Check out updated automotive news in Spinout which includes information on the 2009 Ford Focus RS.
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Check out the project Ford Focus SVT get power upgrades to reach 256 whp.
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Check out this road test of the all new and more powerful 2008 Ford Focus
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Part 6: The Editor-proof Bottom End
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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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The beauty of blowing up your car is that it provides an opportunity to change all the parts you never thought you'd get to. Since we destroyed the engine in Project Focus SVT right after writing Part 3, the car and its powertrain have been torn down and strewn across the floors of various shops in
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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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Read about Marcus Gronholm's WRC Ford Focus featured in Sport Compact Car Magazine.
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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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During our week driving this silver Saleen N2O Focus, something completely unexpected happened: We liked it.
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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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Read all about our Project Focus SVT Part III, brought to you exclusively by the experts at Sport Compact Car Magazine.
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Markko Mrtin is one of the greatest rally drivers of his generation, but he admits to being unenthused by the prospect of driving some of Ford's iconic road and rally cars on an ice racing circuit.
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Imagine this scenario: You're leading the Mexican round of the World Rally Championship by less than a minute with only one service and two stages to go. Heading into service, you know that if anything goes slightly askew, your lead will instantly disappear, dimming hopes for a world championship an
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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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It's something of an SCC tradition to start project car updates with a long list of excuses why the update is so late. Instead, let's flip that around a bit and explain why we finally got around to turbocharging our Focus. More than a year ago, we decided it m
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Don't get any ideas about going into the paint area wearing Avon Wild Country Roll-on. Same goes for Rexona Stick Cool or the local favorite, Axe Marine Desodorante. Apparently Speed Stick is OK, though, because Graciela lets me in, but not without casting a s
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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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There are fast cars. And there are fun cars. And then there are cars that turn their drivers into juvenile idiots-burnouts at every stoplight, powerslides around every corner and the irresistible urge to drag race anyone and anything. The ATI Focus is one of those cars. Consider this evidence: Rubbe
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