October 17, 2013
Can you guess what the world’s best-selling car is? Would you like to test drive one to see what all the fuss is about? And earn a useful $10 donation for the National Breast Cancer Foundation as well?
This Friday and Saturday morning, South Burnett residents will be able to do all of these things at Huston Ford in Rogers Drive, Kingaroy.
Last year the Ford Focus became the best-selling vehicle “nameplate” in the world, notching up more than one million sales.
And it has retained the title in the first quarter of 2013, with global vehicle registrations up 18 per cent compared with the same time last year.
Based on analysis of the latest global registration data, 288,724 Focus vehicles were registered worldwide in the quarter ending March 31.
Huston Ford dealer Mark Huston says the Focus has become a very popular mid-priced car with South Burnett customers ever since the latest model was released.
“It has a lot of terrific features, including Ford’s Ecoboost technology which delivers around 20 per cent better fuel efficiency than a conventional engine,” he said
“With never-ending rises in fuel prices, being able to squeeze more out of every litre of petrol with no loss of power is something we all want.”
Sales Manager Dean Gauld agrees.
“The Focus has struck a chord with customers around the world because it offers remarkable technologies, excellent fuel economy, performance and great driving dynamics, all at a very competitive price,” he said.
“Manuals are available from $21,875 and automatics for around $2000 more. This makes it a very affordable car, too.”
The company will be offering no-obligation test drives of the Focus – or any other Ford vehicle in the current range – from 10:00am to 5:30pm on Friday, October 18, and 9:00am to noon on Saturday, October 19, as part of a promotion for National Breast Cancer Month.
At the end of a test drive, drivers fill in a simple form which is sent to Ford’s head office in Victoria.
Ford will then donate $10 in the driver’s name to the National Breast Cancer Foundation as a “thank you” for putting the car through its paces.
