September 4, 2008
ARLINGTON, VA --- In a series of crash tests, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently assessed how well the bumpers of 20 small car models would protect the vehicles from damage in low-speed collisions.
Tags: Ford Focus, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash tests
May 21, 2008
The Ford Focus averaged 37.5 mpg in highway driving, beating the EPA figures of 35 mpg.
Tags: Edmunds.com , Ford Focus, fuel economy, Gas Sipper Smackdown, Smart Fortwo , Toyota Prius , Volkswagen Jetta TDI
April 17, 2008
The automakers says it will use overtime and Saturday shifts at its Wayne, Mich., plant the rest of the year to increase production of the Focus to 245,000 vehicles from 191,000 last year.
Tags: Ford, Ford Focus
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By Mike Antich When looking ahead to the next 12 months, I foresee reduced operating costs for fleets offset by increased depreciation expense caused by anemic resale values and decreased incentive monies. Here’s why I believe this will be the case, along with other predictions for 2009.
By Mike Antich I can’t recall a year as tumultuous as 2008. The year started with the Jan. 1 termination of the $1.8 billion merger between GE and PHH and ended with the near bankruptcy of GM and Chrysler. In between, we witnessed record fuel prices, then a spectacular freefall in fuel prices, a dismal used-vehicle market, unprecedented credit gridlock, the inability of some fleets to order new-vehicles, and fleet delivery disruptions due to a UAW strike and an epic Midwest flood that submerged rail lines.
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