2014 Ford Fiesta ST Reviews with Specs and Price

Now we focus on discussion and reviews on 2014 Ford Fiesta ST. It is known as recommended sedan or hatchback with stylish design on its cabin, interior, exterior and high quality features. Ford Fiesta is known as superb little sedan or hatchback in USA. Meanwhile, Britain magazine reviewed it as best family car of the year. It comes with seven available models: S sedan, S hatch, SE sedan, SE hatchback, Titanium and ST.

According to Edmunds.com this economy car has best rating, price and reliability in its class. The pros are the stability with sporty handling, excellent driving dynamics, powerful engine, high fuel economy, luxury and latest applied technology on features. But many consumers complain on its cargo space and automatic transmission.

2014 Ford Fiesta ST Specifications

Performance

This car is known to deliver responsive steering and high performance with 6-speed manual transmission and turbocharged 1.6L EcoBoost I-4 Engine to produce 97hp and 202 lb/ft torque. Other superior aspect is also located on its suspension with enhanced vectoring control for better agility and excellent stability as well as shock absorber is designed to increase road grip.

Such driving and dyno test stated that this car has impressive performance to provide higher torque at 5200 rpm and excellent consistent fuel consumption below peak condition. It provides 29 mpg on 800 miles driving in city and 39 mpg on highway

Exterior

The 16 inches allow wheels, fog lamps, special tires and aerodynamic design make it as best subcompact car available in US market. It also has dynamic silhouette mirrors, wide wheel arches with dual chrome tips, rocker molding and unique diffuser. The body color and sleek design enrich the overall style.

Interior

With inspired interior accents, aluminum pedals and knob and leather steering wheel as well as other features (MyFord Touch interface, Sony speaker and HD radio), this car deliver amusing driving experience.

Safety

It comes with antilock brakes with four-wheel disc brakes and aggressive brake pad material for high deceleration, control of traction and stability and airbags for front side and driver knee. Like Ford Fusion, the safety features also include blind-spot mirror and Sync feature to call 911 whenever the emergency event is happened.

Pricing

The price across USA starts with $21,400 depending on packages, additional features and your location.

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2014 Ford Fusion Hybrid Release Date and Specs

When will 2014 Ford Fusion Hybrid release date be? There are some rumors that this new cars will begin their sales on end of 2013. This sedan becomes recommended choice for car enthusiasts due to great design, great style and great fuel economy of hybrid concept as well as high end features (safety and advanced design).

Although, this sedan has many advantages but it also has cons on its MyFord Touch interface that can be prone to glitch and slow responds to your smartphone. Overall, this is best choice for whoever love stylish car with low consumption on gas with increasing mpg. You can enjoy driving it in any conditions of climate, highway and in the city.

2014 Ford Fusion Hybrid Specifications

Performance

It is hybrid sedan which is known to deliver higher fuel economy, better acceleration and performance than other automaker such as Toyota Camry hybrid, Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and Kia Optima Hybrid. It is reported to consume 47 miles/gallon on highway. The electric power provides travelling up to 85 mph whereas the combination of both gas engine (2.0 L Inline 4-cylinder) and electric power delivers 188 hp at 6000 rpm.

For driving impression, it is great to get acceleration on highway because the acclimating of braking system to regenerate takes a little time and suspension provides impressive ride handling for maximum and low speed. This car has continuously variable-speed automatic transmission for seamless shifting and keeping peak efficiency on engine performance.

Exterior Design

This sedan offers awesome aerodynamic design with active grille for reducing drag force, shield underbody to allow air pass easily and increase efficiency. In fact, there are three available trims on levels of design: Titanium, S and SE with luxury package. This package includes 18 inches allow wheel, auto dimming mirror and fog lights.

Interior Design

If you choose SE level with luxury choice, you will add new style on interior for having heated front seat, leather upholstery, upgraded rear view camera on MyFord Touch electronics and radio satellite. In fact, I love the design of dashboard that gives improvement on enough clearance of passenger seating. It comes with great center stack and uncluttered style.

Safety

It does not only have standard safety features such as airbags on front seat, side curtains and fronts knees as well as antilock disk brake and stability control, but the high-end technology feature (Ford Sync) can make emergency notification and call 911. Parking sensor and rear cameras are also available with BLIS (Blind Spot Information System) to monitor cross traffic, cruise control, blind spot, lane assists and warning. It help driver to get warning and keep your sedan on right lane.

Pricing

The price of 2014 Ford Fusion Hybrid in USA could be range $27,200 to $30.000 depending on additional specs, features and your location.

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Ford EcoBoost Engine Specifications and Performance Problems

What is Ford EcoBoost engine? Are there problems on its reliability and performance? Ford F-150 Explorer, Fusion, Fiesta and Mustang are also known to be applied by this family of engine on their latest generation. This new automotive technology is sometimes called as the turbocharged direct injection engine with variable camshafts and large diplacement, developed by FEV engineering, launched in 2011.

So what are benefits of using this petrol engine? It offers improvements of towing capacity,fuel efficiency (20%) and greenhouse emissions (about 15%). Therefore, more power and torque as well as controlled acceleration will be delivered consistently. That’s why this technology is called best choice for future car application whereas rising cost of gas fuel makes all vehicle manufactures focusing on fuel economy.

EcoBoost engine specifications

According to Wikipedia, EcoBoost I4 engine consists of two types: 1.6L and 2.0L version. It uses Twin independent Variable Camshaft Timing which is rated at 160hp. The tests and developments are still applied to validate the engine performance. Ford has made million hours of computer analysis and dyno tests for 100.000 hours in any climate conditions.

The specifications are observed that stated that valve lash on intakes and exhaust are 0.17 mm and 0.38 mm respectively with 0.12 mm end play of crankshaft and using 2 of 10 teeth of timing chain. There is no excessive wear on bearing.

Here is picture of engine specification for L EcoBoost V6 and L EcoBoost I-4 on Ford F-150 Explorer

Ford's 4-cylinder EcoBoost

Ford's 6-cylinder EcoBoost

Performance Problems on Ecoboost

It is reported that consumers complain about reliability and performance of engine particularly sharp reduction on reduction while driving in high acceleration and wet conditions. The moisture is also accumulated in charge-air cooler before reaching combustion chamber. See all problems are at enr.com and f150forum.com.

2014 Focus ST: What to Look For When Buying

Ford lovers may question what to look for when buying 2014 Focus ST. This hatchback model sedan offers excellent value and great kinetics style for athletic stance. These sedans come with seven available models with different characteristic and features particularly on its fuel efficiency. But why do most people prefer choose the ST model?

Price can be main factor why 2014 Focus ST is great choice for Ford lovers or hatchback enthusiasts. This luxury comes with price of $16,310 (see the official site of ford.com). The best features are located on its direct, injection fuel engine, 2L Ti-VCT, great stability control feature (AdvanceTrac® electronic) and safety feature (first and second row curtain airbag of Safety Canopy).

In fact, there are main reasons why you should take into consideration of this car while seeking new car. Here are some aspects to look that I compile from many online sites.

Exterior

Many people consider Focus ST as best sedan in market that has stylish exterior particularly on nose design, top and lower grille, excellent rear bumpers, fascias and inspired color profile with high quality body kits. Therefore, car enthusiasts called it as sedan with dramatic roofline on the back and body colors match the accents. The upgrade issue on 2014 exterior is located on its HID xenon, snowflake rims and brake calipers.

Interior

Overall the interior design is excellent. You can find stylish dashboard with comfort space behind the seats, gage cluster, leather wheel and gearstick, steering wheel design, good rear seat style and awesome screen graphics, in latest generation in 2014. For entertaining purpose, this sedan is loaded with controls of MyFord Touch by Sony with touch screen display for making exciting communication while driving. The disadvantage is on contrasting shapes and color that may not match to overall color scheme for some people.

Performance and safety

With GTDI engine (gasoline turbo direct injection), like 2015 Ford Mustang, this 2.0L high-Output EcoBoost I- 4 engineturbocharged engine can produce 253 hp with 5.9 seconds of mph time and 250 lbs-feet of torque as well increasing maximum turbo pressure using over-boast technology (about 13-16 psi). With stability control, electric power steering and good design on brake electronic torque, it is allowed you drive on normal and fast laps safely and comfortable. Other safety features also include front safety belt reminder

Pricing Factor

For performance in its class, 2014 Focus ST is more superior than Honda Civic and Subaru. But how is about the price tag? It depends on options and additional features. The range could be $24,000-$29,000 in US market.

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2015 Ford Mustang Release Date, When Will It Be?

When date does Ford Motor Company release new models of 2015 Ford Mustang and what does it look like? It can be your curious question for car enthusiast or this automaker fans to know leaked and revealed information on this new vehicle. Yes, it can be 6th generation for inspired designs, luxury features and lovely style. For your information, Ford Mustang is considered as popular and successful launch since 1964 by this company.

The rumor of release date is on December in this year (2013). Reuter and other automotive journalists point out that January next year, 2014 is the right moment for Ford to launch this new series of retro car. So what make this car difference from previous generation?

2015 Ford Mustang Specs

There are some speculations and discussion on online forum about the feature of 2015 Ford Mustang. They claim that this model has better appearance due to its shallow double and bubble roof. This iconic car has its own superiority on its front engine with 2.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder and layout of rear wheel drive. This can improve fuel economy and save your gas significantly.

Yes, it is reported that Ford focuses to get design of fuel efficiency on this model with feature of Eco-boost engine to provide power of 2525 hp where as for the 2014 model, the power ratings could be 305 Hp for the V-6 and 420 Hp for the V-8. For the transmission, it is rumored that new 10-speed auto cold be the choice for better performance.

Pricing Range

There is no unconfirmed price of this new car. Of course, the price increases compared to old previous generation. It is rumored that $1800 could be the increase price. It means the Ford Mustang could be the range of $25,000- $30,000. Of course, you may be curious to wait the moment when this company will launch on such date on Detroit Auto Show in January 2014.

Here are some leaked photos and spy shots that I search online, from autoblog.com.

2015 Ford C-MAX Hybrid With New Changes on Grille and Facelift

Although the release date is still long on next year, 2015 Ford C-MAX Hybrid will come with new enlarged grille and facelift. As we know, Ford is known as best manufacturer to produce awesome exterior design on car including headlight and stylish grille, which works on Fusion and Fiesta. This new generation will be showed up on 2015 MY.

There are also significant changes on engine performance and power-trains. Yes, new 1.5L EcoBoost engine will improve power, torque and mpg as well as fuel economy and emission. For information, the 2014 generation took 45 mpg in city and 40 in highway.

With improvement in engine, exterior, interior and other features, 2015 Ford C-MAX is known as best compact hybrid car with muscular look. This vehicle has its superiority on stylish interior, saving gas mileage, controlled handling and quiet ride. The complaints on 2013 version are on its braking performance and cargo space as well as lacking features on infotainment functions. You can see the spy photos below this article, taken from @FordCMAXHybrids.

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2015 Ford Explorer New Body Style and Significant Changes

What are new changes on 2015 Ford Explorer? It is convinced that there will be improvements on engine performance, body style and interior features. There is no confirmation news related to release date of this mid-size car. It is convinced to have refreshing style with new concepts and changes (look up photos below this article).

There is also speculation that Ford will make significant improvement in electrical features, particularly on hybrid model. The reengineering issue is also on aerodynamic appearance by embodying new straight line character and metal folds as well as chrome grille. MyFord touch feature, blind spot monitor and cross traffic alert will be upgrade to help driver and for entertainment purposed.

2015 Ford Explorer still adopts EcoBoost high technology with 2.7 L V6 engine to deliver bigger power, more than 350hp. The handling is engineered to gain more stabile control and traction as well as comfort tiding. With new redesign of MacPherson struts, lighter body weight and rear suspension, this SUV will have more ability to take emergency maneuvers.

Ford hope this SUV will have better market positioning in global market including Asian market. With slight increased pricing and high fuel effiency, compare to older version, this SUV can be tough competitor to its rival, Honda Pilot. How do you think? Which one is better?

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