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Introduced by the Focus, the C2 platform is currently used by the Escape crossover, the Bronco Sport, Maverick pickup truck, and Lincoln Corsair luxury crossover. That’s a pretty diverse lineup on similar underpinnings, which is why pixel artist X-Tomi Design took the liberty to imagine a regular-cab pickup on the front- and all-paw-drive vehicle architecture.

Ford has updated the Focus ST with a smattering of fresh goodies, and given hybrid power to the other Focus models.

Deal Hunter: Volkswagen EOFY deals deliver lower prices Deal Hunter: Volkswagen EOFY deals deliver lower prices June 04, 2021 EOFY programs also in place from Mazda and Ford; and $5000 cashback for Volvo XC60 and XC90 Volkswagen has jumped right into the spirit of EOFY giving, offering its product range at reduced drive-away prices and with finance over a four-year term at an interest rate of 3.99 per cent (Polo, Touareg). But that’s just the start. Volkswagen Volkswagen T-Cross Volkswagen T-...

Ford's Focus redefined how good a hatchback could be over 20 years ago. It's still doing it, too. The Focus Active is an attempt to cash in on the ongoing sales dominance of SUVs without having to go full SUV. It probably shouldn't work, but Ford is good at this sort of thing.

Our consumer champion advises on fixing a known fault with Discovery Sport and Evoque power steering. Plus: electric car spare wheel issues

► Remains SUV handling benchmark ► Strong value, loaded with equipment They say to understand where you’re going you need to know where you came from, but so stark is the contrast between this third-generation Ford Kuga and the Blue Oval’s first European mid-sized SUV – the developed-with-Nissan Maverick of 1993 – that the scholastic learning is worthy of a Masters dissertation in crossover evolution. In fact, it’s quite the leap from its immediate eight-year-old predecessor, havi...

What exactly is the Citroen C4? It’s a question that’s hard to answer, partly because of its new design that’s somewhere between a normal hatchback and an SUV, and partly because the C4 name has been used on a number of cars over the past decade or so. It started out as a normal family hatch, like a Volkswagen Golf or a Ford Focus, but then the funky-looking and excellent C4 Cactus was introduced before the C4 hatch was dropped. Then the C4 Cactus was toned down and made to look more like...

This almost car-less state of affairs wasn’t supposed to be absolute and permanent. Ford did have plans to sell the Focus Active in the United States before Trump administration tariffs killed the plan in 2018. Could Ford revive the plan to sell a car in the U.S. that isn’t a traditional sedan? Well, they just launched exactly that sort of vehicle for the Chinese market, the Evos, at the Shanghai Motor Show. The Evos is a sort of fastback-shaped wagon/crossover along the lines of the Citro�...

That announcement came June 3, 2008, as the price of oil was skyrocketing towards $147/bbl. for West Texas Intermediate. Gasoline prices were sky high, and remarkably, almost exactly the same price they are in Western Canada right now, despite oil prices currently being US$68/bbl. for WTI. Also, the plant closure announcement came before the recession hit that September. That July, I bought a used SUV made at that plant, a fully loaded 2004 Buick Rainier. I got it cheap, because no one wanted...

Awkward squad: EV charging can be infuriating if you dont have access to a home wallbox If your car has developed a fault, or for consumer advice, turn to Honest John by emailing honestadvice@telegraph.co.uk Circuit bored My wife and I bought an electric Kia e-Niro, which at 75 felt like a brave thing to do. I have no range anxiety as, with up to 280 miles on a full charge, I can easily visit friends and family and return to our wallbox charger at home. My biggest irritation is charging away fr...