Ford Focus News

2028 Ford Ranger to be based on US-bred F-150
By Byron Mathioudakis · 26 Jul 2020
Ford is progressing with the development of an all-new modular platform that will underpin the next all-new Ranger mid-sized pick-up, as well as its larger F-Series full-sized truck sibling sometime in the second half of this decade.Not to be confused wit
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Is the market shifting away from DCT?
By David Morley · 20 Jul 2020
Race-track technology often filters down to road cars, but it doesn't always work out perfectly.And it might just be that dual-clutch automatic transmission (DCT) tech is an example of where things get lost in translation.A development of the single-clutc
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Ford’s hot hatch now more expensive
By Tung Nguyen · 11 Jul 2020
Ford Australia's recently introduced fourth-generation Focus ST is now $200 pricier than before, bumping up to $44,690 before on-road costs for both the manual and automatic versions.Why the price increase?
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Ford culls Focus line-up
By Tung Nguyen · 05 Jun 2020
Ford Australia has culled its Focus small car line-up from six grades to just two, excluding the newly-introduced ST hot hatch pair.With the Ambiente, Trend, Titanium hatchbacks gone, as well as all wagons, the 2020 Ford Focus line-up now kicks off at $30
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How much have car prices crept up?
By Stephen Ottley · 22 May 2020
Cars have never been safer or as well-equipped s they are in 2020, but they are also getting more expensive.The entry-price point for many brands is on the increase, and in some cases, dramatically so.
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Ford Focus ST with all-wheel drive? Not today
By Matt Campbell · 19 May 2020
Think there's room for an AWD Ford Focus ST? Think again.
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Ford hot hatches - are they done and dusted?
By Matt Campbell · 19 May 2020
The Focus ST and Fiesta ST are very hot hatches. But is the sizzle set to fizzle?
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Are you sad to see the Focus RS go extinct?
By Stephen Ottley · 25 Apr 2020
In a blow to hot hatch fans around the world, news leaked this week that Ford has decided to axe the next-generation Focus RS.According to European reports, the fourth-generation of the red-hot Focus has been abandoned because of the cost of developing a
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There won’t be a new Ford Focus RS after all
By Justin Hilliard · 21 Apr 2020
Ford has officially abandoned plans for a fourth-generation Focus RS, with the hot hatch left on the drawing board due to external factors
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The new Ford Focus RS is still alive!
By Justin Hilliard · 17 Apr 2020
Much has been said about the yet-to-be-revealed fourth-generation Ford Focus RS hot hatch, with a new report claiming it has been cancelled, but is that really the case?
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