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Redesigned Ford Focus expected to get 40 mpg on the highway

The redesigned 2012 Ford Focus will get an estimated 40 mpg in highway driving with an all-aluminum 2.0-liter engine mated to a six-speed, dual-dry-clutch automatic transmission. The normally aspirated engine combines variable camshaft timing and high-pressure direct fuel injection to crank out 160 hp and 146 lb-ft of torque. That compares with 140 hp and 136 lb-ft from the aluminum 2.0-liter engine used in the current-generation Focus.

Mitsubishi ASX 3 1.8 Diesel 2WD Review & Road Test (2010)

Mitsubishi ASX Review and Road Test The world is full of compact SUVs which look like the real thing after a boil wash. Which was all the rage just a year or two back when the likes of Ford and Volkswagen came along with the Kuga and Tiguan. And many more have joined the party since then, including the Koreans with the Hyundai ix35 and the Kia Sportage.

Ex-TVR chairman Peter Wheeler (1944-2009)

By Peter Adams Motor Industry 12 June 2009 11:50 Peter Wheeler, the chairman of TVR from 1980 to 2004, has died. Wheeler was in charge of TVR during some of the company’s finest modern years, launching lightweight and powerful rear-wheel drive Blackpool-built sports car including the Chimaera and Griffith, and the Cerbera, Tuscan, Tamora and Sagaris with TVR's own engine. Wheeler passed away during the night on Thursday 11 June after a short illness.