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      <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Monday 10th September</strong></p>
<p>Ford are due to launch 15 new, global cars in the next five years. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/ford-launch-15-global-vehicles-2017" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Autocar</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p>The oldest surviving Ford is up for sale again, having fetched around &pound;450,000 when it sold in 2007. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.themotorreport.com.au/54991/oldest-ford-model-a-for-sale-again" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">themotorreport.com</span></a></strong></span></p>
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<p>With the new iPhone round the corner, here are five things that motorists might have to think about when it comes to hooking the new Apple phone up to their car. Full Story:&nbsp;<span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/60110/apple-iphone-5-five-things-motorists-expect" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Auto Express</span></a></span><span>&nbsp;</span></strong></span></p>
<p>This is what happens when you accidently park on a crossing in Brazil, you get picked up. Full Story:&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/06/brazilian-crosswalk-guardians-pick-up-carry-car-out-of-intersec/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weblogsinc%2Fautoblog+%28Autoblog%29" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">autoblog.com</span></a></strong></span></p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.fordownersclub.com/index.php/gossip/ford-gossip-3rd-9th-september/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Wednesday 5th September</strong></p>
<p>The next Ford Transit looks to be taking some inspiration from the Ford Fiesta of all cars. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/04/ford-transit-connect-makes-a-fiesta-face/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">autoblog.com</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p>Ford is officially number one as it notches up half a million cars year to date. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2198458/Focus-number-car-Ford-model-notches-half-million-sales-half-year.html?ito=feeds-newsxml" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Daily Mail</span></a></strong></span></p>
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<p>One man in China has built himself his very own supercar entirely from scarp metal. Full Story:&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.autoevolution.com/news/chinese-man-builds-cheapest-lamborghini-reventon-replica-ever-video-48963.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">autoevolution.com</span></a></span></strong></span></p>
<p>This kid looks like he has seen one too many of those no win no fee adverts and decided to fake gettng hit by a car...by just running into the front of a stationary one. Full Story:&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/04/if-youre-going-to-fake-being-run-over-make-sure-a-dashcam-isn/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">autoblog.com</span></a></span></strong></span></p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[27th August - 2nd September: Updated 29/8]]></title>
      <link>http://www.fordownersclub.com/index.php/gossip/ford-gossip-27th-august-to-2nd-september/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Friday 31st August</strong></p>
<p>The Ford Kuga will soon be coming to your dealers courtesy of Mother Russia. Full Story:&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/moscow-motor-show-2012/moscow-motor-show-ford-kuga-will-be-russian-built" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Autocar</span></a></span></strong></span></p>
<p>The Ford Focus has apparently passed a milestone as the 350 millionth vehicle produced in Ford's 109 year history. Full Story:<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/focus-marks-milestones-as-worlds-top-selling-car-and-fords-350-millionth-vehicle-produced-in-109-year-history-168107176.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;"> prnewswire.com</span></a></span></span>&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>A die-hard Back to the Future fan has created a perfect replica of the DeLorean on video game Grand Theft Auto. Full Story:<strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/08/29/rabid-fan-creates-perfect-back-to-the-future-mod-for-gta/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">autoblog.com</span></a></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Wednesday 29th August</strong></p>
<p>Ford's new Explorer has been given a 365bhp V6 EcoBoost. We really hope that perhaps this sort of engine can make it's way into a Mondeo or Focus at some point. Full Story: <span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/08/24/2013-ford-explorer-sport-officially-rated-at-365-hp-16-22-mpg/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong>autoblog.com</strong></span></a></span></p>
<p>The new AppLink technology which will allow you to control your phone apps from your Ford is now available on 1million cars and will be usable with any car featuring the new SYNC system. Full Story: <span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/28/fords-applink-is-now-available-on-1m-vehicles-will-host-developer-challenge-at-tc-disrupt-hackathon/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong>techcrunch.com</strong></span></a></span></p>
<p>For those of you who own a Focus RS and think it doesn't stop fast enough, you can now get a complete brake upgrade designed specifically for it. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.tyrepress.com/News/1/5/25917.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">tyrepress.com</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p>Now we know there is a fuel crisis about at the moment but this might be taking the search for alternative fuel a bit far. A poo powered motor bike? Really? Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/08/28/mind-the-skid-marks-toto-toilet-company-unveils-poo-powered-mot/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">autoblog.com</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p>Unfortunate motorist or brilliant excuse for speeding? "Honestly officer my accelerator got stuck!" Full Story: <span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193492/Stuck-accelerator-takes-Iowa-mom-terrifying-joyride-120-mph.html" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong>Daily Mail</strong></span></a></span></p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.fordownersclub.com/index.php/gossip/ford-gossip-20th-to-26th-august/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Friday 24th August</strong></p>
<p>Ford are have been taking example from video gamers for the past ten years when it comes to developing new cars. Full Story:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://brooklyn.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/technology/167379/ford-auto-developers-take-a-page-from-video-gamers--playbook" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;"><strong> NY1.com</strong></span></a></span></span></p>
<p>A company in Michigan are testing so called 'talking cars'. Full Story: <span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19349517" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">BBC</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p>I think that this would be a great present for any motorist, a red light avoiding sat nav. Full Story: <span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2190826/The-sat-nav-steers-away-red-lights.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Daily Mail</span></a></strong></span></p>
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<p><strong>Tuesday 21st August</strong></p>
<p>Ford have claimed that their EcoBoost engine can be compared to the space shuttle. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/08/21/ford-compares-2013-fusion-ecoboost-engine-to-space-shuttle/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Autoblog.com</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p>The impressive new Ford Focus 1 litre has just got even more impressive thanks to tuning company, Superchips. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=26116" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Pistonheads.com</span></a></span></strong></span></p>
<p>If there was a Ford that was unlikely to go hybrid it would be this one. But it looks like the F-150 pick-up may well be going eco. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="https://wot.motortrend.com/ready-for-an-f-150-hybrid-ford-toyota-hybrid-pickup-tech-testing-continues-248203.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Motortrend.com</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p>Leaner drivers are apparently heading to the most remote parts of the country to make passing their tests easier. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/9483363/Head-to-Scotland-and-Wales-to-pass-your-driving-test.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Daily Telegraph</span></a></strong></span></p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p class="Standard"><strong>Friday 17th August</strong></p>
<p class="Standard">If you have been in a shopping centre lately with people staring at you as you load your luggage, relax, they are probably from Ford. Full Story:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/2012/8/17/-undercover-agents-helped-ford-to-develop-new-b-max/44507/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong>Fleetnews.co.uk</strong></span></a></p>
<p class="Standard">Talk about getting 6 of one and half a dozen of the other! This guy manages to dodge crashing into a moose but hits a bear instead. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19288749" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong>Full Story: BBC</strong></span></a></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Thursday 16th August</strong></p>
<p class="Standard">Ford Skunk works company, SVT are celebrating their 20<sup>th</sup> Birthday this year. Have a look at some of their best work. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="https://rumors.automobilemag.com/ford-svt-celebrates-20th-anniversary-at-woodward-we-pick-our-fab-five-163235.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">automobilemag.com</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p class="Standard">On the other side of the coin Ford are pumping big money into making their future electric. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120816/AUTO0102/208160356/1121/AUTO01/Ford-envisions-electric-future-with-$135M-investment" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">detroitnews.com</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p class="Standard">We have all heard of caravans holding up traffic but I don&rsquo;t think this is what you would have in mind. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2187841/Ronald-Jackson-Caravan-towing-pensioner-81-drives-wrong-way-busy-motorway-SEVEN-miles-.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Daily Mail</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p class="Standard">If you are not lucky enough to have Bluetooth connectivity there is a new phone app that claims to solve all phone-related driving problems. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/08/16/new-smart-phone-app-could-solve-mobile-phone-driving-issues/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">thegreencarwebsite.com</span></a></strong></span></p>
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<p class="Standard"><strong>Tuesday 14th August</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><img style="float: left; margin: 5px;" src="http://static.stuff.co.nz/1344833676/936/7469936.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="146" />Those Aussies sure know how to make a fast Ford. 0-60 in 4.5 seconds and 450bhp! Oh, and of course being Australian you can also get it as a pick up. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/lifestyle-vehicles/7469934/Fastest-ever-Ford-Falcon-GT" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">stuff.co.nz</span></a>&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p class="Standard">Ford have developed a pick up so potent it can actually create sandstorms, according to motortrend that is. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://wot.motortrend.com/2012-ford-f-150-svt-raptor-kicks-up-sandstorm-on-ignition-245955.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">motortrend.com</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p class="Standard">Ford want to knock Toyota off the hybrid top spot with help from the new C-Max. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/will-the-new-ford-c-max-become-the-new-hybrid-king" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">examiner.com</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p class="Standard">For all you red blooded males out there, catching a sneaky look at that cute girl on the pavement could be a lot more costly than you might think. Full Story:&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://uk.autoblog.com/2012/08/15/one-million-crashes-because-drivers-ogle-pedestrians/?" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">autoblog.com</span></a></strong></span></p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Friday 10th August</strong></p>
<p>Ford dealers are getting freebie i-Pads to help customers find the right car. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/small-business/3375626/ford-dealers-get-ipad-app-use-with-showroom-customers/"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">PCadvisor.co.uk</span></a></strong></span></span></p>
<p>Ever thought to yourself that everything looks that much better in slow motion? Then there is a video out there with your name on it. Full story: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/15/racing-in-slow-motion-iv-sells-the-drama/#continued"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">autoblog.com</span></a></strong></span></span></p>
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<p><strong>Wednesday 8th August</strong></p>
<p>A Ford 9 years in the making, there is a new EcoSport SUV on the horizon. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.just-auto.com/news/after-nine-years-a-new-ford-ecosport_id125889.aspx"><strong><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Just-Auto.com</span></strong></a></span></p>
<p>For when a normal Ferrari just isn't luxurious enough, enter this one off special edition. Full story:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong> <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2172622/Never-mind-leather-interior--135-000-Ferrari-leather-EXTERIOR.html"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Daily Mail</span></a></strong></span></span></p>
<p>Just imagine it. You call a lift to get upstairs to grab your car from the multi story and then your car crashes down in front of you instead of the lift! Full Story:&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2174972/So-wont-expecting-tip--Parking-garage-attendant-drives-car-FOUR-STOREYS-elevator-shaft.html"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Daily Mail</span></a></span></strong></span></p>
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<p><strong>Monday 6th August</strong></p>
<p><img style="margin: 5px; float: left;" src="http://images.thecarconnection.com/med/wreckage-of-a-ford-gt40-that-crashed-in-tennessee--image-courtesy-wcyb_100396632_m.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="132" />Hearts stopped in Tennessee as passers by thought they saw a Ford GT-40 wrecked against the barriers, fortunately not all was as it seemed. Full Story:&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1077802_update-ford-gt40-that-crashed-in-tennessee-is-a-replica"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">motorauthority.com</span></a></span></strong></span></p>
<p>Is safety a real concern to you? Do you look at Euro N-cap ratings before horsepower? If so then grab a look at this little beauty. &nbsp;If it was good enough for gun slinging mobsters it should be more than adequate for your average school run. Full Story: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170919/Gangster-ride-Al-Capones-Cadillac-complete-steel-armour-bulletproof-glass-sale-325-000.html"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Daily Mail</span></a></strong></span></span></p>]]></description>
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