For our third photo quiz, we picked out four models from the Ford brand and upped the difficulty level just a little bit since most of you were spot on with your answers last week.
Here are two clues to assist you on the Ford puzzle: a) there are two production vehicles and two concept studies seen in this collection and b) each car is from a different region.
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You can never know how someone will express their anger as some people simply suppress their feelings while others explode like popcorn.
Of course, anyone who will allow their fury to guide them is asking for trouble – in some cases, lots of it as this driver proved back in March.
The YouTube has it that the woman seen in this video was furious over something that her boyfriend did and she lashed out on his Ford Fiesta. We can’t confirm it, but it does seem to make sense as a scenario.
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There's nothing really special about the second generation of the European Ford Granada that was built from 1977 to 1985, which is probably why one owner in Britain chose it for a sleeper project.
Putting aside a handful of 1980s aero bits, the only other interesting bit about the exterior of this Granada are the Zzz-Zzz license plates.
Pop up the hood, however, and it's an entirely different story as this puppy has been fitted with 4.7-liter Ford V8 sourced from a Koenigsegg CCX supercar that is good for a whopping 1,700-horsepower!
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If you live in Europe and the 247-horsepower Ford Focus ST Estate is out of the question, but still like the station wagon variant, then you may want to take a look at what German tuning firm Loder1899 has to offer for the regular models. Read more »
The big winner of the 2012 International Engine of the Year awards is Ford and it's 1.0-liter EcoBoost powerplant, which beat last year's winner, the Fiat 0.9-liter TwinAir, while also achieving the highest score ever with 401 points.
This is the first time that the Blue Oval has won International Engine of the Year in the 13-year history of the awards. And that's not all as the Detroit carmaker's small displacement petrol engine also received two other awards, namely “Best New Engine” and “Best Engine Under 1.0-litre”.
Dean Slavnich, chairman of the International Engine of the Year awards and editor of Engine Technology International magazine, commented:
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Whichever way you crunch the numbers, the new 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 owns the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 when it comes to sheer power.
According to their respective manufacturers, at the flywheel, the $54,995 Camaro ZL1's 6.2-liter supercharged V8 produces 580hp at 6,000 rpm and 556 lb.-ft. (754 Nm) at 4,200 rpm, while the $54,200 Shelby GT500's 5.8-liter supercharged V8 delivers 662hp at 6,250 rpm and 631 lb.-ft. (856Nm) at 4,000 rpm.
In a recent dyno test from Inside Line, the Camaro ZL1 delivered 497hp and 497 lb-ft (673Nm) on the rear wheels, while the Shelby GT500, 595hp and 602 lb-ft (815Nm) respectively.
So, how do these numbers translate on the road? Well, after drawing their swords on the dyno, Inside Line took the two cars to the track, and the results are both expected and to some extent, surprising.
Naturally, the more powerful Ford was faster than the Chevy recording a 0-60mph (96km/h) time of 4.0 seconds and completing the quarter mile (400m) in 11.9 seconds with an exit speed of 123.5mph (198.7 km/h).
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Ford is now offering a new Special Service Vehicle (SSV) Package for its F-150 truck targeted at government, municipal as well as commercial fleet buyers across various types of businesses. Ford says the option package is available at no extra charge. Read more »
Ever since it came to be, we have seen all sorts of reviews and comparison tests of the new Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4, ranging from quarter mile duels against the crème de la crème of supercars like the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport and McLaren MP4-12C to a spectacular speed match on a landing strip with a F16 Falcon jet fighter.
As you can see, publications from all four corners of the world have set the bar pretty high when it comes to testing Lamborghini's finest. All the same, that doesn't mean everything has been done.
So, what would you say about pitting the Aventador against a...1930 Ford Model A Rat Rod to see which of the two vehicles attracts the most attention?
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Local authorities in Scotland have released video footage of a woman driver ramming into a pedestrian and then taking him for a wild ride through the crowded streets of Falkirk, a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.
The incident took place in June last year with a judge this week sentencing the 37-year old driver of the Ford Focus hatchback, Suzanne Gilchrist, to jail for four years and three months, according to a report from the UK's Express.
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The new 2013 Explorer Sport popped up on Ford's official website today providing us with the base price of the performance model that starts at $40,720, not including an $825 (*) destination charge that puts the total to $41,545. Read more »
Following Tuesday's announcement on the winning design for the first-ever 'SEMA Mustang Build Powered by Women', the Blue Oval has released a short video to introduce two of the driving forces behind the project, Ford vehicle designer Jennifer Seely and SEMA Project Manager, Sherry Kollien, to the world.
Seely was responsible for the design of two out of the three Mustang GT concepts, including the winning "High Gear" study that will be unwrapped in the flesh at the 2012 SEMA show in Las Vegas at the end of October.
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America's two newest and at the same time, most powerful series-production muscle cars are the 2013 Ford Mustang-based Shelby GT500 and the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.
On paper, the $54,995 Camaro ZL1's 6.2-liter supercharged V8 produces 580hp at 6,000 rpm and 556 lb.-ft. of torque (754 Nm) at 4,200 rpm, while the $54,200 Shelby GT500's 5.8-liter supercharged V8 delivers 662hp at 6,250 rpm and 631 lb.-ft. (856Nm) of torque at 4,000 rpm.
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The voters have spoken and they chose the "High Gear" concept designed by Jennifer Seely of Ford Motor Co. for the first-ever SEMA Mustang Build Powered by Women. Read more »
With specialized performance cars, it's always best to think out of the box when it comes to commercials.
Instead of a humdrum TV spot, Ford and its advertising agency came up with the bright idea of having X Games Rally gold medalist Tanner Foust and stunt driver Greg Tracy drive the 2013 Focus ST hot hatch one-on-one through the narrow streets of Florida's Key West.
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America's best-selling pickup truck has been refined for the 2013 model year. Revealed in Texas on Monday, the venerable F-150 receives some mild cosmetic tweaks along with new optional and standard features.
On the outside, the 2013 F-150 models sport new grilles that bring them more in line with the latest Super Duty, while the options list is enhanced with HID projector headlamps and newly styled 18- and 20-inch wheels.
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Josh Byrnes, the Carscoop reader and independent designer that accurately predicted the shape of the new 2013 Cadillac ATS before its unveiling at this year's Detroit Motor Show, is back with another speculative rendering.
For his next project, Josh picked out the 2014 Ford Transit Connect van based on a series of allegedly official patent fillings that were leaked on the internet earlier this month (you can see those images over at Autoblog).
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When is it worth paying extra money for a more fuel-efficient version of the same model? The answer to that question depends on the price of gas, how much more fuel-efficient is said car and how long it will take to recoup the added cost.
Consumer Reports (CR) set out to see if buyers would benefit in the long run by choosing the fuel-economy variants of the Ford Focus, Chevrolet Cruze and Honda Civic. While each of these models returns better mileage than their standard counterparts, they also cost between $500 and $800 more.
The following calculations were based on driving 12,000 miles (~19,300 kilometers) annually with an average gas price of $4 per gallon (€0.85/lt).
Starting with the Ford Focus, CR found that the $495 SFE (Super Fuel Economy) package, which adds flush hubcaps, a rear spoiler, and low rolling resistance tires, provides a 3-mpg improvement in overall and city fuel economy, to 31 and 21mpg, respectively.
Having already afforded us a peak at the hatchback version of the upcoming 2013 Ford Fiesta through these shots, our spies have now caught up with a prototype of the sedan model while engineers were testing it on the roads around the Nürburgring.
There's too much cladding on both ends of the Fiesta sedan to be absolutely sure, but it appears that Ford will apply the same Aston Martin grille treatment on the facelifted model as it did on the new Fusion.
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With its sights set on those who aren't satisfied with Ford's retro-modern take of the original pony car yet still want all the advantages that come with a new car, Missouri-based Retrobuilt is expanding its range of 1969 Shelby Mustangs with the addition of a convertible model.
As with Retrobuilt's existing 1969 Shelby GT 500CS Fastback and Mustang GT Fastback models, the 1969 Shelby GT500CS Convertible can be based on any open-top, fifth-generation Ford Mustang (S-197) built from 2005 and onwards.
The conversion package replaces all body panels sans the doors with fiberglass parts, and adds new headlamps and taillights, chrome trim, vinyl striping and a Shelby wheel and tire combo to mimic the looks of the original 1969 model.
Who would have thought that the Ford Cougar, known as the last generation Mercury Cougar in North America, would prove so popular with the replica crowd?
After a couple of Bugatti Veyron 16.4s and an Audi R8, we have now unearthed a Ferrari F430 Scuderia clone based on a low-mileage Cougar coupe V6.
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