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 dont have any text to check? dont have any text to check? Click "Select Samples".Owners of iPhones and Ford cars equipped with the synchronise film system currently will faucet into Siri to perform a range of tasks whereas keeping their eyes on the road.

Ford on Thursday declared the Siri Eyes-Free update, noting that the package is on the market for quite five million Sync-equipped vehicles qualitative analysis back to 2011. With a connected iPhone within the automotive, Siri Eyes-Free can work with the Ford synchronise package to assist drivers create and receive phone calls, hear music, get driving directions and check calendar appointments via voice commands.

Silicon Valley firms square measure more and more wanting to cars as an area to implant their technology. Carrying over their group action from the smartphone market, each Apple and Google supply package designed to assist you management your in-car amusement systems, create hands-free calls, check your email and keep tabs on the route you are traveling. wanting farther down the high-tech  road, firms as well as Google, Tesla Motors and even ride-hailing service Uber have plans for absolutely self-driving cars, that may become a reality for shoppers as presently as 5 years from currently.

Sync has responded to 3 versions since its origination in 2007. Introduced this past summer, the third version already includes Siri Eyes-Free, which contains the voice-activated Siri digital assistant found in Apples iPhones. Thursdays update is double-geared toward the second version of synchronise, renowned in North America as MyFord bit, that was introduced with Fords 2011 lineup. The synchronise system is presently put in in additional than twelve million vehicles, in keeping with Ford.

"Sync, Fords amusement and communications system, was designed to be versatile and updatable, a bit like alternative mobile technologies, therefore our customers square measure able to get the foremost out of their smartphones whereas behind the wheel," Sherif Marakby, director of Ford natural philosophy and Electrical Systems Engineering, same during a release.


As an easy package update, Siri Eyes-Free provides a convenient method for drivers to induce new options. however several Ford homeowners square measure expecting the auto maker to equip new vehicles with Apples CarPlay, a additional advanced, higher-end system that provides touch-screen controls, onscreen maps and a integral media center. A Ford voice confirmed that the auto maker plans to support each CarPlay and Googles humanoid automobile with synchronise version three however couldnt provides a specific time-frame for accessibility.

Users will transfer the update from the Ford homeowners web site, install it on a USB drive so plug it into the USB port in their cars. The synchronise bit screen then walks the user through the installation, that takes around twenty minutes

Ford Everest akan semakin tangguh (Sumber Foto: Istimewa)

Ford Everest Concept yang dibuat oleh tim desain dan pengembangan produk regional Ford di Australia, merupakan bukti terbaru dari kemampuan desain dan rekayasa regional Ford. Para desainer Ford Australia telah merekayasa desain SUV konsep ini sehingga menjadikannya kendaraan utility yang elegan, modern dan tangguh.

Setelah meluncurkan all new Ford Ecosport, Ford regional Australia sudah mempersiapkan SUV konsep, yakni Ford Everest Concept, yang saat ini sedang dipamerkan di ajang Bangkok International Motor Show 2014. Para desainer Ford dari Australia tersebut telah menciptakan kendaraan berkelas dunia untuk pasar Asia Pasifik dan seluruh dunia.

Kesan tangguh dan elegan sudah terlihat dari pemasangan lampu depan yang terhubung ke grille trapesium terbalik yang menonjol dipasang tinggi di depan memungkinkan para desainer untuk memaksimalkan dimensi lampu depan. Para desainer Ford juga tak mengesampingkan fungsionalitas terhadap paduan antara grille dan lebar SUV. Hasilnya adalah tampilan yang kuat dan bertenaga terpancar dari bagian depan Everest konsep.

Dari grille kita berpindah ke desain lampu depan yang terbentang ke belakang, sehingga memberikan tampilan moderen dan aerodinamis. Dengan profil bodi ramping dan sisi samping yang disesuaikan, memberikan Ford Everest Konsep nuansa modern dan canggih.

Pada bagian belakang kendaraan pun mendapat sentuhan para perancang, dengan menempatkan lampu belakang yang menonjol di atas negative scallop, menjadikan bagian belakang yang kuat dan kontras dengan liftgate tradisional SUV yang berbentuk persegi dan datar. Dikombinasikan dengan ground clearance tinggi yang menunjukan desain off-road khas dari Ford Everest Konsep yang mencerminkan DNA fun-to-drive SUV Ford.

Untuk memperkuat dan mencerminkan ketangguhan fisik serta kemampuan yang mengesankan dari kendaraan, Ford Everest Concept di cat dengan warna merah mencolok dengan kilas warna oranye, yang dinamakan "Sunset Flare". Bahkan dengan warna ini, Everest Konsep memberikan kesan kuat dan memiliki kualitas sebagai kendaraan premium.

Menurut Matt Bradley, President Ford ASEAN mengatakan bahwa Everst Konsep mewakili visi kami atas kendaraan Ford global dengan warisan regional yang memungkinkan pelanggan kami untuk menaklukkan dunia. "Ini menunjukan bagaimana kami terus melaksanakan transformasi berbasis produk yang sedang berlangsung dan secara lebih lanjut memperluas showroom kami di seluruh wilayah ASEAN." tuturnya.

by : otosia

Few cars have a family tree as iconic, evocative and downright impressive as the new Ford Focus RS: the Escort RS Mexico, the Sierra and Escort RS Cosworths and of course the first two generations of Focus RS. All of these cars brought power to the people in a way which was practical, affordable and fun. They made their drivers feel like they were on a rally stage or racetrack every time they popped to the shops.
And now all of these RS badge-wearers are worth far, far more than when they were new, promoting them into the stuff of legend.
Step forward the Focus RS Mk3, teased by Ford for months before it burst onto the scene in January 2016. A car that brings four-wheel drive to the Focus for the first time, and has almost 350 horsepower, Drift mode, and so many awards and accolades that Fords mantelpiece needs reinforcing.
So is this car worthy of the hallowed RS badge? Is it the ultimate daily driver? Or has Fords pursuit to turn a hot hatch into a super hatch taken the Focus too far from its everyday roots? Lets find out.

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Hot hatch design has always divided opinion. Some love their bigger wheels, wider bodies and louder exhausts while others see little difference between these rally relations and the souped-up shopping cars you might see outside a fast-food restaurant late on a Saturday night.
The new RS continues this tradition by sprinkling the common-or-garden Focus with all the usual extras; the body is bulging, the alloys are bigger, the exhaust is loud, the seats are racing buckets and the whole car exudes a menace which warns you not to mess with it. These details all appeal to me, a child of the 1990s who grew up on a diet of Need For Speed: Underground and Fast Ford magazine, but I can understand those who simply dont get it. They can opt for the equally quick but far more subtle Volkswagen Golf R instead.

Inside, the Ford is far more restrained. The interior is almost identical to the regular Focus save for some blue stitching, an RS badge on the wheel, and three extra gauges on top of the dashboard for oil pressure and temperature, and turbo boost pressure. To liven things up a bit, my review car included a set of Recaro bucket seats (£1,145) which look absolutely superb and hug you perfectly in the corners. They are set a little too high, making the steering wheel feel low and forcing your feet to meet the pedals at a strange angle, but its something you soon learn to live with.
Also worth adding to that learn to live with list is the heavy clutch which has an aggressive and narrow biting point, and the brakes which although hugely powerful, reliable and confidence inspiring, are quite sharp and a little too eager to please when driving around town.
In fairness, my first few hours with the RS involved driving across central London on a weekday evening, followed the next day by a trip 200 miles north to Manchester. Neither count as natural habitat for this car and the firm suspension in particular (even in the softest Normal mode) passed the uncomfortable and soon teetered on the downright annoying.

But then the sat-nav came to the rescue. For reasons I still cant work out (and believe me, Ive tried), the car took me on the most obscure route imaginable from Manchester, across the northern edge of the Peak District and into Huddersfield. Perhaps the RS knew it needed to impress after the motorway slog; maybe it knew I wouldnt encounter a single car or traffic light for the whole 30-mile journey. Whatever happened, the stars aligned just so and the Ford gave me the drive of my life.
Switched into Sport mode (sharper throttle, more antisocial-but-addictive pops and bangs from the exhaust, even firmer suspension), the car came alive. The quick steering (just two turns lock to lock) talks clearly to you through every corner and weights up beautifully as you point the front towards each apex – which you will hit every single time because the grip simply beggars belief.
The four-wheel-drive system can send up to 70% of the engines power to the rear wheels, then all of that to either left or right depending on grip levels at that moment. The inside wheel brakes and the outside accelerates to keep the RS locked like a heat-seeking missile to whatever line you choose. Where accelerating mid-corner in most hot hatches will cause understeer and push the front end wide, the RS simple clings on until finally the rear steps gradually and predictably out of line. On a dry road, front-wheel-drive superhatches such as the new Honda Civic Type-R might keep up, but in the wet the Ford will romp away.

The soundtrack cant be described as particularly soulful or musical, but it is a hard mix of induction noise and a deep, resonating track which builds from a thuggish rumble to a rasping rally-stage bellow. I say soundtrack because, as is becoming more common, Ford augments the RSs exhaust with noises played through the speaker system. I only learnt this after giving the car back, so you shouldnt let this little trick put you off. Your neighbours might be thankful, but the deliberate volley of cracks and bangs of unburnt fuel exploding when you lift off the throttle are loud enough to wake the dead.
Switch the RS to Track mode and you instantly realise why this isnt intended for potholed public roads. It dials the dampers up to 11 and makes the ride incredibly hard. Great for track days and fun to play with for two minutes, but certain to knock your fillings out if left on. The final trick up its softwares sleeve is Drift mode, but unfortunately I wasnt able to try this strictly track-only feature for myself. In practice, it softens the dampers, pumps loads of power to the rear wheels and pitches the car into a four-wheel drift with a simple yank of the wheel and boot of the accelerator. A 345-horsepower Focus doing four-wheel drifts? No one can accuse Ford of not having a sense of humour.