Browse over 9,000 car reviews

    guides

    adventureguide

    evguide

    familyguide

    tradieguide

    urbanguide

    0 Logout

    Browse over 9,000 car reviews

    Ford Focus News

    Building the 'most efficient platform of any EV on the planet': Ford's game-changing electric car strategy will replace Puma and may revive Focus and Fiesta nameplates by 2027 to challenge Chinese upstarts: report
    By John Law · 30 Jul 2024
    Ford will move away from big electric cars in the hopes to drive profits with smaller, more affordable vehicles for the masses.
    Read the article
    Holden Commodore, Mitsubishi Lancer, Honda CR-X and other cars that deserve a new beginning | Opinion
    By Stephen Ottley · 29 Mar 2024
    Easter is a time of rebirth and new beginnings, and naturally that turns our mind to cars (what can I say, we have a one-track mind).
    Read the article
    The NEW Toyota FJ Cruisers and eight more zombie cars, SUVs and 4WDs registered in Australia during 2023
    By Byron Mathioudakis · 21 Jan 2024
    Here is a list of several discontinued models that have actually been registered as new vehicles in Australia during 2023. Some were pulled from the market just the year prior, while others were deleted long before that. Spooky!
    Read the article
    Get them quick! Suzuki Baleno, Mitsubishi Pajero, Ford Fiesta ST and other discontinued models are expected to sell out forever soon!
    By Tim Nicholson · 26 Jun 2023
    Saying a final goodbye is always hard. Especially when it involves a much-loved name. We are talking about cars, of course. It’s always disappointing to hear about another famed hot hatch going the way of the dodo, or a cheap and cheerful hatch being discontinued for safety reasons.
    Read the article
    Ford Australia then and now: 10 years on from the day Ford announced the end of Australian manufacturing and changed our car industry forever
    By Byron Mathioudakis · 28 May 2023
    Has it really been 10 years since Ford announced that it would cease making vehicles in Australia? The actual date, Thursday, May 23, 2013, happened to coincide with the national press launch of Holden's all-important VF Commodore – Australia's last-ditch effort to reverse freefalling large-car sales as well as revive exports with the US-bound Chevrolet SS version.
    Read the article
    Fast Fords and Volkswagens for Australia! British tuner Mountune officially comes Down Under with facility in Tasmania
    By Chris Thompson · 24 Apr 2023
    A British tuning company Mountune, best known to Australians for a recent partnership with Ford for the Focus and Fiesta, is officially making Australia its newest base of operations.
    Read the article
    Ford NZ beats Australia! The cool hybrid SUVs, sports 4WD and hot hatch weapon Aussies are denied
    By Byron Mathioudakis · 01 Apr 2023
    Australians used to have one of the broadest selection of Fords in the world. Over the past decade, however, we've lost beloved local models like Falcon and Territory, the respected Fiesta, Focus and Mondeo engineered in Germany, as well as the EcoSport and Endura; most spiced up a range that was widely regarded as a cut above.
    Read the article
    Have you driven a Ford EV, lately? The hybrid and electric cars, SUVs and utes with legendary names that Australians deserve to drive - should the Ford Explorer, Maverick and more make it Down Under?
    By Byron Mathioudakis · 25 Mar 2023
    Since the beginning of this decade, models like the Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle (EV), reborn Explorer and Bronco SUVs and the trailblazing Maverick ute have really connected with consumers.
    Read the article
    Avoid these second-hand cars! Holden Cruze and Captiva, Nissan Pulsar and more are on our lemons list
    By Laura Berry · 12 Mar 2023
    You’re looking for a second-hand car. It could be your first car or just the next car, the thing is money is tight and you don’t want to pick a lemon - a dud. You could end up wasting your hard-earned, having to pay more in repairs and then have trouble selling it on.
    Read the article
    Rust in pieces: From Ford to Toyota and Mitsubishi - here are all of the models we farewelled in 2022
    By Andrew Chesterton · 27 Dec 2022
    It has been among the weirder new-car years on record in Australia, with most models hard to come by — with lengthy ordering queues and shipping delays — and their prices seemingly only heading in one direction. And it all looks like it will continue into the new year, too.
    Read the article