Ford Focus launched!

Hello there and this is my second post on the local car scene. Now, lets talk about the much hyped about Focus.The new Ford Focus,acclaimed for its ground breaking technologies such as Active City Stop, which debuted on the Volvo XC60 which helps avoid low speed collisions by applying the brakes when the driver is too slow to respond.Besides that, it also comes with Active Park Assist which helps you park in parallel parking spots using sensors to scan the spot if the car is able to fit and instructing the driver to work the accelerator and brakes while the car navigates itself  into the parking spot.Furthermore, it also comes Ford Sync(TM) which is actually a voice recognition system to operate your MP3 player and phone.It can even read a text message for you.Others include Torque vectoring control which balances torque and braking force to the two front wheels for maximum grip, Active Grill Shutter to control the car's front air vents to maximize aerodynamics and decrease wind resistance thus reducing fuel consumption., Intelligent Key-less entry with push start, Blind Spot Information System which gives out a warning light to tell the driver that a car is in it's blind spot and lastly a new 2.0l with twin independent variable camshaft timing and direct fuel injection that churns out 170ps (167hp) and 202 newton metres of torque coupled with a 6 speed dual clutch transmission. Fuel economy is rated at 14.9km/l which is impressive for a 2.0L engine.To learn more about these ground braking technologies, go to http://www.ford.net.my/all_new_focus/

Focus Sport/Sport+ Variant

Focus's Futuristic Interior

Focus Titanium/Titanium+ Variant

It is available in four variants which are the Sport, Sport+ hatchback models and the Titanium and Titanium+ sedan models.For the hatchback models, it starts at RM115,888 for the Sport variant and stretches up to RM128,888 for the Sport+ variant. For the Titanium variant, it costs RM115,888 and again stretches up to RM 128,888 for the Titanium+ variant.To sum things up, Ford is offering a 5 year warranty for its Thailand assembled Focus.

Focus ST

Meanwhile, Ford also stated that the red hot version of the Focus, the Focus ST is open for pre-bookings at all Ford showrooms nationwide.Meanwhile,the Focus ST comes with a 2.0l Ecoboost engine with overboost that is shared with the S-Max and Mondeo that's able to propel it to 100km/h in 6.5 seconds.It also comes with a 6 speed manual gearbox.For more info, visit http://www.ford.net.my/focus_st/

Focus ST's RECARO(R) Seats

Nissan Almera soon to be launched!

Well Hello There! I'm the Car lover and this is my first post. Since this is my first post, I'll be sharing  some news about the car scene today that I read from today's pullout from The Star newspaper.Firstly, Edaran Tan Chong Motors (Disturbutors for Nissan in Malaysia) have high hopes about the new  Nissan Almera which will be launched next month. Sporting a new gen 4 speed automatic and a 1.5 litre equipped with Nissan's Continuous Variable Timing control which helps aid the car fuel efficiency which is rated at 14.9km/l . Power is rated at a reasonable 102 ps (100hp) and 139 newton metres of torque.

Nissan's new Almera  looks very promising compared to other mundane makes that are offered in Malaysia.Speaking of promising, look at the equipment list for the top spec VL model, highlights are the keyless entry with Nissan's Intelligent key which is equipped with immobilizer and also the push start/stop button. Others are the automatic air conditioning with LCD display, Fine vision meter with Multi Information Display (MID), Illuminated steering wheel mounted audio controls.Others
worth mentioning about is the class leading legroom space of 636mm and a pretty huge trunk space of 490 litres for a car of this size.It comes with 5 colours which are Bronze Gold, Sapphire Black, Twilight Grey, Tungsten Silver and Brilliant White. All that for a car that is indicated to cost around RM 70k-Rm 85k It's sure going to win the hearts of people who want a unbeatable value for money car at this price.View more photos after the break.