Ford’s award-winning Focus RS and Mustang have just been voted Best Hot Hatch and Drop Top at the 2016 Scottish Car of the Year by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers. Ford Britain’s district manager for Scotland, said: “Ford’s excellent new performance range has the power and capability to make the most of this region’s […]
Guaranteed to strike fear into any parent, the phrase “I feel sick!” will be dreaded and chorused in cars across the U.K. next week when an estimated 16 million people hit the road for the great Easter getaway. Stop-start traffic and winding roads worsen a condition that afflicts two-thirds of us at some point, […]
A new independent report says that we are ahead of the game when it comes to developing automated driving systems. The Navigant Research Leaderboard Report: Automated Driving examined 18 companies developing such systems, and rated them on criteria including vision, strategy and staying power. “This is an important report because Navigant takes a […]
Want a coffee? Then draw the letter “C” in the air with the index finger of your right hand, and then twist it towards your mouth twice to the waiter. This is how diners order at a new pop-up café initiative that is run by deaf waiters and waitresses. Café Ohne Worte (Café Without […]
First we gave you Drift mode for rally car-style sliding thrills in our Focus RS, and now we’re launching V-Max mode for straight-line sprints in our new Ford GT supercar. V-Max is engineering speak for “maximum velocity” – or “top speed” to you and me. In the Ford GT that means an eye-watering 216 mph – […]
In the movies, James Bond solves problems with his fists and the help of super-smart Q – whose futuristic and deadly gadgets help do the talking. But just as Bond’s real-life counterparts are now required to show a full set of social skills, so that is the case with Q’s automotive counterparts, the engineers who […]
Young drivers are taking risks behind the wheel of their parents’ cars – which many borrow without asking – including speeding, using mobile phones, and drink driving. These are the findings of a new survey we commissioned to highlight the need for dedicated driver training in Europe, * where car crashes are the leading cause […]
It’s not just children who are afraid of the dark. Whether preferring to sleep with a light on – or worrying about driving at night – grown-ups get scared too. Some experts believe fear of the dark, or nyctophobia, can be traced back to our cave-dwelling ancestors, who were more at risk of being […]
Each year, tens of thousands of car fans head to Switzerland for the Geneva Motor Show – among the biggest car shows in the world. And this year they are in for a performance car-themed treat from Ford, as we show our next generation Fiesta ST hot hatchback for the first time, alongside our […]
From prosthetic limbs to reconstructed dinosaur skeletons, 3D printing can offer a flexible, more efficient and affordable means of production. Now, we’re exploring how large car parts, like spoilers, could be printed for prototyping and future production vehicles – using a 3D printer as big as a room. We will be the first automaker to […]
This year’s National Apprenticeship Week theme is the ‘Ladder of Opportunity’, so we got together with some of our own apprentices, past and present, to tell us what their apprenticeship means to them, and the opportunities it provides at Ford. Some Ford Directors and Managers also started their journey as a Ford Apprentice themselves. […]
“Are we nearly there yet?” could become “Are we there already?” as parents will soon be able to keep kids amused by letting them stream and download movies, games and music on the road. We have partnered with Vodafone to bring 4G LTE connectivity to vehicles in Europe via the new FordPass Connect built-in […]
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