Models
First announced in late-2007, Ford proposed ECOnetic models in the Fiesta, Focus and Mondeo ranges. The Mondeo model launch plans were later dropped.
The first cars were available to order from dealers in early 2008, priced at £250 above the "Style" models. Focus models were delivered to customers in the United Kingdom from April 2008, and had such low emissions that it was in the lowest bracket of Vehicle Excise Duty, while the Fiesta was totally exempt VED. Further, the cars were both exempt form the London Congestion Charge.
The second generation Fiesta ECOnetic was launched at the 2008 British International Motor Show, which with CO2 emissions of 98 g/km made its Britain’s lowest emitting mass production diesel car. To encourage drivers to be efficient, a green indicator light signals the most economical time to change gear. This improvement was later introduced to the Focus model.
The proposed 2012 Focus ECOnetic model will be the most advanced ECOnetic model so far. Proposed technologies will include:
- New fuel injection system and turbocharger for the 1.6-litre Duratorq TDCi, producing 109 metric horsepower (80 kW)
- Six-speed gearbox with overdrive top gear
- Smart Regenerative Charging to reduce alternator resistance
- Auto-Start-Stop to cut the engine in traffic
- Electrically operated front grille shutter, to improve high speed aerodynamics.
The car will emit less than 95 g/km of CO2, placing it in the lowest UK VED band resulting in no annual tax payment, and exemption from the London Congestion Charge zone. The car has presently been tested to be capable of 80 mpg, putting it ahead of the 70.6 mpg Toyota Prius Hybrid and 74.3 mpg Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion.
| Model | Engine Capacity |
MPG |
CO2 |
UK VED |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiesta | 1600 | 76.3 | 98 | £0 |
| Focus | 1600 | 74.2 | 99 | £0 |
Read more about this topic: ECOnetic
Famous quotes containing the word models:
“Friends broaden our horizons. They serve as new models with whom we can identify. They allow us to be ourselves—and accept us that way. They enhance our self-esteem because they think we’re okay, because we matter to them. And because they matter to us—for various reasons, at various levels of intensity—they enrich the quality of our emotional life.”
—Judith Viorst (20th century)
“The greatest and truest models for all orators ... is Demosthenes. One who has not studied deeply and constantly all the great speeches of the great Athenian, is not prepared to speak in public. Only as the constant companion of Demosthenes, Burke, Fox, Canning and Webster, can we hope to become orators.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“Grandparents can be role models about areas that may not be significant to young children directly but that can teach them about patience and courage when we are ill, or handicapped by problems of aging. Our attitudes toward retirement, marriage, recreation, even our feelings about death and dying may make much more of an impression than we realize.”
—Eda Le Shan (20th century)