The Focus is aiming...
The Focus is aiming ever higher at Ford – and Auto Express has the pictures to prove it. This is an exclusive preview of how the next generation of Ford’s family favourite is shaping up.
This is the new Golf...
This is the new Golf Speed, and it has an R32-style bodykit, but a less powerful 148bhp FSI petrol engine. While not as fast as the range-topper, it still covers 0-60mph in 8.9 seconds.
The car was the brainchild of VW"s young engineers who, in their spare time, added spoilers and a sporty interior to a basic Golf to give it youth appeal. And bosses liked the idea so much, they decided to put the Speed model into production.
With the same low splitter and bumper as the Golf GTI, plus 18-inch alloys and the R32"s cherry red tail-lights and twin central exhausts, the Speed is certainly distinctive. It"s also available in 140bhp 2.0-litre diesel guise for those wanting economy as well as racy looks, but this model is yellow instead of garish orange.
Both cars get lowered suspension for improved handling, plus sports seats with body-coloured stitching. There"s also a choice of DSG sequential or manual boxes.