The all-new Ford Focus and refined Mondeo have earned Ford a pair of top awards from Diesel Car magazine. The new Ford Focus, on sale in Europe since March, was crowned best diesel medium-sized car on the market. Diesel Car evaluated the 1.6 and 2.0-litre Ford Focus TDCi models, each available in two power outputs.
Ian Robertson, Diesel Car editor, said: “The Ford Focus is quite simply the best handling, most dynamically accomplished car in its class – the one the others have to match. A new benchmark has been set for this size of car, because the bar has been raised by new Focus.” The Ford Mondeo added a fuel efficient 65.6mpg diesel version to its range this year – producing only 114g CO2/km which ranks among the best in the large car segment. This 1.6-litre Ford Mondeo TDCi features Auto-Start-Stop as standard and is available in both five-door and estate bodystyles. Both these diesel Ford’s are expected to arrive in Auto Connexion showrooms in early 2012.
