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SEMA 2009: The rest of the best at the Ford display

SEMA is an interesting show. We go in knowing full well that 60-75% of the cars we'll be walking past and/or covering are just trash. Sorry if this bombshell offends anyone, but your Chrysler 300C doesn't need 26-inch hoops, nor seventy gallons of sparkle orange paint. Or diamonds. But, as Doyle Brunson might say if he covered cars instead of being the Godfather of Texas Hold 'Em, that's SEMA. We mention this in the "other Fords" post because some of these custom FoMoCos look fantastic, or at least pretty good. But 60-75% of them, well, ... Read more →

Loder1899 heats up Ford's already cookin' Focus RS Jonny Lieberman

Here at the Autoblog, we get accused of many things. From somehow making a living off of the Ford Mustang to dating other male journalists to "FAIL!" we've heard it all. In fact, we hear the ...

Future Leno Show Green Car Challenge lineup leaked Frank Filipponio

Last week, actress Drew Barrymore kicked off the Jay Leno Show's Green Car Challenge segment with a bang. Literally. Canons shot streamers and ping pong balls at the Ford Focus EV while she zipped ...

VIDEO: Ford shows off new Focus EV for the Jay Leno Show Sam Abuelsamid

We've already showed you the first images of a new battery electric Focus that Ford has built for the guests of the new Jay Leno Show to drive in his Green Car Challenge. Now Ford has also posted a ...

Pretty in Pics: Leno's electric Ford Focus gets a face, specs Chris Shunk

The new Jay Leno Show has been given as much push as any new program in recent memory, with a constant barrage on TV, the radio and all over the interwebs. One part of the show that has really ...

Drew Barrymore first to race Ford Focus EV on Leno's new show 2 months ago on Autoblog

Apparently, electric cars are for girls. For his new prime-time TV show, Jay Leno is going to pit celebrities against one another in his new Green Car Challenge segment and the first one in the driver's seat will be Drew Barrymore. Barrymore will get behind the wheel of a prototype Ford Focus EV ...

All new 2011 Ford Focus to debut at Detroit Auto Show 2 months ago on Autoblog

The wait for an all-new Ford Focus in North America will soon be over as Ford has announced that it will debut the car at the Detroit Auto Show in January. The Detroit festivities will mark the global debut of the new global Focus that will be sold here, Europe and the rest of the world. ...

Ford will sell 10 models on new C-segment platform 2 months ago on Autoblog

This week's Frankfurt Motor Show marks the beginning of a new generation of Ford's new C-segment platform with the debut of the new C-Max and Grand C-Max MAVs. According to Ford, over the course of the next few years this new global compact platform will spawn as many as 10 different vehicle ...

Officially Official: Jay Leno to put stars in (un)reasonably priced car 2 months ago on Autoblog

Ford has confirmed rumors that the new Jay Leno show will use the an electric Ford Focus for its Green Car Challenge. From what we hear, the challenge is similar to Top Gear's "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" segment, where celebs take to the track and battle for top times. While guests on the ...

VIDEO: Ford Focus RS falls short of record with 8:26 Nürburgring lap time 3 months ago on Autoblog

Point to point, the Ford Focus RS is touted as the fastest vehicle the company has ever made. It reportedly lapped Ford's Lommel test track in Belgium, where we had the chance to sample the second-fiddle Focus ST, faster than the Ford GT supercar. But it's still wasn't fast enough to set a ...

Next Ford Focus to be built exclusively in Europe? 4 months ago on Autoblog

Since it first came to the market in 2000, Ford's Focus has been consistently lauded for its crisp "European handling," and thanks to a Ford of Europe press release yesterday, that bromide sounded like it was about to become truer than ever. The release in question announced that the next ...

Rendered Speculation: Ford Capri to return next year? 5 months ago on Autoblog

The Ford Capri is to Europe what the Ford Mustang is to the United States... with at least one major exception. Unlike the quintessentially American pony car, which has been in nearly continuous production since its inception way back in 1964, the Capri nameplate has been conspicuously absent from ...

REPORT: Ford passes on bringing current Focus RS to America 5 months ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Ford just wrote us to clarify that while the all-new Focus RS just introduced in Europe won't be for sale in the U.S., "Ford intends to bring some new RS' to the US (as we've already seen in the spy photos of the white car) to use as marketing assets for feedback from enthusiasts" and media. ...

VIDEO: World's Fastest Jet Pack vs. Ford Focus RS 6 months ago on Autoblog

We're all for alternative forms of transportation here at Autoblog, and we're not just talking about hydrogen fuel cells and lithium ion batteries, either. We're talking jet packs! Eric Scott is a 46-year-old Go Fast! Jet Pack pilot from Denver who became the first jet-propelled man to cross ...

Ford Fiesta winning hearts and minds - and wallets - in Europe 7 months ago on Autoblog

The Ford Fiesta has already won us over -– twice – and we can't even buy the car yet. But European buyers are nabbing so many Fiestas that the Blue Oval is now enjoying a 10% market share in Europe based on the strength of the compact's sales alongside the Focus and Transit. It's ...

Rumormill Entry No. 3,256 - North America could get next-gen Ford Focus RS 7 months ago on Autoblog

Could the North American market finally get the Ford Focus RS? According to the latest reports, it could happen. But not until after the next-generation model debuts in a couple of years. Like the new Fiesta, the next Focus is being developed as a global product, with the North American market in ...

Rendered Speculation: Yet another next-gen Ford Focus photoshop 7 months ago on Autoblog

Ford's design language can be largely distilled to three words: "let it ride." 2005's Iosis Concept created the template for kinetic design, and ever since then Ford has cashed in a number of winning bets on that language. Next up is the 2010 Ford Focus, based on the Iosis Max concept, and all of ...

Spy Shots: Next Ford Focus mules caught testing 8 months ago on Autoblog

The next Ford Focus is being prepared in sedan and wagon formats, and the first mules have been caught. Judging from what we see here and what we've already heard, the coming Focus will take its design cues from the Iosis-Max concept shown at Geneva last month. One thing we didn't see on the ...

Rendered Speculation: Ford's next Euro Focus to spawn Scirocco-fighting coupe 9 months ago on Autoblog

Having driven the current European Focus in sporty ST trim and with the even hotter RS version rolling off the assembly line, we can tell you that our friends across the Atlantic have one fine-handling hatchback on their hands. And for the next generation, Ford is planning to give the Focus the ...

True Blue: First Focus RS rolls off Ford assembly line in Germany 10 months ago on Autoblog

Ford reconnected this week in earnest with the 38 year history of its RS badge when the first production Focus RS rolled off the assembly line in Germany. The 300 horsepower front-drive hot hatch is being built at Ford's Saarlouis plant, alongside the rest of the European-spec Focus line-up, ...

Review: 2009 Ford Focus SES Coupe 10 months ago on Autoblog

It's been just over a year since we reviewed our last Focus, a 2008 SES Coupe, and we were willing to bet the farm back then that its new design wouldn't go over well with buyers. But $4/gallon gas and the unexpected popularity of Ford's SYNC system have contributed to Focus sales rising 15.7% ...

Ford Focus RS starting abroad at 24,995 11 months ago on Autoblog

The 2009 Focus Rallye Sport has a price: £24,995 when it goes on sale in the UK in March. That will put you about £4,000 over a Focus ST3, but for that extra money you get a car that could be much closer to Ford's WRC competitor than it is to its ST3 sibling. The 300 horses and 325 ...

Mulally: Ford considering Ka for U.S. market 1 year ago on Autoblog

Ford has said in the past that it wasn't looking to bring its lovable little Ka subcompact to the United States, but increased demand for fuel efficient transportation has the Dearborn-based automaker rethinking its plans. The Ka is very popular in Europe, where fuel-sipping cars have long been ...

Ford posts $8.7B Q2 loss, will convert three truck factories to car production 1 year ago on Autoblog

Ford posted an $8.7 billion loss for the second quarter of 2008 that it claims is due to sagging sales in North America and one time charges associated with plant closings. The Blue Oval's brutal second quarter included revenues that were down $5.6B to $38.6B and losses from continuing operations ...

Rendered Speculation: 2011 Ford Focus 1 year ago on Autoblog

When we see things like this, we feel like Bruce Banner... having to contain our anger... at not getting... the Euro Focus. But hopefully tomorrow our fortunes will change, and if they do, here' s a look at the Focus we could get in 2011. We were happy enough about the second-gen Focus, and this is ...

Let the leakage begin: Ford Focus RS concept 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click either image for a high-res gallery of the Ford Focus RS. We've been teased twice and now we finally get our first unmasked glimpse of the Ford Focus RS concept, due to debut at the London Motor Show next month. Images of the gaudy green hatch have begun to surface on a few sites across the ...

Ford confirms U.S. production of Euro Focus in 2010, delays new F-150 launch 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a gallery of the Euro-market Ford Focus Finally. The European Ford Focus will go into production in the United States in 2010 along with the Fiesta. This has been officially confirmed by Ford, which will offer the Euro Focus here in both four- and five-door body styles. That's not ...

2009 Focus RS info emerges after internet leaks 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Ford Focus RS In the magical lands where the Focus looks cool, otherwise known as Europe, new images of the hotrod 2009 Focus RS have had enthusiasts atwitter the last few days. While the images are clearly 'chops - the wheels and backgrounds look like ...

C-Max and Kuga may follow Euro Focus to the U.S. 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Ford Kuga Nary a month week day goes by that we're not told of the imminent importation of Ford's grass-is-greener Euro models. The Fiesta has been approved for U.S. consumption in 2010, and even though we've heard the Focus shtick before, it would appear ...

Tweaked 2009 Ford Focus Coupe debuts 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of 2009 Ford Focus Coupe We do not consider ourselves experts on the buying habits of small car shoppers anymore, not after watching the redesigned 2008 Ford Focus streak to extremely strong sales despite sporting what we considered to be deal breaker bad looks. You ...

Latest Ford Focus ST arrives in the UK 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the new Ford Focus ST Today's reminder of how much more awesome the Euro-market Ford Focus is than our own comes from Ford UK, where the latest, greatest Focus ST goes on sale starting Thursday. As you're probably well aware, in ST trim the newly-restyled Euro ...

It has a nice personality: Ford boosts Focus production by 30% to meet demand 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2008 Ford Focus SES Coupe We'll admit it. We didn't think sales of the 2008 Ford Focus would take off like they have, even after we had a 2008 Focus SES Coupe in the Autoblog Garage and for the most part liked it. The redesign for 2008 just left a bad taste ...

Next Ford Focus will be a "global project", C1 platform coming Stateside 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a gallery of the 2008 Ford Focus ST. During the SAE World Congress in Detroit, Ford's product chief, Derrick Kuzak, told attendees that the next generation Focus will benefit from the joint efforts of FoMoCo's engineers here in the U.S. and abroad. The redesigned Focus is set to ...

Top Gear renders the Focus RS 1 year ago on Autoblog

The arrival of the production version of the Focus RS won't be happening until 2009, but during the London Motor Show in July, we'll get our first glimpse of Ford's newest road rocket. Top Gear conjured up some unofficial renderings of what the new RS would look like based on the teaser image that ...

'Chop or not? Ford Focus RS revealed in Autobild 1 year ago on Autoblog

We've already seen the teaser put out by Ford of its new Focus RS, but the crew at Autobild – a bastion of journalist integrity in Germany – has reportedly dropped the first ever shots of Ford's hottest of hot hatches. Rolling on 18-inch OZ wheels and sporting many of the front-end ...

Rumormill: Volvo rethinking, shifting focus to wagons 1 year ago on Autoblog

Volvo has been trying its darnedest to reinvent itself, but the Swedish automaker is finding it can't escape its own image. Rather than trying to fight it, then, emerging reports suggest that the company will go with the flow while refocusing its model line-up to include more wagons, which already ...

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