Sales of four-door pickup trucks continue to soar in Australia, so Ford, one of the big movers in the scene has revealed further details of the high-performance Ranger Raptor that’s coming to Australia later in the year. Designed by the Ford Performance team the Raptor is aimed at the enthusiast More
Ford Mustang is all about performance – and for the 2018 edition Ford is offering even more of it. Tagging it quite simply as ‘The Fastest Mustang Ever.’ The 5.0-litre V8 engine has been thoroughly reworked and now develops 450 horsepower (339 kW). This power increase has been achieved with More
Like to spend a couple of hours at the wheel of a Ford Mustang on Australia Day? Ford Australia has introduced ‘The Ultimate Mustang Road Trip’ over the Australia Day long weekend, January 25 to 28. And not just on any roads, but on some of Australia’s most beautiful driving More
The Ford EcoSport is the smallest vehicle in the company SUV range. Clever marketing means it has been restyled to tie in with the shape of its larger brothers, the Escape and Everest, as well as the big Endura which is coming in 2018. Pretty well everything forward of the More
Many consider the Ford Territory was the best Ford ever designed and built in Australia, bar none. Sadly it disappeared when Ford Australia pulled up stumps. Ford Territory’s replacement has finally been announced and it’s called Ford Endura – which Ford tells us is short for endurance. Details are sketchy More
Ford EcoSport is a small SUV built on the underpinnings of the Fiesta, but with a taller body, significantly more ground clearance and fascinating styling. Unlike some in this ever-expanding class no EcoSports are offered with all-wheel drive. EcoSport features bold wheelarches, 4WD-type sill protection and a high window line. More
Ford Everest is a big, rugged 4WD / SUV that’s been around in other countries since 2003 but didn’t arrive in Australia until the release of the third generation model in late 2015. Although it’s fully imported from Thailand it is an important model for Ford Australia as the company More
The Ford Mustang is a contrary car: beloved of Baby Boomers yearning for a re-run of a misspent youth; or 14-year-old schoolboys fuelled by raging hormones wishing they could own one. Wrong. Having spent time with a new ‘Pony 34’, (it’s rego number) most interesting was the appeal of the More
It was a glitch in the roster that had the press-test Mondeo going AWOL. Ironically, it was an Escape that saved the day, filling the breach. And in most respects the new Ford medium-size SUV fitted the bill nicely, after all, it was the top-of-the-range Titanium model. If the name More
In an interesting twist Ford and Holden have decided to go in different directions with their post-Commodore and post-Falcon largest passenger cars. While Holden has chosen to re-badge its Insignia model as Commodore, Ford has opted to drop the Falcon name altogether and retain the Mondeo moniker. With Commodore still More
