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19 Jul 11Our Fleet Test Drive: Ford Focus - 6th Report
While our Focus is packed with clever tech up front, it feels like the boot has been a bit neglected. Aside from two plastic hooks that sometimes mana... -
18 Jul 11Ford Focus estate: Test Drive Review
The Ford Focus is the ubiquitous volume car in the UK, and the new model released earlier this year continues to bolster sales. Now comes the arrival ... -
11 Jul 11Our Fleet Test Drive: Ford Focus - 5th Report
One of the things I was most looking forward to with our long-term Focus was trying out the seven different systems that make up the Driver Assistance... -
4 Jul 11Ford appoints new managing director
Ford has appointed Mark Ovenden as managing director following the retirement of Nigel Sharp.Sharp, on reaching 65, has elected to retire after 39 yea... -
16 Jun 11Our Fleet Test Drive: Ford Focus - 4th Report
The only concern about taking on the new 1.6 Ecoboost petrol engine in our Focus was that I'd have to get used to lower economy than the diesels I've ... -
13 Jun 11Ford faces up to downsizing battle
Trying to persuade business drivers into smaller-engined cars is an ongoing battle, according to Ford managing director Nigel Sharp. After introducing... -
9 Jun 11Ford develops 1.0-litre Ecoboost engine
Ford has developed a 1.0-litre Ecoboost three-cylinder engine for use in its small car line-up.The manufacturer says the engine, which was designed in... -
7 Jun 11Our Fleet Test Drive: Ford Focus - 3rd Report
One of the key reasons for running Ford's new Focus was to try out the Driver Assistance pack that costs an extra £750 on our Titanium specification h... -
24 May 11Our Fleet Test Drive: Ford Focus - 2nd Report
Less candy, more Marmite is how I'd describe the shade of our new long-term Ford Focus. Officially Candy Yellow, one of two new colours along with a m... -
16 May 11Ford confirms van range revamp
Ford has confirmed a completely renewed LCV line-up over the next three years.All-new Transit and Transit Connect vans will join the new Ranger pick-u... -
13 May 11Our Fleet Test Drive: Ford Focus - 1st Report
We've taken delivery of one of the first new Ford Focuses to come into the country. It joins our fleet for a six-month test of a host of interesting i... -
6 May 11Ford Focus 1.6 Ecoboost 5dr Titanium: Test Drive Review
What's new: Ford is pinning big hopes on its new Ecoboost petrol engine technology, predicting it could drive many of the lower-mileage users back to ... -
28 Apr 11Ford Mondeo 114g/km: Test Drive Review
The Mondeo isn't the first in its class to duck into the current 13% benefit-in-kind tax band. Rivals such as the new VW Passat, new Peugeot 508 and r... -
14 Apr 11Ford seeking further residual value uplift
Ford is on a mission to prove it deserves a residual value uplift.Fleet boss Kevin Griffin believes that the firm's behaviour in terms of discounting ... -
12 Apr 11COST ANALYSIS: New Ford Focus
Running costs are the biggest single consideration when adding new models to a business car fleet. In the first of a new series, BusinessCar, in assoc... -
11 Apr 11Ford reveals 95g/km Focus
Ford has announced its new Focus Econetic, on sale early 2012, which will emit less than 95g/km CO2 and achieve around 80mpg.The brand's 1.6-litre die... -
24 Mar 11Ford lease name change more transparent for customers
The thinking behind Ford's leasing arm name-change was to make it transparent for customers, according to a spokesman for the manufacturer's finance a... -
14 Mar 11Ford Transit Connect EV: Test Drive Review
BusinessCar, thanks to our sister title What Van?, has been given early access to Ford's new Transit Connect electric vehicle that's been developed in... -
21 Feb 11Ford swaps Lex for ALD
Ford has moved the supply of its Ford Lease fleet financing arm from Lex Autolease to ALD Automotive. Lex had been Ford's supplier for seven years, b... -
10 Feb 11Ford puts Focus on segment-leading RVs
Ford is looking to boost the RVs of its new Focus to the level where it out-points VW's Golf, as well as the rest of the lower medium class. Ford of B... -
3 Feb 11Ford Focus: Test Drive Review
We're only in early February and 2011's most important new model is already here. The long-standing king of the fleet market is dead. Long live the ne... -
25 Jan 11Awards 2011 - MPV: Ford S-max
Ford retains the large MPV award, but it's the S-max that takes it, beating last year's winner, and its bigger brother, the Galaxy.The S-max won our B... -
24 Jan 11Ford confident of strong 2011
Market leader Ford is confident it can build on last year's van sales rise by increasing volumes again in 2011.The brand said the commercial vehicle i... -
20 Jan 11FORD: Changing times
Away from the new version of its biggest-selling car, there's still plenty else going on at Ford. Fleet boss Kevin Griffin talks Paul Barker through t... -
17 Jan 11FORD: Inside and out, technology elevates Focus to a new level
Guy Bird was offered a rare chance to meet Ford boffins in their Technical Centre in Cologne and hear first hand about the array of technology used in... -
10 Jan 11Ford Mondeo 1.6: Test Drive Review
Ford thinks this new Mondeo petrol engine gives it a huge opportunity in the business car market, so long as it can coax corporate drivers away from t... -
26 Nov 10Ford C-max: Test Drive Review
Ford has effectively replaced its first-generation C-max model with two new ones. We tried the seven-seat Grand C-max last month, and now we're focusi... -
17 Nov 10Ford revamp hands small fleet power back to dealers
The UK's biggest fleet brand is looking to revamp its fleet business, handing more of the control of smaller sub-100-car fleet contracts back to its d... -
14 Oct 10Ford unveils new Ranger
Ford has revealed its new Ford Ranger to an excited Sydney motor show crowd, with the bold new styling and much-improved interior marking a radical d... -
11 Oct 10Ford announces electric partnership for Transit Connect
Ford has revealed a new partnership with Azure Dynamics that will spawn the new electric Transit Connect next spring. The Azure Connect has a claimed ... -
30 Sep 10Ford C-max acquires extra seats
Ford's new C-max, on sale in October, will also offer a seven-seat version after the brand recognised a growing demand for larger family cars in the s... -
29 Sep 10Ford Grand C-max: Test Drive Review
Wising up to the opportunity in big family cars, Ford has introduced its first seven-seat C-max, the Grand C-max. Around two-thirds of this segment's ... -
16 Sep 10Ford Mondeo: Test Drive Review
The likes of BMW and Audi are increasingly encroaching into Ford's sales heartland, but the Blue Oval is fighting back. The Mondeo is already lauded a... -
3 Sep 10Ford launches satnav integrated with rear view mirror
Ford has launched a sat nav unit which fits alongside the rear view mirror in an extended holder.Replacing the original rear view mirror, MirrorNavi c... -
2 Sep 10Ford S-max SCTi Ecoboost Tit. X Sport: Test Drive Review
Ford's S-max is the staple choice for large seven-seat people carriers, with it being the least boxy and best-driving people carrier available.Despite... -
26 Aug 10Ford launches low-price Transit and Connect
Ford has introduced new low-price versions of the Transit and Transit Connect models.The £11,995 Transit Leader is a diesel 2.2-litre 260 SWB 85hp mo... -
25 Aug 10Ford: Flexi-leasing driving van growth
Worries about investing in new vehicles while the economic recovery is still precarious are driving the growth in flexi-leasing that is underpinning g... -
2 Jul 10Ford unveils Mondeo facelift
Ford has unveiled its Mondeo facelift, on sale in October in the UK.Two new engines - a 239hp turbo petrol engine and a 199hp 2.2-litre TDCi diesel en... -
1 Jul 10Ford to cut list prices to boost fleet sales
Ford will drop the list prices of its smaller cars on 2 August, completing the action it started on the larger models in April.The second stage of wha... -
19 May 10Ford Galaxy facelift: Test Drive Review
The Ford Galaxy is a segment leader, outselling its nearest competitor, the Volkswagen Sharan, five to one.Last year the Ford MPV sold around 8000 mod...
