{"id":457448,"date":"2010-03-22T07:09:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T11:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=53402"},"modified":"2010-03-22T07:09:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T11:09:29","slug":"ford-bringing-high-performance-fuel-sippers-to-u-s-focus-and-fiesta-to-get-ecoboost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/457448","title":{"rendered":"Ford bringing high-performance fuel-sippers to U.S., Focus and Fiesta to get EcoBoost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"2012 Ford Focus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2012_ford_focus_wide_main_a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"318\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ford is getting ready to compete with high-performance compact fuel-sippers like the Volkswagen GTI, Mini Cooper S, MazdaSpeed3 and the Civic Si on a global scale. FoMoCo&#8217;s new Global Performance Vehicles department is bringing together Ford&#8217;s finest high-performance engineers from Europe and the U.S. to work on faster versions of the new 2012 Focus and 2011 Fiesta.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you can capture enthusiastic young drivers, they become loyal buyers for years to come,&#8221; said Mitch McCullough, editor of New Car Test Drive and a longtime contributor to Sport Compact Car. &#8220;The young performance driver is frequently the neighborhood expert. Friends ask their advice before buying a car. If a company builds a quality, reliable, affordable, performance car, good word of mouth can affect sales of their other models.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autobytel.com\/content\/research\/chooser\/index.cfm\/action\/SelectTrim\/make_vch\/Ford\/model_vch\/Fiesta\/cat\/Any\/year_si\/0\/minprice\/0\/maxprice\/999999\/mpg\/any\/id\/31622\"><strong>Click  here to get prices on the 2011 Ford Fiesta<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Many enthusiasts have long criticized Ford for not paying enough attention to its American SVT performance group but the new organization should change all that.<\/p>\n<p>Ford has already confirmed that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2010\/03\/01\/2010-ford-focus-global-performance-version-confirmed-will-use-ecoboost-engine\/\">global 2012 global Ford Focus will get a version of the 4-cylinder Ford EcoBoost engine<\/a>. A high-performance Ford Fiesta, most likely powered by a 4-cylinder EcoBoost as well, has also been recently spotted driving around Dearbon.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned and stay excited.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/tag\/ford-focus\/\"><strong>Click  here for more news on the Ford Focus<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>2011 Ford Fiesta<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/4152633360_64ea7db1c6_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Ford Fiesta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/4152633360_64ea7db1c6_o-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Ford Fiesta\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/4151872167_58e3029942_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Ford Fiesta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/4151872167_58e3029942_o-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Ford Fiesta\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/4152633676_7a0de305dc_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Ford Fiesta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/4152633676_7a0de305dc_o-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Ford Fiesta\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/4151874319_5f170ff1f4_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Ford Fiesta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/4151874319_5f170ff1f4_o-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Ford Fiesta\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-53402\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157622793895409%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157622793895409%2F&amp;set_id=72157622793895409&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157622793895409%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157622793895409%2F&amp;set_id=72157622793895409&amp;jump_to=\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2012 Ford Focus<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623185915194%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623185915194%2F&amp;set_id=72157623185915194&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623185915194%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623185915194%2F&amp;set_id=72157623185915194&amp;jump_to=\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; 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