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But is he getting one for himself? One could certainly infer that's the case based on this GoAuto article, which reports that the Ford CEO was so blown away by the Falcon G6E Turbo he sampled at an Australian test facility that he told Trevor Worthington (Ford Australia's product-development veep), "I want one." And that brings us to the question of the day: is the head of Ford really bringing over a new Falcon for himself to drive? Because while we in the peanut gallery generally agree that the Blue Oval stuff in Europe and Australia has it all over the American-market offerings (Mustang and F-Series excluded), there would be no greater acknowledgment of this than the CEO of Ford cruising around in a desirable RHD-only Aussie sedan while we make do with the Taurus, which even the execs recently made fun of. Americans will need to wait for the arrival of the new global RWD platform that's set to underpin multiple US-market rear-drivers sometime in the early 2010s,...
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Ford is shelving plans to build a new assembly plant in northernMexico. Instead, Ford has promised the United Auto Workers in its new labor pact to build a small car in the U.S. Pushing both Ford and GM to build small and alternate fuel vehicles in plants staffed by union members was one of the top goals of UAW President Ron Gettelfinger in the recent contract negotiations. Gettelfinger had warned in speech to the Detroit Economic Club that small car production was in danger of leaving the U.S. altogether in the next few years. Under the new agreement with the UAW, which was ratified last week by union members at Ford, the company has agreed to keep open five plants, including assembly plants in Louisville, Ky., and Wayne, Mich. The Wayne plant now builds the Ford Focus and will be retooled for the replacement for the Focus, which is now in the company's new product pipeline. Ford also agreed to extend for another year, until 2009, the life of the assembly plant in St. Paul, Minn.,...
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These are the first pictures of the Ford Focus ST facelift. With the freshened up car the brand wants to keep fighting german hot-hatches such as VW Golf GTI and Opel Astra OPC. Under the hood we still find the 2,5-liter five cylinder turbocharged unit that outputs 225 bhp, coupled to a six-speed manual gearbox. The sprint from 0-100 km/h still takes 6.5 seconds, CO2 emissions are 224 g/km and the weight is 1,392 kg for the three-door and 1,437 for the five-door version. A spokesman from Ford communicated that the engineers have changed little in the new model: "The old Ford Focus ST was still one of the most fun to drive in its class, so there was no reason for changing the steering, or the suspensions." The new Focus ST will be in showrooms by the end of February, with prices that are said to be similar to those of the previous generation ST . © Source: eurocarblog We need your comments below >>
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