FORD AUSTRALIA today announced the launch of the updated MB series Mondeo, which brings with it the wagon bodystyle and the all-new Mondeo Titanium premium model.

New technologies such as Adaptive Cruise Control and Dynamic Headlights figure among the new features added to the Mondeo range, along with improved equipment levels across all models.

The new [...]

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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 [...]

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The British motoring press wait on new model releases like saltwater crocodiles. They are every bit as reasonable and forgiving. They are like that, paradoxically, because Poms love their cars in a wholly unique way. And love – passion – can hurt; it can exalt and disappoint in equal measure.

All those defining British marques - [...]

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Ford’s updated LV Focus XR5 Turbo goes on sale this month spearheading the arrival of the rest of the updated LV Focus range. The LV model update includes a fresh new face and even more specification and premium quality features.

The iconic German-built flagship of the Focus family is the first model in the small [...]

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Ford are updated their Focus ST and injected a little Mondeo into the look, which is not an altogether bad thing. Expected in showrooms around March of 2008 (as a 2009 model) the revised look Focus will be available in both three and five-door bodystyles.

The ST Focus features a “sporty” front grille and a front [...]

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Ford Australia have released pricing and specification details for its new European sourced Mondeo. Already a Carupdate favourite the Mondeo is attractively styled and arrives in Australia having received rave reviews in Europe.

“Mondeo will introduce new levels of style, refinement and safety to the medium size segment and set a new benchmark for how a [...]

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Quiet rightly feared by its competition at the moment, Audi is currently working on two sports orientated variants of its successful small coupe the TT.

Carupdate has learnt that the turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder currently seen making 188kW (252hp) in the current S3 will be used for the TT-S model, while a new turbocharged 2.3-litre five-cylinder [...]

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Given Fords recent woes it is timely to report a little more good news for the brand. Having just posted a second quarter profit it should also be noted that the Ford Mondeo has been voted the numero uno car in the UK by Auto Express.

Personally we feel the Mondeo is a well designed and [...]

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Ford have officially announced overnight that the Kuga compact SUV will join their model range in 2008. We can expect to see the new Kuga in the metal at this years Frankfurt Motor Show in September but until then the single image that you see below is all we get.

The new Kuga is believed to [...]

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The on again off again Ford Focus RS is well…on again. The folks at Car Magazine have managed to snap a Focus RS test mule as it finished a few hot laps of the Nurburgring earlier this week. If it really is on again then Car Magazine are of the opinion that Ford will unveil [...]

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The Honda Civic Type R will soon land in Australia and it will be on the look-out for a few quick hot hatch scalps to re-establish the Type R moniker in this country. Unfortunately for the Honda, scalping the competition will not be as easy is it may have been a decade ago.

Be careful not [...]

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It has been a while since we have seen a knife edge borderline insane VTEC powered Honda in Australia. The last ‘real’ type R in this country was the Integra Type R from the late 90’s and the thought of its raw, visceral appeal is still enough to prompt a little trouser action in many [...]

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