Glenn Rowswell on 8th October 2021
Fast Fords are a part of hot hatch history, that’s a fact. The Ford Focus ST Mk2 firmly established itself as a modern performance favourite for a reasonable price tag. Here’s what you need to know before buying one.
Glenn Rowswell on 20th October 2020
Michael Hübner has been racing and refining this tuned Ford Escort RS2000 since the ’80s. And in its updated spec, it’s enjoying a most dramatic rebirth
Glenn Rowswell on 15th September 2020
Relentlessly pushing things forwards with his tuned 1000bhp Mk2 Focus RS for the entire time he’s owned it, Steve Johns is now left with a 1000+bhp hyper-hatch that’s single-handedly re-writing the rulebook…
Glenn Rowswell on 8th September 2020
Liam Stolton’s hardcore Mk2 Fiesta is so clean you could eat your dinner off it. But he didn’t build it to win show trophies – this thing is a manic out-and-out track beast…
Glenn Rowswell on 18th August 2020
Hide the children and lock your pets away. This dark-hearted Ford Model A is holding a distorted mirror up to the very concept of hot rod culture…
Glenn Rowswell on 21st January 2020
Thought the Rocket Bunny treatment was reserved for sporty Japanese coupés? Kampol Hasoontree’s bespoke Mk7 Fiesta is out to prove the same magic can be applied to pretty much any car if you only put your mind to it…
Matt Bell on 3rd December 2019
James Wright’s modified Ford Cortina packs a whopping 390bhp cossie engine. This isn’t quite the usual restoration project you expect to see with many a Blue Oval-badged coupe. This one certainly puts the cooooor back into Cortina. Certain cars have…
Glenn Rowswell on 21st November 2019
Welcome to this week’s FC Throwback, where we take a look back at some of our favourite previous feature cars. This week it’s Dhyllan Bhadal's tuned Ford Focus RS from back in 2014…
Glenn Rowswell on 15th November 2019
Milltek Sport has released a carefully optimised sports exhaust system for the Ford Focus ST 2.3 EcoBoost. Specifically, this latest system has been configured for models that leave the factory with Otto or Gasoline Particulate Filters. (OPFs or GPFs)
Glenn Rowswell on 12th September 2019
Welcome to this week’s FC Throwback, where we take a look back at some of our favourite previous feature cars. This week it’s Zsolt’s tuned Ford Escort Cosworth from back in 2013…
Glenn Rowswell on 7th June 2019
Officially Gassed - OG check out Glenn Nutton's insane 900bhp Ford Focus RS!
Glenn Rowswell on 5th June 2019
It may have taken on countless forms in the years he’s owned it, but something has always remained a constant with Tim Joyce’s Focus ST: the way it beautifully balances power and style like most other cars can only dream of…
Glenn Rowswell on 4th June 2019
The Imperial Blue automotive god that is the Mk1 Focus RS is regarded as a ‘proper’ flat-cap modern classic nowadays, with many commanding higher prices than the completely bonkers Mk2 versions...
Glenn Rowswell on 18th March 2019
The new Ford Fiesta ST has had its shackles removed by mountune’s latest upgrade. The m225 package for the Mk 8 Fiesta ST provides significant increases to both power and torque...