Posted in Budget-friendly, Compact cars, Ford, Ford Focus, Fuel Economy, Fuel Prices, Future Cars, GMC, Hyundai, Vehicle Sales on May 6th, 2011
With gas prices cresting $4 per gallon, small cars with gas mileage ratings over 35-mpg sold well in April. Small cars like the 2011 Chevy Cruze, 2011 Hyundai Elantra and 2011 Ford Focus, which all get very high gas mileage, lead the way in a month where sales rose 18 percent compared to last April. […]
Posted in 0% Financing, car buying incentives, cash-back incentives, Ford, Ford Focus, Incentives on Mar 2nd, 2011
During March, the 2011 Ford Mustang (shown here) is available with a 0% financing incentive for 60 months or a $1,500 cash back rebate. The 2011 Mustang V6 can be leased for $279 a month on a 24-month lease with a $2,594 down payment. The 2011 Ford Fiesta is available during March with a $500 […]
Posted in Ford Focus on Mar 2nd, 2010
Ford has announced that it will combine the American and European high-performance divisions it currently has into one. Rather than working simultaneously on different high-performance versions of Ford cars, the talents of both divisions can be combined to bring better cars onto the market faster. This seems like a real no-brainer, until you realize that […]
Posted in Car of The Year, Car Reviews, car shopping, Ford, Ford Focus, Hybrids on Feb 28th, 2010
Each year, Consumer Reports recommends Top Picks for a variety of car and truck segments. Vehicles on the Top Picks list combine high scores from Consumer Reports’ tests with above average reliability, as reported by Consumer Reports readers. Consumer Reports also compiles a list each year of American made Top Picks for consumers who are […]
Posted in Automotive, Ford Focus on Aug 22nd, 2008
It’s called the Racecraft Focus RS2, but I’d be hard pressed to find anything racy about it. Steve Saleen is a man who made his mark on the world by modifying Ford Mustangs. Now he is focusing (no pun intended) on the company’s budget-oriented Racecraft brand. The first offering is the RS2 Focus. A tarted […]
Posted in Automotive, Cars For Commuting, Ford Focus on May 5th, 2008
Ford Motor Co. is on a good streak. First of all, they’ve posted numbers that have the company hitting sales records as of late. Now news is out that Ford’s smallest offering, the Focus, has increased it’s sales numbers 88% compared to the same time last year! That’s gotta be reason to celebrate in my […]
Posted in Automotive, Ford Focus on Nov 13th, 2007
The new 2008 Ford Focus has added something pretty exciting, the new Sync infotainment system. “A joint effort between Ford and Microsoft, Sync is essentially a small PC running on a version of Windows Auto (click here for our video comparison test of Detroit’s new in-car tech). It has a zippy, 400-MHz processor with 256 […]
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