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LAST YEAR, 2008, especially the third and fourth quarters following the pivotal failure of the Lehman Brothers Bank in the US, was a difficult time for the global car industry. Frozen financial markets, the European, Japanese and US economies in recession and collapsing consumer confidence everywhere, put a stake through the industry.
Nothing new in that [...]
WHEN WE PUT the Ford Fiesta Zetec two-door under the TMR microscope back in March, we found it an absolute delight to drive. “Approaching brilliant,” we said.
We also proffered the view that this car, the Fiesta, Ford’s steamrolling entry into the light car segment which is bolting out of showrooms in every market it’s [...]
THE UNDERBELLY TV SERIES has garnered critical acclaim in Australia for its first two instalments, and now one of its quiet performers (or not so quiet, depending on your perspective) is set to enter the spotlight in its own right.
Driven as a getaway car in an episode of Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities, [...]
EARLIER THIS YEAR Ford’s Ranger ute received a minor cosmetic update, but further changes are already in store for the medium-weight commercial load lugger.
These spy photos show a front treatment that’s almost unchanged (this mule appears to be wearing a front bumper purloined from the current Mazda BT-50 range), however it’s the subtler differences that [...]
IN A COUNTRY OBSESSED with V8 performance cars, you might think that a car like the F6, with its blown six, would have a hard time establishing its credentials.
Sure, FPV still sells a lot more V8s than they do sixes and HSV doesn’t even bother to go there. But being a volume seller in the [...]
The launch of digital radio is happening this month across Australia, and pundits are pondering what its future holds. Will it flourish, or will it be assigned to the digital reject bin, like Mini Discs and HD-DVD?
Digital radio is an impressive enough format - possessing cleaner and improved sound, extra channels, track title and artist [...]
As a part of the post-bushfire recovery efforts in rural Victoria, Ford Australia has handed over four Ranger 4×4 XL dual-cab utes to the Country Fire Authority, which will use them to replace CFA vehicles lost in the Black Saturday blazes.
The Cragieburn and Tallangatta brigades will each receive one of the Ford Rangers, while one [...]
Young drivers across the world will be reeling at news that Ford has developed new technology that will allow parents to exert greater control over the way their children drive, limiting the risk of an accident on the road.
Focusing on a new ‘smart key’ technology, the system will offer a range of security and safety [...]
While you might be able to find the funds, you need to be a serious enthusiast to justify the spend on an XY GTHO Phase 3… the scale model that is.
Icon Models has released its 1/8th replica of the Aussie hero car, with a price tag of $1295. And no, that figure isn’t missing a [...]
Ford has announced that the updated 2009 Ford Focus range will be on sale in Australia from May onwards, bringing with it a new face, subtle changes to sheetmetal and Ford’s all-new twin-clutch gearbox.
The Focus range will be made up of three core spec levels spread across two bodystyles. The oil-burning TDCi and already-released XR5 [...]
Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom will start on pole position for Race One of the Hamilton 400 in New Zealand this afternoon after setting a blistering lap in the top 10 shootout .
Winterbottom narrowly beat defending champion Jamie Whincup by one-thousandth of a second, securing an all-Ford front row for the opening race.
Fellow Ford driver [...]
ACART, a new $20 million Advanced Centre for Automotive Research and Testing, located at Ford’s proving ground was officially opened today by the Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change, the Hon Gavin Jennings, Ford Australia President and CEO Marin Burela, and Dean of the School of Engineering, Melbourne University Professor Iven Mareels.
What is ACART [...]
Ford Australia Boss, the disarmingly forthright Marin Burela, today in a media briefing gave the clearest indication yet that the future of the Falcon is bound into Ford’s global ‘One Ford’ model strategy.
Furthermore, he said that “by the end of 2010 or 2011, we’ll be making a decision on our next large car.”
While he would [...]
Just returned from the first drive of the Focus TDCi with Powershift twin-clutch transmission.
Set off from Ford in Campbellfield, quick run through Little River to the Ford Proving Grounds, and back. Not a long run, but enough to come away more than a little sure that Ford has found a near perfect marriage in cobbling [...]
Hmmm. Looks like ‘expert’ and self-promoter, Clive Matthew-Wilson has dropped a nest of vipers into his own Y-fronts with his media release speculating on the futures of Holden, Ford and Toyota in Australia.
Holden, he says, will be first to close. Soon… (at least I think that’s what he’s intimating).
Now Clive the hyphen, who may be [...]
The VFACTS figures for March 2009 are in and despite the overall Australian new car market having fallen by 19.2 percent compared to March sales 2008, sales of the two most popular locally-built large cars are doing okay.
Down, but definitely not out.
Compared to March 2008 sales figures, the Falcon and Commodore were down 14.3 percent and 11.1 percent [...]
There are now more reasons to give the local FG Falcon a serious eyeball if you’re in the market for a stylish and, in our opinion, superbly engineered larger car.
Ford Australia has announced improvements to the Falcon’s fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, and, joining its petrol-engined siblings, five-star ANCAP safety rating for the Falcon E-Gas [...]
After Ford put plans for the Fiesta ST/XR4 on hold indefinitely, rumours that the Fiesta RS (old model pictured) has also been put on ice come as no surprise.
If it ever does see the light of day, the RS would to be the hottest Fiesta on offer and sit above the ST/XR4 in every way [...]
Apparently Mark Webber has been missing the days of driving for the now defunct Jaguar F1 team with its Ford-sourced engines.
Thanks to the fact that Jaguar was owned by Ford at the time, Mark spent part of his time in Australia punting around in Ford Australia’s best performance offerings.
This week, before heading to Kuala Lumpur [...]
Ford Australia has issued a recall for Territory wagons built between February 1 2004 and December 31 2008 after a potentially serious brake hose issue was discovered.
Territory Turbo, Territory Ghia Turbo and FPV F6X models are not affected by the recall.
The problem centers around the front brake hoses, which may develop a fluid leak if [...]
As part of its plan to globalise as many of its models as possible (see our Ford Taurus article), Ford has announced that its North American operations will be responsible for the company’s next-generation mid-size sedan platform.
Ford is expected to use its European-developed platform – currently underpinning the Ford Mondeo – as a starting point, [...]
With electric vehicles capturing the hearts and minds of greenies and frugalists everywhere, Ford CEO Alan Mullaly has declared that the majority of Ford models within the next decade will be electric.
That’s not to say Ford doesn’t already have electric offerings on the road ahead – the company has outlined plans to get a battery-powered Transit [...]
UK website Autocar reports that the Ford Fiesta ST (sold locally as the Fiesta XR4) has been shelved indefinitely. This could very well mean that the little hot-hatch may never see the light of day.
It’s a shame for small car enthusiasts as our recent road test of the Ford Fiesta Zetec, which sits below the [...]
How good is the all-new Ford Fiesta? I will tell you… it’s very good, perhaps approaching brilliant.
From the second you nestle in behind the wheel and run your eyes over that crisp modern interior, you know you’re onto something special here. It looks good, and feels just right.
But fire the engine into life, slip the [...]
If the rumoured words of a Ford insider are anything to go by, we’re in the middle of the end of an era – and we haven’t even realised it yet. Sure, the economy’s been better, but we’ll pull through… right?
According to British web rag iMotor, a conversation with an unnamed Ford staffer revealed that [...]
Ford Australia’s all-new small car ’star’, the 2009 Ford Fiesta, shares pride of place on the Ford stand at the Melbourne Motor Show. Unveiled today and taking centre stage was the European-market Fiesta ECOnetic.
While identical aesthetically, the Fiesta ECOnetic gives Australian buyers their first look at one of Ford’s latest weapons in the fight to offer the most [...]
Ford has revealed its new-look SY Territory MkII, featuring key exterior design changes, fresh interior environments, a revised model line-up and a host of additional equipment now fitted as standard.
Two Territory models – a Territory Ghia AWD and a Territory TS RWD, are on display at the Motor Show to give customers a first look [...]
Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) revealed its all-new concept - the F6 E. The very production-ready concept sits alongside the GT E, and has HSV’s E-Series Senator squarely in its sights. The F6 E Concept takes the brutal performance of the F6 range and adds a creamy dollop of luxury and style.
Check out the images following… the [...]
When Ford announced its 3.5 litre twin-turbo EcoBoost V6 engine we were naturally pretty excited. The new donk is capable of 264kW and 474Nm of torque after all.
Unfortunately, the current generation 6F-50 six-speed automatic transmission just isn’t up to the task of handling all that torque. To remedy this, Ford has just released its new [...]
Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) has today announced an all-new concept - the F6 E. Lining up alongside the GT E, and with HSV’s E-Series Senator squarely in its sights, the F6 E Concept looks to combine brutal performance with a bucket load of luxury and style. It also appears to be production ready…
As the F6 [...]
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