Ford Reporter

The same cycle of self speculation that delighted the audience and encourage a lot of fans to dream about nice cars, it seems that Ford plans to revive the famous ’60s muscle car, Capri.
The new Scirocco will be the version of anti-GM and could be launched through 2012. According Caradisiac.com,the future Capri will share technical details with the next platform with Ford Focus ST, exposed in the concept stage at the Paris Motor Show.
In practice, the new Ford Capri coupe should be a new three-door Focus, currently only offered in five-door body variant and station wagon. The car will be equipped with 2.0 liter turbo engine and direct injection EcoBoost power in versions of 250 hp and 300 hp, top of the range.
According to the French site, the future will be at Ford Capri prototype form next year in Geneva or Frankfurt.
We look forward to seeing the new retro look of this car that once viewers take away.

Before the Paris Motor Show, Ford introduced the new generation of FOCUS ST, a sport hatchback that comes with a lot of improvements.
As expected, the new Focus ST has received a smaller Ford EcoBoost engine, the 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that develops nearly 247 hp (by comparison the current generation is powered by a turbocharged 2.5-liter five-cylinder that delivers 225 hp). The new model will also have a completely new body kit consisting of an aggressive new front spoiler, large grille meant to suggest the power car, new side skirts, new roof and new rear bumper with integrated diffuser central exhaust system.

Inside, the Focus ST and features Recaro sports footprint preserved, fortified with a new sports steering wheel. The car will be on display at Paris will light “Tangerine Scream,” a beautiful color designed to attract every respect. Ford will also Paris, the new Mondeo and C-MAX, and visitors will get also the debut release Mondeo ECOnetic, with particularly low CO2 emissions.

Ford presented the first official pictures of the new generation Focus model will be released world premiere during the day, in the Auto Show in Detroit. Unlike previous generations, the new Focus is a global model, planning to look the same both in the U.S. and Europe, which is also why the model is presented to a room across the ocean. Moreover, Ford has chosen – for this very reason – to present in the same time, the hatchback and the sedan versions of the new model, the U.S. market is rather used with the four-door version of its Focus than the  hatchback  version found mostly on the Europe streets .

On the aesthetic, the new Focus highlights very clearly it`s belonging to the new line of models of the Blue Oval, being practically a larger version of the Fiesta subcompact model. Focus’s design is a purely European design center was developed in Germany that it owns the mark in Michigan. Remained in high dimensions the same for sedan, hatchback and the dimensions of the chassis and the suspension hardware is also borrowed from the old generation with the necessary improvements.

“This is Fords new face . It’s sport and more sport, with a lower figure, but with the same interior volume that pulled in front of the market model”, Said Ford officials first notified about the next generation Focus.

Chassis and the entire suite of mechanical elements that make up the new model will be the basis of a series of 10 different models of family Focus, these will be launched by 2012. Engines, great new appearance will be represented by a unit Ecoboost 1.6-liter turbo that will rise to the same performance figures as the 2.0 liter it replaces, provided that consumption will be, say those at Ford , “an exceptional”. Duratorq diesel units won`t escape from improvements, but these will be presented only in March, when the new Focus will make its European debut in the Geneva Motor Show. Both in U.S. and Europe, the new model from Ford will have a new automatic transmission with six-speed dual-clutch that promises, in turn, consumption figures interesting.

The new generation Focus will be made in parallel in Ford plants in Saarlouis (Germany), Michigan (USA) and Chongqing (China), following the later to play the game and production sites in Spain and Russia. The new Focus will go on sale in 2011.

Since 2011, Ford will no longer produce  Kuga in Europe but the United States. By this decision, yet unconfirmed, the new and elegant Compact SUV will reach the North American market  three years after  of its release.

According to Bloomberg news site, Ford Motor Company will move in October 2011 Kuga production in the factory from Saarlouis (Germany) to that of Louisville (Kentucky). Annual European dealers will go  80,000 copies Ford Kuga.

The main reason for the Ford Kuga will be manufactured overseas is the lower production costs compared with those in Europe who come amid dollar’s depreciation against the euro. Only in 2009, the dollar lost 18 percent of the single European fatamonedei.

U.S. producer Ford said it had managed to reach a 10% market share in Europe (in 19 major markets), precedent  month becoming the best months from September 2001 until now.

It seems that “culprit” this situation is, of course, new Fiesta, which was mostly responsible for this achievement.

Thus, car sales in November increased by 12.3% last month compared with same period last year, Ford managed to sell 152,600 units in Europe. Of these, 51,400 were copies Fiesta.

In five of the 19 European countries, American manufacturer Ford is a leader (United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Hungary and Turkey).