Whistling Performance Pony – Ford Mustang High-Performance review
With its timeless fastback profile, muscular haunches, uber-cool heritage and film star good looks, the Ford Mustang is as iconic as it is popular. But what happens when you mess with its winning formula and replace its V8 roar with a whistle? Well, quite a lot actually. I can already hear the Mustang purists bolting […]
Ford celebrate Le Mans with colour
Ford has revealed a special series of “Celebration Liveries” for the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs ahead of the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours. Each of the four factory Ford GTs will bear a livery that celebrates the success of the manufacturer at Le Mans, both in the present day and during the 1960s. […]
Detroit evolution – Ford Mustang Review
2108 Ford Mustang GT review New Zealand I’ve never actually been to Detroit (one day maybe), but up until recently, all the images I’ve seen of the place have portrayed the Motor City to be just that, an industrial, concrete jungle whose sole purpose was to provide cars to the rest of the nation – […]
Hop, Skip and a Jump – Mustang 2018 Launch
Ford Mustang launch review New Zealand Hop For those few of you that don’t know, Beach Hop is an annual event held in the Coromandel coastal town of Whangamata, that has its roots strongly grounded in the ‘Rock and Roll’ era of the 1950s. And since 2001, it’s been the perfect gathering for Kiwi’s far […]
Ford Ranger Raptor – Performance Plus Baja ha ha
A recent study by Ford research boffins in Europe highlighted that regularly driving a sports car can greatly increase your sense of well-being and emotional fulfilment. Therefore, unfortunately, although our off-roading friends may find a certain sense of pleasure slowly wallowing around in the mud ruts of the countryside, they have evidently been missing out […]
The Future is looking up – City of Tomorrow Symposium
A Ford experience You’d have to have your head in the sand not to know that the world we live in undoubtedly has a few environmental issues with one of the biggest culprits being our population and moreover, where it chooses to reside. Estimates come in that there will be 9 billion of us by […]
Ford Ranger Review – Ranger Smith
Yogi Bear is an animated creation dreamt up by Hanna Barbera. He was a breakout character that first appeared on the Huckleberry Hound show but went on (in my opinion) to be far more successful. He and his little friend Boo boo live modestly in Yellowstone park where they mainly feed on the generosity of […]
Took the new Mustang 5.0 out to the country – this is how it went…
Ford Mustang in New Zealand Long snout, heavy engine and loads of fun to drive, for a moment I thought I was back behind the wheel of my old Capri – no not the nasty ‘not fit to use its name’ 2 seater – the proper Ford Capri, icon of the late 70’s and early […]