Big Fun For Little Cash
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Rediscovering the MK V Escort RS Cosworth: The original road rocket from Ford
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1990 Ford FestivaOwner: Chris P.Location: Austin, Texas
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In this fourth installment Jay takes a look at rebuilding the engine of this project 2003 Ford Focus.
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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
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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
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Royalty Comes To Visit
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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?
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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."
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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
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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
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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
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Check out this road trip log from Dave Coleman, John Thawley, and the European Ford Focus RS.
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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.
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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
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Turbocharged And Not For America
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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
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Exclusive Street Modified 2002 Ford Focus ZX3, featuring Wiseco pistons, JE rings, Crower billet rods, ARP rod bolts, Chip Guy Chip, and More!
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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
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SVT has done it again.
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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.
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SVT has done it again.
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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
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SKIDPAD : .956g SLALOM : 69.9mph LAPTIME : 1:07.40
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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.
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