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Video: Ken Block’s ADAC Rally prep is no match for mechanical failure
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports , Videos , Hatchback , Ford , Celebrities , Racing Ken Block preps for the ADAC Rally – Click above to watch video after the jump They don’t call it the World Rally Championship for nothing. The globe’s best and brightest descend on the pinnacle of the rally sport to duke it out all over the planet, and while Ken Block hasn’t fared as well as predicted this season, he’s at least made it to the point where he can step into the ring. Right before Block took to the ADAC Rally in a new Focus bruiser, he sat down to answer a few questions from the likes of the crew at 0-60 Magazine .
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Video: Ken Block’s ADAC Rally prep is no match for mechanical failure
Report: The Ford Focus ST is dead, long live the Focus ST
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Performance , Europe , Paris Motor Show , Hatchback , Ford Ford Focus ST – Click above for high-res image gallery The Euro 5 emissions standards have struck again, contributing to the (timely) death of the current generation Ford Focus ST. The ST is yet another high-powered Euro-only offering to meet its end at the hands of the upgraded emissions regs, joining the ranks of the recently axed Honda Civic Type-R , Mazda RX-8 , V6-powered Alfa Brera and the 5.0-liter V10 turbodiesel fitted to the Volkswagen Touareg and a handful of other VAG products. While the turbocharged 2.5-liter five-cylinder found in the Ford is being retired for duty, fear not. An all-new ST is rumored to debut at the Paris Motor Show this October, likely packing a turbo’d 2.0-liter four mated to a dual-clutch gearbox and sending 200 horsepower to the front wheels
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Report: The Ford Focus ST is dead, long live the Focus ST
Rumormill: Ford Falcon to get blown 5.0-liter Coyote
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Performance , Ford , Rumormill Ford FG Falcon XR Series – Click above for high-res image gallery Back before Ford announced it was producing a new aluminum block version of its supercharged 5.4-liter V8 for the 2011 GT500 , speculation ran rampant that the new 5.0-liter Coyote V8 would get the force-feeding treatment. At the time, Ford declined to comment, but even with the introduction of the lighter 5.4-liter, the speculation never died away. It now appears that a supercharged 5.0-liter will first appear in Australia in 2011 powering the new Falcon XR8 and possibly a GT-HO.
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Rumormill: Ford Falcon to get blown 5.0-liter Coyote
Retooled Ford Wayne assembly plant to be company’s most flexible
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Plants/Manufacturing , Ford Workers building pre-production 2012 Ford Focus – Click above for high-res image gallery Ford is crowing that its freshly retooled Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, MI is now the most flexible final assembly factory in its global network. The Wayne plant used to assemble the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator full-size SUVs but is now building pre-production examples of the 2012 Focus . One of the features touted by Ford for its new global C-segment platform is that it is driving down development cost by building 10 different bodystyles on the architecture using many of the same mechanical components. At launch, the Wayne plant will build both four-door sedan and five-door hatchback variants, but those are expected to be joined by a new Lincoln compact and possibly variants like the Grand C-Max
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Rumormill: Next Focus RS to get all-wheel drive with electric motors
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Hybrid , Performance , Hatchback , Ford , Rumormill Despite driving only the front wheels, reviewers have heaped praise on the current Ford Focus RS’s handling and its ability to put 300 horsepower to the road thanks to some nifty suspension and driveline tricks. However, when the next-generation RS rolls into town (assuming that it becomes a reality) it may well have all-wheel-drive courtesy of an electric motor driving the rear axle. According to Autocar , the proposed car would use a higher output version of the Blue Oval’s 2.0-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder driving the front wheels and an electric motor at the rear.
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Report: New Ford Focus ST headed for Paris
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Performance , Paris Motor Show , Hatchback , Ford 2012 Ford Focus – Click above for high-res image gallery As the launch of the 2012 Focus draws closer, Ford plans to roll out several variants of its C-segment people mover. And at this year’s Paris Motor Show , the Blue Oval will reportedly kick off the party with the debut of a new Focus ST which could finally make its way to America next year. The Focus ST is expected to be propelled by an uprated version of the 2.0-liter Ecoboost inline-four – the same mill fitted to the Euro-market Mondeo – but with output boosted well over the current 200 horsepower. In ST trim the engine should produce about 250 hp and close to 260 pound-feet of torque, with all that twist coming in low in the rev range to balance high-revving fun with enhanced around-town driveability.
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Report: New Ford Focus ST headed for Paris