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FFV
The Ford Focus Flexible
Fuel Vehicle (FFV) is Britain's first biofuel car and can run on
bioethanol or petrol in any mix in the same fuel tank. Bioethanol is a
renewable fuel, on sale this month at 10 Morrisons supermarkets and
priced cheaper than unleaded petrol from 84.9p a litre.
Five of the forecourts
selling bioethanol are in Somerset, where Ford has sold the most Focus
FFVs. The remainder are in East Anglia – three in Norfolk and two in
Suffolk. Somerset and Norfolk are two of the counties where Ford is
working with regional biofuel groups to establish FFV sales and
bioethanol filling stations.
Andy Taylor, Ford's
European sustainability director, said: "This is an important
breakthrough for the Ford Focus FFV and the biofuel industry. Ford has
been working with partners such as Morrisons for a year to make
bioethanol publicly available. Together we have taken a vital next step
towards encouraging more customers to consider buying Ford's biofuel
cars."
The 1.8-litre Ford
Focus FFV costs from £14,345 – in between the petrol-only 1.6 and
2.0-litre Focus models. CO2 emissions from bioethanol are almost
cancelled out by the CO2 absorbed by the crops such as wheat and sugar
beet used to make the sustainable fuel.
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Statistics
CO2 emissions: 169g/km
MPG Combined: 40.4
Engine: 1798cc Flexi Fuel
Transmission : 5 Speed Man
BHP/Torque: 125/165 NM
Kerb Weight: 1333 kg
Top Speed: 123 MPH
0-62 MPH: 10.3 secs
Insurance Group: 7
Warranty: 36 months /60,000 |
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Review by Charles Meagher from Ireland
on 31 March 2009
Ford Focus Flexifuel: From the technical
point of view my Ford Focus Flexifuel is excellent. As a Green car it is
likewise very good.
But why do Ford measure its CO2 emissions based on gasoline and not E85.
We are penalized for being green with a high Tax. |
