{"id":117,"date":"2018-12-20T15:35:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T15:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platts.co.uk\/blog\/?p=117"},"modified":"2019-01-21T17:14:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T17:14:45","slug":"all-new-ford-focus-wins-12-awards-in-its-first-six-months-on-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/12\/20\/all-new-ford-focus-wins-12-awards-in-its-first-six-months-on-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"All-New Ford Focus Wins 12 Awards In Its First Six Months On Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New from the ground up, the most accomplished and technically-competent Ford Focus<\/a> ever has already earned 12 prestigious awards \u2013 including two outright Car of the Year titles \u2013 since going on sale across Europe in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ford sold more than 42,100 all-new Focus<\/a> cars through November year to date, with the sporty Focus ST-Line variant accounting for more than 40 per cent of sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One in six Ford Focus<\/a> customers opted for Chrome Blue or Desert Island Blue colours, in addition to the more traditional and popular Magnetic grey and Frozen White colours. A new eight-speed automatic transmission has also proven even more popular with customers than anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manufactured using\u00a0cutting-edge processes<\/a>\u00a0at Ford\u2019s Saarlouis assembly facility, Germany, the all-new Ford Focus<\/a> is offered in five-door hatchback and wagon body styles. In addition to the popular ST-Line variant, the comprehensive line-up also includes the stylish Ford Focus Trend and Titanium and upscale Ford Focus Vignale<\/a>. The first sports-utility vehicle-inspired\u00a0Focus Active crossover<\/a>\u00a0is now also available to order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMedia, motoring experts and \u2013 most importantly \u2013 customers are full of praise for our all-new Ford Focus<\/a>, and that\u2019s reflected in both variety of awards the car is winning and the rate at which they\u2019re flying out of showrooms,\u201d said Glen Goold, Focus chief programme engineer, Ford of Europe. \u201cTo be considered the best in such a competitive segment is a very high level of praise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The all-new Ford Focus<\/a> confidence-inspiring driving and occupant experience \u2013 developed following closer collaboration with customers than ever before \u2013 has been recognised by publications and organisations across Europe, including Car of the Year 2019<\/strong> titles in Croatia<\/strong> and Finland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits for business drivers including optimised fuel efficiency from sophisticated EcoBoost petrol and EcoBlue diesel engines, wireless charging capability for compatible smartphones and FordPass Connect on-board modem connectivity are reflected with victory at the Entrepreneurs Car of the Year<\/strong> awards in Spain;<\/strong> the Benefit Category<\/strong> award at the Czech Republic Fleet Awards 2018<\/strong>; and the title of Best Lower-Medium Car<\/strong> at the BusinessCar Awards <\/strong>in the U.K<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Category award wins for the all-new Ford Focus<\/a> include Compact Class Winner<\/strong> at the Auto Zeitung Auto Trophy 2018<\/strong> in Germany;<\/strong>and Best Family Car <\/strong>at the 2018 Scottish Car of the Year Awards.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ford Focus<\/a> is also one of seven cars shortlisted for the European Car of the Year<\/strong> award to be announced in March 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delivering more interior space combined with high quality materials and craftsmanship, the all-new Focus offers the most sophisticated range of Ford driver assistance technologies<\/a> ever offered to Ford customers including Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop & Go, Speed Sign Recognition and Lane-Centring for effortlessly negotiating stop-start traffic, and Ford\u2019s first head-up display to be offered in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year the Ford Focus<\/a> was awarded the maximum 5-star safety rating<\/a> by independent crash test authority Euro NCAP \u2013 one of the first vehicles to be awarded the highest rating under new, more stringent Euro NCAP testing protocols.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New from the ground up, the most accomplished and technically-competent Ford Focus ever has already earned 12 prestigious awards \u2013 including two outright Car of the Year titles \u2013 since going on sale across Europe in the summer. Ford sold more than 42,100 all-new Focus cars through November year to date, with the sporty Focus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ford-focus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}