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Piston Slap: What’s a Ford Employee to do?
TTAC Commentator tresmonos writes: OK. So I used to work for Ford and am now gainfully employed by them (again). My dilemma is as follows: I am rolling on a Z24 cavalier that I bought brand new...
View ArticleAsk The Best And Brightest: What Would You Pay For This Feisty Fiesta?
Although Ford has been relentlessly hyping its US-bound Focus ST, there’s been nary a word of a hot Fiesta coming to the states. And even if we do get the 180 HP (or thereabouts) 1.6 Ecoboost-powered...
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Piston Slap: The Fiesta’s Rocky Road Ahead?
Clark writes: Hello Sajeev, I currently drive a 2007 G35S that works great and has been dead nuts reliable since I bought it lightly used a couple of years ago. It also works just fine for my duties...
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Long-Term Tester Update: FiSTing Around at the Autocross
Ever since I wrote this post about autocross back in November, there’s been something that has really bothered me about the way a lot of people responded to it. People seemed to have read the...
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Long-Term Tester Update: Fiesta ST Plus Track Night in America Equals Hella Fun
I was once told that it’s good to start any piece of writing with a curious introduction – you know, something that makes the reader want to click through and find out more about the story. The more...
View ArticlePiston Slap: Focusing on Turbo 93 Octane Tunes?
Mark writes: Sajeev, Thanks for the recent advice on winter tires & wheels for my new Focus ST. I took delivery of the car two weeks ago and I’m having a blast. The first thing I did when I got it...
View ArticlePiston Slap: For a Cleaner EcoBoost, Install a Catch Can?
Mark writes: Sajeev, I’ve had my 2015 Focus ST for 15 months and 14,000 trouble-free miles so far, and I’m really enjoying the car. The car is still 100 percent stock, but I’ll likely contact Torrie...
View ArticleWhat Will Ford ST Next?
Ford has teased that it will be giving something the ST treatment next week at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It hasn’t said what, at least not publicly, as of yet. We may or...
View ArticleClass Warfare: Ford Appends the Word ‘Elite’ to Its Titanium Edge
Apparently running out of precious metals with which to name their fancy crossovers (and not yet ready to bring the Vignale badge across the pond), Ford has created a Titanium Elite trim for the...
View ArticleAce of Base: 2020 Ford Explorer XLT
Let’s get one thing clear: it is my opinion that the 2020 Explorer XLT is not the best 2020 Explorer. Powered by a 2.3-liter Ecoboost four-pot, the XLT falls far short of the 400 horsepower 3.0-liter...
View ArticleAce of Base: 2019 Ford Fiesta ST
It’s August 2019 and your author is pouring one out for little Blue Oval hatchbacks with mouths to match their trousers. Soon to depart from our shores (North American-market production has already...
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