{"id":18734,"date":"2018-04-10T14:45:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T13:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/?p=18734"},"modified":"2018-04-10T14:45:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T13:45:24","slug":"ten-things-know-new-ford-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/ten-things-know-new-ford-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten things to know about the New Ford Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_18735\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018_FF_main.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18735\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18735\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018_FF_main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018_FF_main.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018_FF_main-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018_FF_main-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018_FF_main-321x214.jpg 321w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018_FF_main-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2018 Ford Focus<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>The fourth generation\u00a0 Ford Focus has been unveiled writes Geraldine Herbert<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) It&#8217;s 20 years since the Ford Focus first appeared on Irish roads.<br \/>\n2) Embracing technology the Focus is the first Ford to get a new Head-up display.<br \/>\n3) The new car is also designed to detect \u201cNo Entry\u201d signs on a motorway ramp and will sound a Wrong Way Alert\u00a0 with audible and visual warnings.<br \/>\n4) The new Focus has been to the gym and has lost almost 88 kg compared with the outgoing model.<br \/>\n5) Available in a hatchback, estate and a saloon it also comes in several flavors including the stylish Focus Titanium, sporty Focus ST-Line, upscale Focus Vignale and the first Focus Active crossover.<br \/>\n6) If you want to stand out from the crowd <em>Orange Glow<\/em> or <em>Desert Island Blue<\/em> one of 13 exterior colours are the ones to opt for.<br \/>\n7) Climb inside and there are fine-grain wood-effect finishes and premium leather for Vignale, sporty carbon fibre-effect finishes and red stitching for the ST-Line, and more rugged, textured materials and surfaces for the Active.<br \/>\n8) The new Focus comes loaded with goodies including Active Park Assist 2 deisgned to make parking even easier: you can parallel or perpendicular parking spaces at the push of a button<br \/>\n9) There is a variety of petrol and diesel engine variations available;\u00a01.0-litre EcoBoost and new 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol engine or a 1.5-litre EcoBlue and 2.0-litre EcoBlue diesel engines<br \/>\n10) Due here around August prices have yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018_ff_main2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18736\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018_ff_main2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018_ff_main2.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018_ff_main2-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018_ff_main2-768x571.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the new Ford Focus check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ford.ie\/\">Ford.ie<\/a>, the Ford Ireland\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fordireland\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>page or\u00a0follow them on twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordIreland\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Geraldine Herbert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11th April,\u00a0 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth generation\u00a0 Ford Focus has been unveiled writes Geraldine Herbert 1) It&#8217;s 20 years since the Ford Focus first appeared on Irish roads. 2) Embracing technology the Focus is the first Ford to get a new Head-up display. 3) The new car is also designed to detect \u201cNo Entry\u201d signs on a motorway ramp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1770,117],"tags":[38,178,41,181,773,774,1010],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - 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