Showing posts with label Ford Focus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ford Focus. Show all posts

Friday, October 21, 2011

Ford to Invade SEMA Show with New Focus and Fiesta Tunes


We're a little less than two weeks away from this year's edition of the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, which means it's time for major carmakers to begin teasing their bespoke creations.

Ford promises to have a little something for everyone at the show, from "mild to wild" and "old to new" though the company will pay a whole lot of attention to its compact Fiesta and Focus models.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Tanner Foust Takes 350HP Ford Focus RS500 for a Spin Around the 'Ring [Video]


Professional race car driver and American Top Gear host Tanner Foust was invited to Germany by Ford of Europe to try out the limited production Focus RS500 hot hatch on the famous Nordschleife circuit.

The refresh your memory, the RS500 was a special edition version of the standard Focus RS equipped with a modified 2.5-liter turbocharged inline-five delivering 350-horses to the front wheels through a six-speed manual gearbox. Ford only made 500 examples of the car available to the public and 12 units for its own use.

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Woman Designs a Unique Necklace Piece out of…Ford Focus Parts


Chevrolet isn't the only company to have its centennial this year; so is Ford, or to be more precise, the Blue Oval is celebrating 100 years of Ford in Britain as the company itself was founded in 1903.

As part of the company’s Centenary Tour, which is a month-long event, Ford of Britain commissioned Cornish designer, Katherine Hawkins, to craft a unique piece of jewelry made out of select Ford Focus parts.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Project Kahn Turns its Focus on the RS


Aftermarket British tuner Project Kahn has released a mild upgrade package for the now obsolete Ford Focus RS. The company left the hot hatch's 305HP-strong 2.5-liter turbocharged inline-five intact, and concentrated on the styling aspect of the tune. Read more »