Posts Tagged ‘Ford’

MINI isn’t mini anymore – you don’t have to hunt on forums for long to find this grumble. Indeed not: the current hatchback is 3699mm, which is far larger than ...

WHY only 1000 Citroen DS3 Racings,  I asked the Citroen man at the Geneva Motor Show. Surely you could make it a permanent addition to the range, underlining its MINI ...

INSPIRATION comes in many forms. Today, for instance, down at the brilliant Goodwood Breakfast Club, a gorgeous Ford Zephyr was spotted. That’s Ford Zephyr of Z-Cars fame – and, even ...

FORD finally won ownership to the Rover brand name in 2006. But it was providing aid for the brand even before then. Secret talks in the late 90s were conducted, ...

VAUXHALL, in 1963, used to offer 512 different types of carpet to its Victor model. Blimey. 512! Imagine the logistics, the waste, the need for systems management, the storage demands, ...

TWO decades ago, the car industry was in a recession, too. 1991 was a year of depression, sales shrinkages and dealer drama. Sound familiar? Well, looking at the news of ...

Well, I’ll be. My piece on Ford’s Walter Hayes? It’s only gone and got a response. From, no less, than his son, Richard Hayes. Honoured, me? You betcha! Luckily, Richard ...

CARS famous for being bad are not hard to find, worryingly. Take the might of British Leyland, back in the 1970s. It foisted the Morris Marina upon us. Then had ...

FORD’S Fiesta was the turning point. Before that, explained Ford’s handling God, Richard Parry-Jones, the blue oval had a schizophrenic approach to good handling. ‘We had good handling RS products, ...

GIVE a motoring journalist a van and he’ll be your best friend. Particularly if you are Ford’s Bob Wright, who controls the press fleet, and distributes said vans to house-moving ...