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Ford Accelerates production performance cars for Europe as the first All-New Focus RS Attenuates the line.
Ford plans to produce about 41,000 performance cars including Fiesta ST, Focus ST, Focus RS, Mustang and Ford GT for customers in Europe in 2016 against 29,000 in 2015, a 40 percent increase year on year.
The request to extend Ford's performance car range registered an increase in 2015 sales of 62 percent year over year.
The first Focus RS has now left the production line in Saarlouis, Germany.
A new era for fast Fords is being born with the start of production of the new Focus RS performance hatch.
Ford plans to produce 41,000 cars performance for Europe in 2016, against 29,000 in 2015, representing an increase of 40 percent year over year, and comes after 2015 sales performance vehicles in Europe showed increase of 62 percent compared to 2014.
Among the models driving demand are the new Focus RS, the first of which has just launched the production line in Saarlouis, Germany; sports car Ford Mustang for which Ford has taken over 13,000 orders in Europe; and the Focus ST and Fiesta ST hatchback models.
With the all-new Ford GT still ahead, Ford offers the most complete range of performance models of compact hatchbacks high performance supercars.
It will be a remarkable year for Ford performance cars, with unprecedented performance capability and the sophisticated powertrain and chassis technologies, including the new Ford Performance All-wheel drive for our Focus RS system, said Joe Bakaj, vice president, product Development, Ford of Europe.
Record RS Focus RS is one of 12 new Ford Performance Vehicles will bring its customers worldwide through 2020 Developed by Ford performance engineering team in Europe and the United States model is powered by a specially designed version of Ford's new March 2 -litre EcoBoost delivering a maximum power of 350 hp and darken 0-100 km h 0 62 mph 4 7 seconds, which makes the high-performance sedan fastest acceleration model Ford RS ever.
The Focus RS innovative pioneers Ford Performance Wheel Drive with Dynamic Torque Vectoring for a new level of maneuverability, traction and speed in the corners selectable drive modes including Drift fashion industry first that enables controlled and piles of oversteer launch control function on the RS model for the first time.
Since the order books opened in September, customers have already placed more than 3,100 orders, and yet 250,000 people set a Ford Focus RS on the sites.
Bestsellers Mustang The Ford Mustang is available with Ford 5 V8 0 liters delivering 421 hp and 100 km h 62 mph starting in 4 8 seconds, or more fuel-efficient EcoBoost engine 2 3 liter delivering 317 horsepower and reach 100 km h 62 mph 5 8 seconds.
The all-new Ford Mustang high performance engines are supported by a Performance Pack standard in Europe that offers high-powered brakes and cooling for high speed driving a sophisticated chassis and body structure and advanced technology including applications to select the drive mode and track, also help optimize driving dynamics to provide a sporting experience of the application for Ford Mustang customers.
The Ford Mustang was the sports car bestseller worldwide during the first half of 2015, according to Global registration data IHS Automotive.
ST models Fun and frugal Sales of the Ford Focus ST increased 160 percent in 2015 compared to 2014, following the introduction earlier this year of a new model available for the first time with a motor diesel.
The new performance with practicality Ford Focus ST is mixed; available bodystyles five doors and car and with a new PS 2 185 0 liters diesel engine which delivers 400 Nm of torque of 2.000 to 2.750 rpm beside the shown PS 2 250 0 liters petrol engine EcoBoost.
Following the introduction of the new model in early 2015, 47 percent of customers choose diesel powertrain, which was recently made available a PowerShift dual clutch transmission 6-speed.
The new Focus ST model diesel PowerShift is more rapid acceleration of the diesel car Ford ever reaching 0-100 km h 0-62mph into 7 seven seconds 0 4 seconds faster than the manual variant and delivering CO2 emissions of 119 g km combined fuel economy 4 6 l 61 100 km mpg 4 model 2 EcoBoost 0 liters sends an acceleration of 0 to 100 km h 0-62 h 6 5 seconds.
The Fiesta ST has quickly become the leading small performance hatchback in Europe following its introduction in Europe and the world, with more than 20 awards in its first year on sale Powered by an EcoBoost 182 PS 1 of 6 liters the Fiesta ST sprints from 0-100 km h 0-62mph in 6 of 9 seconds over 30,000 Fiesta STs have now been sold across Europe, with more new Fiesta ST scheduled for later this year.
Ultimate Machine The first all-new Ford GT ultra-high performance supercars also in production for a limited number of customers in Europe at the end of 2016.
Powered by the most powerful production Ford EcoBoost engine never produce more than 600 horsepower and demonstrate remarkable efficacy coupled with a paddle transmission driving seven speeds, the Ford GT is an ultra-high-performance supercar that serves as a technology showcase for Ford EcoBoost performance and innovations in aerodynamics and lightweight carbon fiber construction.
IHS Automotive data overall record includes all records in the segment of world sport IHS, January-June 2015.
Quoted sales for 20 major European markets where Ford is represented by national companies selling the Euro 20 markets are: Austria, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland.
Reported Fuel Energy consumption, CO2 emissions and electric range are measured against the requirements and technical specifications of the European Regulation EC 715 and EC 692 2007 2008 as last amended consumption and CO2 emissions are specified fuel for a vehicle variant and not for a single car applied the standard test procedure enables a comparison between different vehicle types and different manufacturers in addition to the energy efficiency of a car, driving behavior as well as other factors nontechnical play a role in determining a fuel energy consumption of the car, CO2 emissions and electric stove CO2 is the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming.
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