Coming soon: Gymkhana 3
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 Posted in Ford, News | 1 Comment »It's been over a year now since we first saw Ken Block light up the screens with his Gymkhana 2 video. Ken has now switched from Subaru to Ford power for his next feature. In fact, his new Fiesta has ...
Ford Focus RS500 already a museum piece
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 Posted in Ford | 1 Comment »The ferocious Ford Focus RS500 was only launched a short time ago. But already one example is readying itself for being mothballed as part of the Ford heritage collection in Dagenham, Essex. It turns out there were actually 512 examples of ...
Ford Focus RS photo gallery
Sunday, August 8th, 2010 Posted in Ford | 4 Comments »Last week we learned Ford Australia will be importing 315 Focus RS models into Australia. They're asking $60K plus on roads etc and Ford expect the RS to be here by October, or thereabouts. Word on the street is around ...
Ford Focus RS confirmed for Australia - $59,990
Monday, August 2nd, 2010 Posted in Ford | 16 Comments »Ford Australia have just confirmed they will be bringing the Focus RS down under. If you want to play with Ford’s extreme hatch you will need to pony up $59,990 plus on road fees and charges. It will be available ...
Dark art
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Ford | 9 Comments »Local fans of the Blue Oval's finest hot hatch will have to endure more misery with the announcement of this cooking Focus RS500 model. Ford Australia, in their wisdom, have decided that we cannot buy Ford Focus RS. Sure ...
A closer look at the 2011 Ford Focus
Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in Ford | 1 Comment »It's now a couple of weeks since Ford presented the 2011 Focus at the Detroit Auto Show. With the dust settled, let's take a closer look at the funky sheet metal carving a new direction for Ford. They call it ...
Mark Webber’s hot hatch test
Sunday, January 17th, 2010 Posted in Ford, Formula 1, Renault, Volkswagen | 1 Comment »Mark Webber has spent some time on the off-season trying his hand as a motoring hack. At least, that's how it's been presented in UK daily newspaper the Telegraph. Given the icy conditions it was little more than a bit ...
Detroit: 2011 Ford Focus
Monday, January 11th, 2010 Posted in Ford, Motor Shows | 3 Comments »Ford have just released new images of their 2011 Focus at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Production will commence later this year, with European and North American sales to commence simultaneously in early 2011. The new Focus has ...
Would you like fries with that?
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 Posted in Ford | 8 Comments »According to some the Ford Focus RS already has too much power for its front wheels to handle. But German tuner Mcchip-dkr clearly doesn't think that way. If you hand them your RS, along with €4500, they will return it ...
Autocar: Scirocco R v Focus RS
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Ford, Volkswagen | 3 Comments »This video from Autocar, featuring the Volkswagen Scirocco R and the Ford Focus RS is a bit of a tease really. You see, neither car is currently available in Australia. Worse, it doesn't look like that situation is going to ...
Block and Atkinson to form Monster WRC duo
Friday, October 16th, 2009 Posted in Ford, Motorsports | 6 Comments »Reports are emerging that gymkhana phenomenon Ken Block and Australian rally driver Chris Atkinson are set to join a new Ford WRC team backed by Monster Energy drinks. This could explain why the two guys were recently filmed behind the ...
How much fun is this thing!
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 Posted in Ford, Motorsports, Random videos | 3 Comments »Want to see what Ken Block and Chris Atkinson can do with a seriously tricked out Ford Escort rally car? Thought so. The old Ford might look old skool on the outside, but it's a little bit fancy on the inside. ...
Peak Performance - It’s no Climb Dance, but it’s still pretty good
Monday, August 3rd, 2009 Posted in Ford, Motorsports | 9 Comments »Back in 1990 Jean Louis Mourey gave the motoring and cinema world Climb Dance. A five minute epic, if there can be such a thing, capturing Ari Vatanen's mad scramble up the famous Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Fast forward 19 years ...
You can take the boy out of Queanbeyan…
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Ford, Formula 1, News | No Comments »...but you can't take the Queanbeyan out of the boy. No doubt, recent access to a high powered Aussie muscle car brought back plenty of Monaro Street memories from Mark Webber's youth. Imagine if he had the keys to FPV ...
DR TV - Hot hatch test
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in Ford, Holden, Honda, MINI, Random videos, Renault, Subaru | 1 Comment »Six of the best hot hatches. An empty aerodrome all to yourself. How could you say no? Chris Harris from Drivers Republic certainly couldn't, and he took the opportunity to see what's what in the world of hot hatchery. The ...
