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Spec Racing Ford Focus
Big Fun For Little Cash more
The Richter Treatment - 1994 Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rediscovering the MK V Escort RS Cosworth: The original road rocket from Ford more
The Street - 1990 Ford Festiva
1990 Ford FestivaOwner: Chris P.Location: Austin, Texas more
Project Focus SVT - 2003 Ford Focus
In this fourth installment Jay takes a look at rebuilding the engine of this project 2003 Ford Focus. more
Roots - 1965 Ford/ Lotus Cortina MK1
Most of us are perfectly content with the assumption that the first "sport-compact car" was the Honda Civic Si, and the first car to be dubbed a "giant beater" was the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. But those who aren't so wet behind the ears might chuckle at such ignorance, knowing that it was Ford w more
1965 Ford/Lotus Cortina
Most of us are perfectly content with the assumption that the first "sport-compact car" was the Honda Civic Si, and the first car to be dubbed a "giant beater" was the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. But those who aren't so wet behind the ears might chuckle at such ignorance, knowing that it was Ford w more
Cosworth 2004 Ford Focus
Royalty Comes To Visit more
2002 Ford SVT Focus - The Ax
You've probably heard the story about George Washington's ax. You know it's still around, 265 or so years after he used it as a boy to chop down that cherry tree. Sure, it's on its eighth head and 12th handle since George last touched it, but it's George Washington's ax. Right? more
Lotus Cortina - Classic Compact
Some of you youngsters may have to brush up on your olde timey vocabulary for this one. Like "carburetor." And "distributor." Better add "live axle." more
Ford GT40 550 Horse Power Car Review - The 500 HP History Lesson
The Ford GT scored its first victory at Daytona on February 18, 1965. It would be another 16 months before it made history by beating Ferrari and finishing 1-2-3 at Le Mans in 1966. And it would be almost 40 more years until Ford PR folks would generate the ill-conceived idea to ask the editors of S more
GGR Ford Focus RS - Driving Impression
At 90 mph, the benefit of the Graham Goode Racing conversion becomes most obvious. Just as the stock Ford Focus RS starts to feel lethargic, the GGR car takes a deeper breath and propels itself at the horizon with enough thrust to threaten an EVO VIII. And it keeps pulling, all the way past 140 mph more
Forbidden Fruit: Ford Focus RS
After spending the '90s frustrating enthusiasts with mundane machinery, Ford of Europe has turned up the wick and returned to its sporting routes. The RS is (if you'll pardon the pun) an extraordinarily focused car and pays homage to the company's World Rally more
Ford Focus RS - Plan B - Road Trip
Check out this road trip log from Dave Coleman, John Thawley, and the European Ford Focus RS. more
Know Thine Enemy
At the L.A. Auto Show, Pontiac displayed its upcoming, Australian-built, V8-powered GTO. And at Detroit, Ford showed the next generation Mustang in slightly disguised concept form. more
Centennial Focus
Anything that lasts 100 years is remarkable, if for no other reason than it lasted 100 years. Well, maybe it's not that remarkable if a redwood lives to 100, but you get the idea. The Ford Motor Company celebrates a full century of existence during 2003 and it more
Ford Focus RS - Ford FocusRS - Driving Impression
Turbocharged And Not For America more
Comparison Test 3rd Place (tie):  Ford SVT Focus
After a thorough pounding in the mountains, the SVT Focus left us impressed and somewhat confused. It's not shockingly good like the Protegé and SRT-4, but the SVT Focus is largely free of vices, which left us staring at it in a befuddled state of satis more
2002 Ford Focus ZX3 - Streetcar
Exclusive Street Modified 2002 Ford Focus ZX3, featuring Wiseco pistons, JE rings, Crower billet rods, ARP rod bolts, Chip Guy Chip, and More! more
2001 Eight Great Rides #4
First introduced back in 1999 as a 2000-year model, the compact Focus hatchback might have been a disaster early on for Ford Motor Company in the import dominated segment of the market, but quality and affordability soon touched the hearts of first-time buyers more
2002 Eight Great Rides #2
SVT has done it again. more
Focus Tuning 2000 Ford Focus ZX3 - Tuner Car
Of all the compacts currently offered in the U.S. market, few have proven their merit more than the Ford Focus. Be it a rental car or a seriously tweaked tuner car, the little Ford never fails to remind us that an automobile is much more than a mundane mode of transportation. more
2002 Ford SVT Focus
All at once, manufacturers have answered our call for higher performance compact machines. The Subaru WRX, Nissan SE-R Spec V and Mazda MP3 are examples of automakers hearing the wants of its young customers and delivering the goods. Still, no domestic manufacturer has ponied up a winner in the spor more
1994 Ford Escort RS Cosworth - G-Games
SKIDPAD : .956g SLALOM : 69.9mph LAPTIME : 1:07.40 more
Ford Racing FR200 - Driving Impression
Carpet Queen (krpit kween) 1. A car designed and built at great expense for the sole purpose of sitting still while people look at it. 2. The wife or widow of the king of Carpet. 3. The polar opposite of the car pictured here. more