Posts Tagged ‘Focus’

Ford Cabrilet Debut

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

The much awaited Ford Focus Coupe Cabriolet will be displayed shortly enough. And all people who would be actually in a position to witness such an event will find out that, indeed, this new Ford Focus is a vehicle that is worth your while and your money.

The Ford Motor Company states that the new Ford Focus Coupe Cabriolet holds an open air motoring feature. And apart from this, it also offers owners and passengers stability, comfort, as well as practicality. Naturally, this is very much related to the current range of the Ford Focus line of autos, making it a top selling vehicle in the car Come October this year, interested parties can start purchasing this new model. And this month, the Ford Focus Coupe Cabriolet would be making its debut in the UK at the British International Motor Show.

Created and manufactured by the Ford Motor Company, the Ford Focus range of autos has been produced since 1998. It took the spot that formerly belonged to the Ford Escort and the Ford Orion. It basically belongs to the compact car and the tiny family automobile segment. It’s been built in various body styles that include the hatchback with 3 doors, the sedan holding four, the station truck which also holds four doors, and the hatchback with five doors. For its power source, it runs on a 1.4 litre to 2.3 liter I4 engine.

Either with the top down or up, the Ford Focus Coupe Cabriolet is a sight to behold. It is trendy and has a two-piece folding hardtop. This hardtop can be placed up or down with an effective, neat, and terribly trustworthy system that only takes as much as twenty-nine seconds for the entire process to complete.

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Ford Or Lamborghini? Tough Choice

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Every single driver will obviously have differing categories and stipulations regarding what makes the perfect car. Some will be of the opinion that power, speed and performance are the mark of a truly great car and suggest that the Bugatti Veyron or something similar is the perfect car. Others will hold esteem in a more aesthetic nature and put forward cars such as the Porsche Carrera and the Aston Martin Vanquish as the real purveyors of automotive perfection. I have always held the opinion that the truly great cars don't focus on one thing, but try to encapsulate the needs and desires of everyone into their designs and engineering. This is precisely why my favourite car is the brand new Ford Focus.

Now you may be laughing or deriding me for saying that I would rather own a Ford Focus than a Pagani Zonda or a Koenigsegg, but that simply isn’t true. I would love to own one of the many supercars or hypercars that are available on the market and if you gave me £1 Million to spend on a car I wouldn’t disappoint you. All I am trying to say that in a practical world the new Ford Focus is a lot less likely to frustrate you than a supercar. Let me take you through my thinking.

First of all you have fuel efficiency to take into consideration in the conundrum. Ford have become synonymous with engineering which seems to sip very frugally at the fuel reserves and the Focus is no different. With economical driving disciplines in place it is possible to get supermini standard fuel economy from a Ford Focus. This leaves you with more money in your wallet and having to spend less time stood at the pumps, refilling every few hours.

Secondly the issue of practicality has to be addressed. Everybody has to do a weekly shop, or pick up comestible goods from town or the city centre. In a Ford Focus this is a relatively easy task. Parking is very easy, boot space is magnificent and thanks to the Ford Focus’ ‘understated’ beauty, it won’t attract vandals to pull it to bits. Adversely, if you choose to do your food shopping in your new Ferrari 599, you are going to find parking excruciatingly difficult, discover you only have the luggage space to fit a small punnet of Satsumas and the vandals will tear your Ferrari badge and wing mirrors off before you can even say “hands off my car!”

I will admit, owning a supercar would be a dream come true, I have a very soft spot for the Lamborghini Gallardo myself, but in an increasingly practical world, it becomes almost impossible to think of an apt time to use one. With the cost of petrol, the congestion on the roads and the increasing number of uninsured drivers on the road, why would any drive for pleasure?

Take my advice and get the best practical car money can buy; the brand new Ford Focus. You will get great performance and fantastic economy, just don’t expect 0-60 in under three and a half seconds.