UK: Ford to introduce "eco friendly" Focus.

Kowalski · 09-06-2005, 01:32 PM

Grass is greener for Focus.

FFV boasts 70 per cent CO2 emissions reduction

Ford is to become the first major manufacturer to launch a bioethanol-powered car in the UK when deliveries of the Focus FFV begin in early 2006. The first FFV is currently being tested in Somerset, where locally-grown wheat is being used to produce the bioethanol fuel that powers its 1.8-litre engine.

The FFV produces 70 per cent less carbon dioxide than its petrol equivalent, and develops 123bhp. The car runs either on E85 bioethanol fuel, which is a mix of 85 per cent ethanol and 15 per cent petrol, or on petrol. Initially the Focus FFV will be available only as a fleet purchase, priced at £14,095, although it may become available to private buyers if bioethanol fuel becomes more readily accessible.

The Focus FFV produces 70 per cent less carbon dioxide than its petrol brother and the Standard car looks indistibguishable from FFV.

jokuvaan · 09-06-2005, 04:16 PM

Saab is focusing also to UK ethanol market next year.

asim · 09-06-2005, 06:46 PM

As long as it is the new design (not to old model) its better.

ReD-DaWg-OnE · 09-06-2005, 06:56 PM

What is the big deal? Ford has been offering felexable fuel vehicals here for years.

Stéphane Dumas · 09-06-2005, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ReD-DaWg-OnE

What is the big deal? Ford has been offering felexable fuel vehicals here for years.

For the pick-up and Taurus (mainly for fleet) here and Brazilian Ford models but it's the first time in Europe then Ford put it on a smaller model.

TiburonJT · 09-06-2005, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ReD-DaWg-OnE

What is the big deal? Ford has been offering felexable fuel vehicals here for years.

Yep, the Taurus and Ranger (3.0L) are at least 2 of the models that had that.

01cavalier · 09-06-2005, 10:28 PM

I wish we had more cars/trucks that would run on this...and more fueling stations

AndrewGS · 09-06-2005, 11:12 PM

Wow, and it's only $26,000!

oldsmobuick · 09-06-2005, 11:31 PM

I have a 2001 S10 with the 2.2 L4 and it can run on E85. The problem is that I have never seen that kind of fuel offered for sale.
I thought that by now everyone was doing this.

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