ECHO Motors The no.1 place to turn to for motors, in print and online – www.motors-merseyside.co.uk in association with plugs points & by MIKE TORPEY Ford has focus on a techno triumph T ECHNOLOGY is the name of the game for the upmarket new Ford Focus. A wealth of advanced features take Britain’s favourite car – the Focus has topped the UK sales charts for a decade – to a new level of refinement, comfort and safety. And buyers of this third generation of the popular hatchback are in for a real treat, with the sort of kit you would more often associate with the premium German brands. But then Ford has been at the sharp end of innovation for a century and demonstrated its 100 years of development at the new Focus launch in a simple yet effective way. Five cars from the Blue Oval’s heritage collection told their own story, starting with the company’s first global car - a Model T Ford built at Trafford Park in 1912 and the second oldest in existence. The Model Y, another pristine specimen, was the first £100 car; the Ford Corsair the first to use a V4 engine aimed at taking up less space than an in-line unit and the ‘jelly mould’ Sierra the car that set a new design direction. Finally, the Mk 1 Focus RS was a chassis innovation, taking driving dynamics to a new level at a price the man in the street could afford. Fast forward to this month’s arrival of the new Focus on the forecourts and you have a medium-sized marvel that can be equipped with the sort of kit to get the gizmo junkies drooling. There’s everything from traffic sign recognition and auto high beam to adaptive cruise control and a dynamic torque vectoring system. The car can even park itself. Active City Stop helps drivers avoid low speed collisions, Driver Alert can spot signs of waning concentration while blind spot recognition, lane keeping aid and lane departure warning all speak for themselves. It’s an impressive list and like the convenience or appearance choices, can be plucked from the options bin – the £750 Driver Assistance Pack looking especially tempting. The new Focus comes in two body styles, five-door and estate – there’s no plan to introduce a three-door model – with prices from £15,995 for the 1.6-litre 105PS petrol Focus Edge. It costs £500 more than the previous entry level car but boasts £1,000 worth of additional standard kit. Estate models, with the same engine, start at £17,095. At the opposite end of the four-grade scale, a top spec Titanium X model takes the Focus hatch up to £23,995 for a 2.0-litre TDCi diesel automatic and £25,095 for the estate version (on sale in May). Every model gets Bluetooth with voice control, DAB radio/CD player, rear spoiler or roof rails, air-con, capless refuelling, curtain airbags and electric windows. The engine line-up comprises three petrol engines and four diesels, entry level Edge and mid-range Zetec versions using the 105PS 1.6-litre unit or a 125PS version while a more powerful 150PS 1.6 EcoBoost petrol unit will grace the Titanium models. The latter is a cracking unit that combines spirited performance with decent economy, the important figures revealing average fuel consumption of 47.1mpg and 0-60 acceleration of 8.6 seconds. It also uses start-stop to cut emissions. The EcoBoost also has a CO2 output of 139g/km, same as 163PS 2.0-litre diesel also available in the Titanium versions – and that’s the highest CO2 output of all the engines being used in the Focus at present. More economical is the 1.6-litre diesel – available with both 95 and 115PS – which will return 67.3mpg with CO2 down to 109g/km. There’s a lot riding on the new Focus but Ford has kept ahead of the game – and come up with a techno treat of a model that looks the part and, more importantly, is a car you really look forward to driving. MEDIUM SIZE MARVEL: Ford’s latest Focus can be equipped with the sort of kit to get the gizmo junkies drooling SIDE ORDER: The stylish new Ford Focus hatchback ● UK motorists believe tailgating is the most serious offence committed on a motorway, with 85 per cent saying it causes highly dangerous situations, according to a survey by breakdown and road safety organisation GEM Motoring Assist. Driving while using your mobile phone came in a close second with 66 per cent agreeing it would put lives at serious risk and nearly two thirds believe that driving in the middle lane when the left hand lane is empty is dangerous and should be more strictly enforced. Interestingly only 20 per cent said that speeding should be more closely monitored and more than half of drivers surveyed went as far as to say that the national speed limit should actually be increased. ● A 1973 Ferrari Daytona festooned with a host of eclectic connections, including HRH The Prince of Wales, is set to create a stir when it goes under the hammer at Historics sale on Wednesday, May 18, at Brooklands in Surrey. One of just 158 right-hand-drive 365 GTB/4’s – which adopted the Daytona moniker following Ferrari’s 1-2-3 success in the 1967 Daytona 24-Hour race – the Pininfarina designed Gran Turismo was ordered new in 1973.
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ECHO MotorsThe no.1 place to turn to for motors, in print and online – www.motors-merseyside.co.uk
in association with
plugspoints&
byMIKE TORPEY
FordhasfocusonatechnotriumphTECHNOLOGY is the
name of the game forthe upmarket newFord Focus. A wealthof advanced features
take Britain’s favourite car –the Focus has topped the UKsales charts for a decade – to anew level of refinement,comfort and safety.
And buyers of this thirdgeneration of the popularhatchback are in for a realtreat, with the sort of kit youwould more often associatewith the premium Germanbrands.
But then Ford has been atthe sharp end of innovationfor a century anddemonstrated its 100 years ofdevelopment at the new Focuslaunch in a simple yeteffective way.
Five cars from the BlueOval’s heritage collection toldtheir own story, starting withthe company’s first global car- a Model T Ford built atTrafford Park in 1912 and thesecond oldest in existence.
The Model Y, anotherpristine specimen, was the
first £100 car; the Ford Corsairthe first to use a V4 engineaimed at taking up less spacethan an in-line unit and the‘jelly mould’ Sierra the carthat set a new designdirection. Finally, the Mk 1Focus RS was a chassisinnovation, taking drivingdynamics to a new level at aprice the man in the streetcould afford.
Fast forward to this month’sarrival of the new Focus onthe forecourts and you have amedium-sized marvel that canbe equipped with the sort ofkit to get the gizmo junkiesdrooling. There’s everythingfrom traffic sign recognitionand auto high beam toadaptive cruise control and adynamic torque vectoringsystem. The car can even parkitself. Active City Stop helpsdrivers avoid low speedcollisions, Driver Alert canspot signs of waningconcentration while blind spotrecognition, lane keeping aidand lane departure warning
all speak for themselves.It’s an impressive list and
like the convenience orappearance choices, can beplucked from the options bin –the £750 Driver AssistancePack looking especiallytempting.
The new Focus comes intwo body styles, five-door andestate – there’s no plan tointroduce a three-door model –with prices from £15,995 forthe 1.6-litre 105PS petrol FocusEdge. It costs £500 more thanthe previous entry level carbut boasts £1,000 worth ofadditional standard kit. Estatemodels, with the same engine,
start at £17,095.At the opposite end of the
four-grade scale, a top specTitanium X model takes theFocus hatch up to £23,995 for a2.0-litre TDCi diesel automaticand £25,095 for the estateversion (on sale in May).
Every model gets Bluetoothwith voice control, DABradio/CD player, rear spoileror roof rails, air-con, caplessrefuelling, curtain airbagsand electric windows.
The engine line-upcomprises three petrolengines and four diesels, entrylevel Edge and mid-rangeZetec versions using the 105PS
1.6-litre unit or a 125PSversion while a more powerful150PS 1.6 EcoBoost petrol unitwill grace the Titaniummodels. The latter is acracking unit that combinesspirited performance withdecent economy, theimportant figures revealingaverage fuel consumption of47.1mpg and 0-60 accelerationof 8.6 seconds. It also usesstart-stop to cut emissions.
The EcoBoost also has aCO2 output of 139g/km, sameas 163PS 2.0-litre diesel alsoavailable in the Titaniumversions – and that’s thehighest CO2 output of all theengines being used in theFocus at present.
More economical is the1.6-litre diesel – available withboth 95 and 115PS – which willreturn 67.3mpg with CO2down to 109g/km.
There’s a lot riding on thenew Focus but Ford has keptahead of the game – and comeup with a techno treat of amodel that looks the part and,more importantly, is a car youreally look forward to driving.
MEDIUM SIZE MARVEL: Ford’s latest Focus can be equipped with the sort of kit to get the gizmo junkies drooling
SIDE ORDER: The stylish new Ford Focus hatchback
● UKmotorists
believe tailgatingis the mostserious offencecommitted on amotorway, with 85per cent saying itcauses highlydangeroussituations,according to asurvey bybreakdown androad safetyorganisationGEM MotoringAssist.
Driving whileusing your mobilephone came in aclose second with66 per centagreeing it wouldput lives atserious risk andnearly two thirdsbelieve thatdriving in themiddle lane whenthe left hand laneis empty isdangerous andshould be morestrictly enforced.
Interestinglyonly 20 per centsaid that speedingshould be moreclosely monitoredand more thanhalf of driverssurveyed went asfar as to say thatthe national speedlimit shouldactually beincreased.
● A 1973Ferrari
Daytonafestooned with ahost of eclecticconnections,including HRHThe Prince ofWales, is set tocreate a stir whenit goes under thehammer atHistorics sale onWednesday, May18, at Brooklandsin Surrey.
One of just 158right-hand-drive365 GTB/4’s –which adoptedthe Daytonamoniker followingFerrari’s 1-2-3success in the1967 Daytona24-Hour race –the Pininfarinadesigned GranTurismo wasordered new in1973.
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.4 Multiair Veloce
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THE name conjures upvisions of fashion, film starsand cool Italian chic. Andwhen it comes to image andhistory there are few
marques that can match the iconicbadge of Alfa Romeo.
One of the most evocative modelsin the company’s rich heritage isthe car that brought Alfa motoringto the masses – the Giulietta, whichmade its debut back in 1954.
To celebrate Alfa’s 100thanniversary the Italians broughtRomeo and Giulietta back into eachothers arms in the shape of a sleek,sexy five-door hatchback.
It’s a chic machine in every sense– from the trademark V-shapedgrille and LED running lights to thetaut, muscular lines and upmarketinterior.
All car makers want strongerperformance, lower emissions andbetter fuel economy – and Alfa’sowners Fiat have cracked it with a
technology called Multiair in theshape of two turbocharged versionsof the company’s 1.4-litre petrolengine.
In simple terms, more precisecontrol is taken of the quantity andcharacteristics of the air drawn intothe cylinders during thecombustion cycle.
The Giulietta features the morepowerful 170bhp version of Multiairand, not to put too fine a point on it,it’s an absolute stormer. It gives theAlfa the sort of punch you just don’texpect from a 1.4-litre engine
Start&Stop is standard on the
Giulietta and is allied to a gear shiftindicator that suggests via adashboard arrow when to changeup or down.
Car companies hail theseintroductions as both fuel savingand ‘green’ but I find the Stop/Starton most cars irritating – the Alfa isno exception – and tend to ignorethe gearchange prompts.
That said, the Giulietta is aseriously rewarding car to drive,and benefits from a DNA set-upoffering three distinct personalitiestailored to driving style and roadconditions.
A three-position switch near thegear lever alters throttle responseand steering set-up for sportyDynamic driving, everyday Normaldriving and All-weather low gripconditions..
The familiar Alfa trim grades ofTurismo, Lusso and Veloce plus theperformance-bred Cloverleaf areavailable and all feature a fresh
interior that leaves behind theheavy use of plastics for a glossdash with metal effect inserts.
The aluminium billiard ballgearknob and drilled alloy pedalsare very effective and the leatherseats in the tested Veloce model hasthe Alfa logo embossed in theheadrests.
As to space, there’s plenty of
room for rear passengers providedthe driver’s seat isn’t slidcompletely back, though the centrerear position is uncomfortable, plusan adequate sized boot.
If there’s a criticism of this car itis merely that there could be betterstowage space for items likesunglasses – essential in a car likethe Giulietta.
WHERE ART THOU: The Giulietta’s a chic machine in every sense Info from Corkills, Cheshire Oaks, CH65 9LF. Tel: 08448 159159
MAKE: Alfa RomeoMODEL GiuliettaENGINE: 1,368cc Multiair petrolPOWER: 170bhp at 5,500rpmPERFORMANCE: 0-62 in 7.8secs, top speed 135mphECONOMY: 36.2mpg Urban, 61.4Extra Urban, 48.7 CombinedCO2 EMISSIONS: 134g/kmBiK RATING: 15%INSURANCE: Group 23 (1-50)
Pageant of Power debut for Bentley recordbreakerBENTLEY’S world-recordbreaking Continental SupersportsConvertible ice speed record carwill make its UK debut at thisyear’s Cholmondeley Pageant ofPower in Cheshire.
With four-time worldchampion rally driver andhonorary ‘Bentley Boy’ Juha
Kankkunen at the wheel, theSupersports Convertible lastmonth set a Guinness Book ofRecords world best of205.48mph on the frozen BalticSea.
The prestige manufacturer - afounding sponsor since 2008 –has also agreed to sponsor the
pageant until 2013.At this year’s pageant, held
over three days for the first timefrom July 15-17, Bentley willshowcase cars like the latestContinental GT and its newflagship the Mulsanne.
There will also be the chancefor fans to see the 2003 Le Mans
winning Speed 8 as it powersaround the circuit.
The Cholmondeley Pageant ofPower is set to be bigger thanever this year and will featurehigh-speed laps throughout theweekend from cars like theJordan F1 racer which GiancarloFisichella piloted to victory at
the Brazil Grand Prix in 2002.Alongside the on-track action
there will be displays ofmotorcycles, helicopters,powerboats and hovercrafts, aswell as the only chance to seelive army combat with tanks,troops and field artilleryengaged in a battle simulation.
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