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2012 Ford Focus Reviewed

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2012 Ford Fucus Titanium Sedan – Ingot Silver Metallic

The 2012 Ford Focus Titanium Sedan by txGarage

The 2012 Ford Focus Titanium Sedan by txGarage

The Ford Focus has never been that strong of a competitor in the U.S. market. Although having great success with the Focus, and growing the platform, over seas Ford neglected the Focus brand here in their home market keeping a cheaper and older platform. The enthusiast community, including us here at txGarage, have cried for years for Ford to bring the Euro market Focus here to the United States. We’ve talked about cars like the Mazda 3 and the Volvo C30 which share the Euro Focus platform and how that makes them better than the American Focus.

Well you can forget about all of that now. In 2010 Ford announced that the new Focus would be the same in the Euro market and the American market. Finally they are bringing the enthusiast car into America, but does it live up to they hype? How does the 2012 Ford Focus handle Texas and our great terrain? Continue reading →

Pics from the Houston Auto Show

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We recently took a trip to Houston for the annual Houston Auto Show. We had lots of fun with our car enthusiast friends from around Texas. Check out some of the pictures we took at the auto show.

Houston Auto Show Gallery on Facebook.

The Jay Leno Show Electric Focus: w/Video

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Leno's Electric Focus

Leno's Electric Focus

One of the exciting segments coming out of the new Jay Leno Show has been named “Leno’s Green Car Challenge” and will feature a celebrity racing against the clock in an electric Ford Focus, as we reported here. We know that Drew Barrymore will get the first chance behind the wheel and we know that she will be driving the Focus around a make shift track outside of Leno’s studio. What we didn’t know was the specs and the looks of this Electric Focus.

That all changed yesterday as Ford released the information on the car to star on Leno’s show. It’s a Euro Focus ST five door-hatch back converted into a one of a kind electric Focus. Ford knew that this car would go through the ringer so they fitted it with Racaro racing seats, bigger brakes, a full roll cage, and five point-harness. The electric motor will produce 141 hp and 235 lb-ft of torque with a 7,500 rpm redline and a curb weight of 2,421 lbs.

Needless to say they should be able to have plenty of fun in this car, can’t wait to see the airing of the first go around.

Hit the link to watch the Video!

The Jay Leno Show:

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The Jay Leno Show

The Jay Leno Show

A little bit about Jay Leno’s new show, called The Jay Leno Show, has been revealed. According to Jay they are going to have a segment challenging the gests racing against each other in “green cars”. Jay says, “You can see who is faster, Shaquille O’Neal or Cameron Diaz” can’t wait for that one.

Most are comparing this to Top Gears “Star in a Reasonably Priced Car” but we really don’t have any information on what the segment might actually look like or consist of. We do know they have already started construction of a make-shift track next to his studio. All we can do is hope that the “green car” is a sporty car and the ratings of the show are well enough to keep it going.

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Update: Jay Leno on TopGear

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Jay Leno on BBC's Top Gear

Jay Leno on BBC's Top Gear

As I wrote before, Jay Leno and Jeremy Clarkson are my two favorite car guys out there. Now we have footage on YouTube of Jay Leno’s interview and lap on TopGear.

 

Check it out!