hi,

Ford is presenting it's new Focus soon,
and I like it very much(wouldn't mind swapping my Benz for it)
together they also presented a new line of turbo engines

1.6 with up to 180hp
2.0 starting at 204hp and up to 230hp
these are ecological engines

so!!!!! wouldn't it be nice:
4/4 - 150 bhp
4/4sport - 180bhp
+4 - 204 hp
roadster V6 - 3.5 with 266hp
roadster V6sport - 350hp (turboversion of the 3.5 V6)

sport would then really be sport
(track-pack as standard)

1560,
Does it say what the CO2 emissions of the engines are to be?? In a few years a swap of my present Plus 4 engine might just make sense!!

Cheers!

no co2 info found yet

Or perhaps they go for the new 3 cylinder PSA/BMW 1.3 liter turbo with 160 Bhp in a Morgan 3/4 to reinforce their green image?

Harald

I must admit that a 266bhp Roadster 'Sport' sounds tempting but not if it's edging towards £50k.
If I had to find £20k and p/ex the Roadster, I'd rather put the £20 into another car (like a Griffith 500).....

Why don't we all stop messing around here and accept that a short block Chevy Vee 8 would be ideal ( subject of course, to impoverished GM undertaking the type approval)
There is also the point that, in relation to a 4/4 substitute, there really are much more suitable engines around which would not only 'package' better but give a far higher quality baseline unit than the Ford. I've been around Ford engines all my life and would never decry their advantages but quality- they aint.

At the risk of being a heretic, why do we think Lotus went from the fairly dreadful K series to the Toyota lump. The days when small volume British sports cars can expect their owners effectively to pay for turning Low tech into Hi-tech via significant amounts of post purchase expenditure must be numbered
Regards,
G ( Being a recidivist!)

G,
Getting cocky now that you got out of jail in the Millennium stadium last Sat!!!!!!!!!

Cheers!(as he licks his wounds from Paris!!

Robbie,
'out of jail' doesn't even go there. What sums the whole weekend up is that in the early hours of Sunday morning, one member of the 'victorious' team was arrested while driving a golf buggy down the M4 motorway. He failed a breath test and when asked what did he think he was doing, is said to have replied "Going for breakfast"

G

At least he didn't say "going for a lee(a)k"!!!!

Crazy stuff - likely the end of one career in any event.

Cheers!

yes,
Not least because the Powell family business is skip-hire. For which, of course, a driving licence is rather important!

G