Ford
Overhyped and over here : Ford Escort XR3/XR3i
Mike Humble with the second of an occasional series where AROnline pours scorn like used engine oil over some of the scene’s most highly prized old clunkers. Having worked in and around the motor trade most of my professional life, I have been lucky to drive many makes and models of motor cars. Some underwhelm, some [...]
August 9, 2011
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News : Ford Fiesta hits 35 with a special edition
The Ford Fiesta is celebrating two milestones in the summer of 2011, reaching its 35th birthday with a total of 15 million cars produced worldwide. But despite turning 35, Fiesta is showing no signs of a mid-life crisis. In fact, it looks sharper than ever inside and out thanks to a refreshing facelift. The Ford [...]
July 31, 2011
· Keith Adams · 43 Comments
The cars : Ford Sierra development history
Replacing the Cortina was never going to be easy – it was a British icon, and a top-seller for more years than the company’s rivals care to mention. That led Ford of Europe down the path of radicaliasm… and as we all know, customer resistance soon followed. However, the ending was a good one. Streamlining [...]
July 24, 2011
· Keith Adams · 36 Comments
In Memoriam: Ford Sierra 1.6 Ghia E-Max
Mike Humble takes another look at some of the less likely extinct cars in the UK, according to data supplied by the brilliant How Many Left? website based on DVLA data. Pictures: Andrew Elphick and Words: Mike Humble 7: Ford Sierra 1.6 Ghia E-Max Over the years, I have owned three Sierras – one of which [...]
July 21, 2011
· Mike Humble · 42 Comments
The cars : Ford Capri
The car you always promised yourself… THE car industry had been going through some liberating times during the 1960s. Fuel was plentiful and cheap, and the Americans were making the most of the situation – offering buyers plenty of V8s to choose from. Even the entry-level ‘college’ cars were packing big (by European standards) six-cylinder [...]
June 25, 2011
· Matthew Hayward · 20 Comments
Ford Capri : Concept and prototypes
Words and pictures: Andrew Elphick Styling sketches Final sketches to scale models Honing the Capri Nearing production
June 25, 2011
· Matthew Hayward · No Comments
Ford Capri : Videos
Here’s a lovely advertising video for you – it’s 1981, and you know you want a Capri Injection! Feel the power
June 25, 2011
· Matthew Hayward · 5 Comments
The cars : Ford Cortina
The one to beat… IN the brave new world of 1960s Britain, there was an admirable back-to-the-wall can-do mentality, it must have seemed that anything was possible. Ford certainly thought so, given that the Cortina project only really came together in 1960, following a three month consultation resulting in the definitive full-sized clay, before going [...]
June 20, 2011
· Matthew Hayward · 24 Comments
Head-to-Head : Ford Capri vs Triumph TR8
Richard Truett The final Triumph TR and the Ford Capri are two of Britain’s most iconic ‘affordable’ sports cars of the 1980s. One, caught up in corporate financial turmoil and never developed to its full potential, died prematurely in October 1981. It is only now being appreciated for its advanced styling, excellent handling, sensible cockpit [...]
May 29, 2011
· Keith Adams · 48 Comments
Spot the Cla$$ic
Steven Ward Any easy game this one, you’ve probably sussed the answer already. One was assembled by men and women who were being trained to assemble a world-class executive car. A design by Brits, paid for by a wealthy multi-national. The same factory then briefly stopped assembly, the world-class executive car was built there and the plant [...]
January 24, 2011
· Keith Adams · 26 Comments
Essay : Policing from behind the wheel
News that the UK’s last MG police car has been pensioned off* surely merits that oft overused ‘end of an era’ phrase. ‘MG Rover and out’ about sums it up – and it prompted a mixture of memories from ex-police PR officer Roger Blaxall who worked for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and Lancashire Constabulary from [...]
July 7, 2009
· Keith Adams · No Comments
Archive : Ford Cortina launched today
FORD – The Ford Cortina Mk1 is launched today.
September 21, 1962
· Keith Adams · One Comment
