PASADENA, Calif. — Ford Motor Co. is aiming its new pocket rocket at Japanese car enthusiasts who spend thousands souping up their front-drive cars. The car is the 2002 Ford SVT Focus, a new under-$18 ...

It's something of an SCC tradition to start project car updates with a long list of excuses why the update is so late. Instead, let's flip that around a bit and explain why we finally got around to ...

DETROIT - It's no surprise that Ford Motor Co. turned to Cosworth Technologies to develop the high-performance engine that will power the Ford SVT Focus. Ford has worked with Cosworth for more than ...

So there I was, in the driver's seat of a fairly pedestrian, garden-variety stock Ford Focus hatchback, lined up side-by-side on an empty street with a tuned-to-the-gills SVT Focus hatchback, engines ...

Two-and-a-half years later and Project Focus SVT is finally running again. After the last installment's full engine build by FocusSport in Placentia, California, we're now only steps away from our ...

A landmark nameplate for the Ford Motor Company, the Cortina is many things to many people, especially in the United Kingdom because it was designed and primarily built there. This particular example ...

If you've been living in the automotive twilight zone, let's explain something: Pocket rockets are the next big thing. Wait, you say--what's a pocket rocket? Call 'em PRs for short, okay? PR's, also ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...