First Drive: Ford Edge
Sales of SUVs have quadrupled across Europe since 2005 and Ford are adding the new Edge to their line-up writes Suzanne Keane What is it? The Ford Edge may have been on sale across the Atlantic for a number of years but has now been reconfigured for the European market as part of Ford’s SUV expansion plan. First impressions of the new Ford Edge On the outside the Ford Edge is a sporty and aggressive looking SUV, especially in Sport...
The Ford Fiesta turns 40
Ford’s starter car has grown up and is celebrating its 40th birthday this year Scarily enough for those of us old enough to remember the Mk1 Ford Fiesta is 40 years old this year. Four decades ago one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world rolled its sleeves up and aimed to build a supermini to take on the Fiat 127, VW Polo and Renault 5. The four-year development programme culminating with the launch of Ford’s second...
First Drive: Ford Mustang 5.0 litre V8
Does Ford’s long-awaited muscle car live up to expectations asks Geraldine Herbert? What is it? This is Ford’s first right-hand drive Mustang for half a century, a car that is a motoring icon unlike any other. First impressions of the new Ford Mustang? The Mustang will taunt you from your driveway, it will whisper incessantly and beg you to drive it. It is simply stunning to look at. There is a choice between a 2.3-litre...
Car Chat with Karen Koster
We talk cars, Taylor Swift and speed with TV3 presenter, Ford Ambassador and first time mum Karen Koster Who taught you to drive? An instructor. I knew it was the only way to avoid a family feud. So for my 17th birthday, my parents bought me a course of lessons and I was raring to go! How has been a parent changed the way you think about a car? It’s changed everything! My last car was a Peugeot 207 Cabriolet which I adored when I...
Ford Mustang: We chart its 51-year history
The wait is over as the Ford Mustang arrives in Irish Showrooms we chart its 51-year history Ford executives watched gleefully as the public enthusiastically checked out the new Ford Mustang at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York. Based on the regular, humdrum Falcon but clothed in a modern, handsome body and with a raft of options including cruise-o-matic transmission, power disc brakes, handling packs, air conditioning and a choice of...
