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-Focus-RS-2009-CAR-review/Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:01:00 GMTReviewsMarch CAR Magazine wallpapers 2009 Here’s our pick of the best images in CAR Magazine’s latest issue. For downloading instructions, see the foot of the page.           1024x768 1920x1200 1024x768 1920x1200 1024x768 1920x1200      ...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Video/Search-Results/CAR-wallpapers/March-CAR-Magazine-wallpapers-2009/Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:30:00 GMTVideo & wallpapersCAR has been lucky enough to bag the first passenger ride in the new 2009 Ford Focus RS with Jost Capito, the man responsible for Ford Europe’s fastest-ever production car. We experienced the car at high speeds in an ideal...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-Focus-RS-2009-first-ride/Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:01:00 GMTReviewsFord has announced prices for the Focus RS, and it’ll cost just £24,995 when sales start in March 2009. By comparison a Mitsubishi Evo X FQ300 is £26,914 and an Subaru Impreza STi starts at £26,039. Peak power has also –...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Ford-Focus-RS-prices-announced/Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:12:00 GMTNewsOn the eve of the Wales Rally GB this weekend, CAR publishes a series of video exclusives, as we gather five rallying legends to talk us through their favourite driving roads around the globe:  • The final footage on Friday...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Video/Search-Results/Video/Features/Rally-stars-drive-their-favourite-roads-on-video/Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:49:00 GMTVideo & wallpapersIf you’re bored of your Focus ST’s performance or just can’t wait until next year to get your hands of the 296bhp RS, the new Mountune performance pack for the ST could be exactly what you need. Who are these...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-Focus-ST-Mountune-2008-CAR-review/Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMTReviewsFord UK has confirmed its dealers have received more than 1000 orders for the new Focus RS, despite the rampant hot hatch having only been unveiled at the British motor show two months ago. By way of comparison, Ford UK only sold 2200 previous-generation...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Ford-Focus-RS-has-1000-UK-orders/Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:05:00 GMTNewsOctober Issue 2008 Here’s our pick of the best images in CAR Magazine’s latest issue. For downloading instructions, see the foot of the page.           1024x768 1920x1200 1024x768 1920x1200 1024x768 1920x1200       1024x768 1920x1200 1024x768...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Video/Search-Results/CAR-wallpapers/October-issue-2008-wallpapers/Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:53:00 GMTVideo & wallpapersSee Ford's new Focus RS in CAR's new video – where we drive the Mk1 RS and pore all over the new 2008 RS, with a little help from the man responsible for both models: Jost Captio. CAR's new video...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Video/Search-Results/Video/First-Look/VIDEO-Ford-Focus-RS---old-and-new/Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:35:00 GMTVideo & wallpapersFord's stand is one of the undisputed highlights at this year's London motor show, with something for visitors of all persuasions. Like hot hatches? They don't come much hotter than the new Focus RS, a 296bhp rocket that looks set...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Motor-show--events/London-Motor-Show/2008/Ford-Focus-RS-at-the-London-motor-show-2008/Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:27:00 GMTNewsThe wait is over. Ford today officially took the wraps off its new Focus RS – the hottest hatch on the planet, judging by the first official details. We'll see the new fast Ford at the 2008 London motor show,...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-Focus-RS-the-first-pictures/Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:01:00 GMTNewsAfter yesterday's leak of internal photos revealing the Ford Focus RS, the Blue Oval has taken the unusual step of releasing its own 'official' spy photos. This pair of pictures shows the new RS testing at the Nurburgring in Germany...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Ford-Focus-RS-the-official-scoop/Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:59:00 GMTSpy ShotsThese leaked, blinding lime-green photos of the new Ford Focus RS have surfaced on the internet today – nearly a month ahead of the planned unveiling of Ford's new hot hatch. However, CAR has learned that they are computer-generated images...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-Focus-RS-photo-leak---not-the-finished-car/Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:50:00 GMTNewsFinally a mainstream manufacturer is offering an alternative to VW’s DSG twin-clutch gearbox. No, it’s not Seat, or Skoda or Audi or any other member of the Volkswagen Group, but Ford. The Blue Oval’s new Powershift ’box is the first...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-Focus-20-TDCI-Powershift-CAR-review/Tue, 27 May 2008 12:13:00 GMTReviewsThe Ford Focus ST is back, and the good news is that alongside new looks inside and out, the excellent dynamics remain unchanged. Ford has spent the mid-life nip/tuck money freshening up the visuals and left the chassis and engine...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-Focus-ST-driven/Tue, 06 May 2008 17:00:00 GMTReviewsFord’s gone green with the Focus Econetic, so you can put that order for a Toyota Prius on hold. Stick a pair of sill extensions and narrow tyres on a Focus, lower it, and you get a drag factor of...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Drives/Ford-Focus-Econetic/Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:44:00 GMTGreen carsOne of the year’s most anticipated hot hatches – the Ford Focus RS – has been spied testing at the Nurburgring. Bodywork changes are fairly limited on this prototype but underneath lie the Quaife diff and turbocharged engine that Ford hopes...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Ford-Focus-RS-scooped/Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:41:00 GMTSpy ShotsHow do you make the facelifted Ford Focus musical? Employ jazz musician Bill Milbrodt to rip one to shreds. In the latest March 2008 issue of CAR Magazine Gavin Conway meets the Emmy television award-winner who pulled apart the latest...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Video/Search-Results/Video/Features/Ford-Focus-facelift-advert/Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:06:00 GMTVideo & wallpapersAm I the only one left stone cold by the utter irrelevance of a 300bhp Focus RS? I mean 300bhp – that’s just a ludicrous amount of power and torque to put through the front wheels of any car, no...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Whitworth/Ford-Focus-RS/Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:32:00 GMTBlogsThe on-again, off-again Ford Focus RS is now definitely on again. During a press event at the Race of Champions last night, Ford officially announced that a ‘no-compromise RS model’ would go on sale in 2009. And if you can’t...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ford-Focus-RS-confirmed/Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:46:00 GMTNews