Category: Ford

Ford Australia has provided us with detailed information on the German-made Focus that’s due here at a date yet to be announced, but probably late this year. New Ford Focus will be the first vehicle built on company’s C2 global platform, making for greater body strength with less weight. Styling gives it a low and sleek look, with a huge front grille and a slick tail obviously aimed at low aero drag. It certainly moves away from the somewhat bland shape of previous Focuses. Body types are sedan, five-door hatchback… Read more

After some fear it may not make it Downunder, Ford Australia has confirmed the Mustang Bullitt special edition is on its way. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the iconic Steve McQueen film of that name, the Bullitt will be sold in strictly limited numbers through Ford dealers in Australia. There’s every chance you’ve already seen the movie, but just in case. It features what is arguably the most legendary car chase in cinematic history. The 10-minute sequence in the Warner Bros. film follows Steve McQueen at the wheel of a… Read more

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 off-roader. It has increased ride height, wider track and steeper approach and departure angles aimed at extreme off-road capability. An all-new Watt’s linkage rear suspension with coil-over rear springs helps ensure rear axle lateral stability. Fox Racing Shox shock absorbers… Read 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 the first application of Ford’s dual-fuel, high-pressure direct-injection and low-pressure port fuel injection. The result is solid low-end torque, high-rpm power, and improved fuel efficiency. Peak torque is now 556 Nm. For obvious reasons the V8 has been the big… Read 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 roads, including the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, the Northern Beaches in Sydney and Coolangatta in Queensland. Pop-up locations for these spectacular two-hour test drives are: New South Wales: St Ives Showground, 450 Mona Vale Rd, St. Ives, NSW, 2075. Victoria:… Read 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 windscreen looks different, with a sculpted bonnet featuring a central ‘power’ bulge a large trapezoidal grille and interesting angular headlights and foglight surrounds. EcoSport’s rear bumper and taillight designs have also received the sculpted look. Three colours have been added… Read 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 at this stage, as is the date it will arrive, other than that it will be sometime late in 2018. The fact that Holden is about to introduce its new Equinox SUV probably tells us why an Endura press release… Read more