Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Ford at the Geneva Motor Show 2011: Focus Touring Car

Space to motorsport also in Geneva. The first major European exhibition car 2011 will see the debut of the Ford Focus Touring Car, the version designed to enhance the lot of competitors in the BTCC (British Touring Car Championship), the English Tourism set to be triggered in exactly one month (the weekend of April 3) at Brands Hatch.

The Focus for the BTCC, developed by the Motorsport Arena with the technical support of the same Ford Motorsport and Team assigned to Aon, the blue oval is the first model to use the latest choice of setting up a car "global" set up, ie, in-house by Ford and then distributed to private teams from around the world, which can be obtained from the parent company, in addition to a complete car kit of basic equipment, including technical specifications, hi-tech equipment, the possibility of test with the support staff track and Ford parts.

This strategy follows closely the commercial decision to make the Focus 2012, a "global car", the specifications are identical in all 122 markets worldwide where it is sold. From the Ford stand at Geneva, Jost Capito, head of Global Ford Performance Vehicles Division and Motorsport, indicates what the recipe chosen by the House for the new course of its models from the competition: "Based on the great interest that attracts the new Focus for the motor sport sector, we thought that the design philosophy of the car could well be accompanied by a similar strategy in anticipation of its use in the race.

The car can be finished in compliance with different national regulations. ";]]> For this reason , has been shown, Focus - Arena Motorsport BTCC deployed in the Aon team is equipped with a turbocharged 2-liter, according to the standards required by the Super 2000 Championship English Tourism, which, as anticipated in recent weeks, refer to the new regulatory NGTC (Next Generation Touring Car), designed to be maintained for the next three years with overboost turbo and direct injection, electronically controlled throttle opening fly-by-wire, six-speed sequential Xtrac gearbox and a two-wheel drive (front or rear ).

There remains, however, including Focus on the lot of "global racing car" unit 1.6 EcoBoost, which other teams can use in the various national currencies.

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