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The new Ford Focus Station Wagon will be revealed in world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show 2010.
The new global generation Ford Focus will be also available in the Station Wagon version. The car will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, during a press conference held by the European division of the American automaker, on Tuesday, within the Swiss event.
Focus SW will be initially launched in Europe, but if the request is high enough, Ford might consider selling it on other markets. Focus Focus SW could be called Estate on the United Kingdom markets.

Ford also plans the introduction of two other versions of the body on the same platform of the new global Focus: a three-door hatchback and a convertible hardtop. Americans might take into account the launch of a replacement for Kuga SUV, on the platform of an older generation Focus as well as producing a sporty coupe.
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2010 marks the 80th edition of the Geneva Motor Show, which will bring more than 30 world premieres and many other debuts in Europe. Mibz.com presents you a list of the new cars in this edition, structured on brands.
The Geneva Motor Show is one of the most important auto events of the year and one of the three auto shows the car makers should not miss if they want to build themselves a name on the market in Europe. Despite the assumptions that announced a difficult year for the automobile industry, 2 and 3 March will bring a high number of car debuts, some of them global and others in Europe, all following the same ecological trend of the recent years. Also, the car makers will continue to apply the worldwide trend of downsizing, which is focused on reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption while the models on which this strategy was implemented
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Ford Motor Company is one of the first to make what we discussed earlier about electric trucks before electric cars a reality. Their electric vehicle fleet will see a new addition later on this year: an all-electric version of the Transit Connect van. Ford Transit was award the Truck of the Year 2010 award, so we can only be thrilled at the idea of an electric reincarnation of the fabulous van/truck.
Production is already planned for this year, but actual production and availability will be for few models, and Ford will consequently plan and build more electric Transit Connect units depending on demand. Cautious, just like these testing times demand.
The truck is an all-electric vehicle, and is targeted at commercial uses such as route driving with fairly regular, predictable driving. However, Ford has also said that they “would not exclude retail sales” for the van. They also
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Today, February 10th, Honda announced it will recall some 400,00 vehicles for a rather peculiar problem. They say they have to  replace an airbag deflator that could rupture and send shards towards the driver in an accident. This coming un top of the bleak last weeks for neighbour global maker Toyota, that is facing massive recalls one after another.
To make at least some good for our readers, and for consumers worldwide, we decided to put togheter a timeline with major recalls in recent history. This for two reasons: informed drivers are better drivers and looking back may raise our spirits, after all these recalls aren’t something unique, as you can see below.

[] Major auto recalls around the world []

1981 – GM recalled 5.8 million vehicles due to loose suspension bolts that affected steering.
1996 – Ford Motor Co (F.N) recalled more than 8 million vehicles to replace
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The 2011 Ford Shelby GT500. This is a car that can do miracles. Why’s that? Well because it got more power and reduced, no wait, removed it’s tax guzzler tax.
This Mustang is not some typical muscle car (not that there’s anything wrong with that), it features a 5.4-liter V8 that weighs less, delivers more power and uses a unique spray-coating process that eliminates the need for cast-iron liners in the aluminum cylinder block. Wait, we forgot to mention: 550 horsepower for your cruising pleasure. Or is that flying pleasure?
ord says the new Shelby GT500 will deliver 23 mpg on the highway and 15 mpg in the city. The engine is rated at 550 hp and 510 lb-ft of torque. Like we said, there’s no more Eco tax on it,  and more details will be relased from Ford next week.
When I mentioned flying earlier, it was no coincidental
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