Focus to race
Ford unveils new compact wagon and announces future for Focus in motorsport programThe Ford Motor Company announced it will take on championship motor racing with the new Focus at this week's Geneva Motor Show.
The new global Focus model, revealed at the Detroit motor show early this year, will be entered in a racing category "sometime in the future", according to Ford's Group Vice President of Global Product Development, Derrick Kuzak.
Kuzak referred to the model as Ford's global performance Focus but would not reveal timing or exact specification.
Kuzak did confirm however that the Focus racer would use the company's new EcoBoost engine technology.
Ford also used the Geneva show to announce its "electrification program" for Europe, which will begin in 2011 with the electric Ford Transit.
By 2013 the company expects to release a total of five full-electric and hybrid vehicles in Europe, including the next-generation Focus Electric in 2012 and a plug-in hybrid the following year.
The striking Focus wagon was also unveiled at Geneva. The wagon features a self-closing tailgate and will be offered with the blue oval's multimedia system 'MyFord' -- but "for now" only to Ford's European customers, where wagons account for up to 50 per cent of sales in places like Italy and Germany.
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