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Ford Focus to Be Produced Only in Germany
Ford Focus to Be Produced Only in Germany

1 Jul 2009, 12:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / American manufacturer Ford today announced that its Saarlouis Plant in Germany will be the only facility to build the European version of the all-new Ford Focus which will go on sale in 2010. Additi...

 
Electric Ford Focus Up for Test Drives in the UK Starting 2010
Electric Ford Focus Up for Test Drives in the UK Starting 2010

23 Jun 2009, 07:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford is getting closer to electrification and the recent announcement that a fleet of electric Focuses will be rolled out for a trial in the UK comes to support this statement. According to a report...

 
Ford Focus RS in the United States? Impossible
Ford Focus RS in the United States? Impossible

27 May 2009, 09:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Despite rumors hinting that the United States might get the Ford Focus RS after all, Jost Capito, in charge of Ford's performance road cars in Europe, revealed that the American company doesn&#...

 
Confirmed: 2011 Ford Focus Electric to Be Built in Michigan
Confirmed: 2011 Ford Focus Electric to Be Built in Michigan

7 May 2009, 08:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford today announced that it is investing up to $550 million to build small cars and electric vehicles at the plant it owns in Michigan, with first models expected to arrive in 2011. But more import...

 
Ford Invests $550 Million in Small-Car Production Facility
Ford Invests $550 Million in Small-Car Production Facility

7 May 2009, 07:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford, one the members of the Detroit 3 group, is making another step towards refreshing the product lineup by investing $550 million in the Michigan Assembly Plant. Basically, what Ford is aiming to...

 
CGI: 2011 Ford Focus
CGI: 2011 Ford Focus

21 Apr 2009, 09:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / What we have here are the first illustrations showing the upcoming 2011 Ford Focus, in case there will be one taking into account all the recent speculation surrounding Ford and Focus in particular....

 
Ford Focus RS Making Its Way to the US
Ford Focus RS Making Its Way to the US

6 Apr 2009, 14:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although we all know that launching high-performance hatchback models in the United States is an absolutely waste of money and time, but it may seem like the economic downturn changed a bit the way ...

 
Ford to Cut Mondeo and Focus Production in Russia
Ford to Cut Mondeo and Focus Production in Russia

3 Apr 2009, 14:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The overall declining sales is again pushing American automaker Ford beyond its limits, this time in Russia, a country in which the company builds the popular Focus and Mondeo. According to Auto...

 
Ford Announces ECOnetic Goodies for Geneva
Ford Announces ECOnetic Goodies for Geneva

19 Feb 2009, 15:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The American company aims to emphasize its green plans at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show in March. Ford will showcase a new range of ECOnetic models, including Fiesta, Focus and Mondeo, all of them part...

 
Ford Has the Highest European Market Share Since 2004
Ford Has the Highest European Market Share Since 2004

11 Feb 2009, 17:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / January 2009 brought a small victory in Ford's war against the economic crisis. Last month's figures indicate a 0.5 percent increase across Europe's 19 markets, bringing the total to ...

 
Ford Fiesta Was UK's Top Selling Car in January
Ford Fiesta Was UK's Top Selling Car in January

10 Feb 2009, 16:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / New car sales fell all over the world, no matter the models sold in a specific area or the segment of buyers they are addressed to. But even so, Ford says its appealing models, count here Fiesta, Fo...

 
Focus-Based Ford Electric Car Set for 2010
Focus-Based Ford Electric Car Set for 2010

3 Feb 2009, 10:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Stepping into the hybrid world and rushing to electrification is undoubtedly a main task for most automakers around the world as gasoline prices skyrocketed in the last months and governments pushed...

 
Ford's French Plant Bought by German Industrial Group
Ford's French Plant Bought by German Industrial Group

2 Feb 2009, 16:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford's financial problems have forced the company's leaders to start contemplating selling assets in order to survive the crisis. And this exactly what they've done as it was announce...

 
2009 Ford Focus RS Production Starts in Germany
2009 Ford Focus RS Production Starts in Germany

21 Jan 2009, 08:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford Motor Co. today announced it has started the production of the new Ford Focus RS at its European plant in Saarlouis, Germany. The new model will be sold in more than 20 European countries, the ...

 
2010 Ford Focus to Reach 40 MPG
2010 Ford Focus to Reach 40 MPG

20 Jan 2009, 08:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Giving the current market conditions (economic recession, high petrol prices and all similar stuff) there's no wonder that automakers turn their eyes to small-displacement models, particularly ...