R.I.P. Ralphie: Ford Sacrifices a Cane Toad in New Falcon EcoBoost Commercial

As part of the 240hp (179kW) Falcon EcoBoost launch in Australia, Ford's local division in cooperation with JWT Melbourne prepared a new online commercial called the "Cane Toad Road", which for the time being, is not intended for television.

The viral video kicks off by showing a pair of cane toads, which are native to Central and South America, but were introduced to the northeastern parts of Australia in the 1930s to control the beetle population.

The two cane toads are sitting on the road talking to each other before they notice a car coming their way. Ralphie, the male toad, sees no reason to move quickly as he rightly guesses from the sound that it is a four-cylinder model.

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Japan's Subaru BRZ Declares War on the 2013 Ford Mustang V6

After we learned how much Subaru's all-new BRZ costs in the States, someone was bound to put the Japanese sports coupe up against the quintessential American pony car, the 2013 Ford Mustang in V6 trim. And that someone was Angus MacKenzie from MotorTrend magazine.

The similarities between the two sports coupes begin with their price and end with their front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout.

The 2013 Ford Mustang is a modernized version of an old formula that combines a solid rear axle with a contemporary 3.7-liter V6 that churns out 305hp at 6,500rpm and 280 lb-ft (380Nm). Ford's pony car tips the scales at 3,511 pounds (1,593kg).

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Ford Confirms 2013 Focus ST Price at $23,700, Launches Configurator and New Videos

It took Ford less than 24 hours to announce official pricing for its new 2013 Focus ST hot hatch after last night's leaked spec sheet gave us initial details. We will just remind you that the five-door model starts at $23,700, not including a $795 delivery and handing fee.

The new Focus ST gets a 2.0-liter turbocharged EcoBoost engine SAE-certified at 252 horsepower and 270 lb.-ft. linked to a six-speed manual gearbox that drives the front wheels.

Among the more interesting options available for the Focus ST is the ST2 package priced at $2,385, which adds a Sony audio system with HD radio and a pair of Recaro partial-leather seats, and the ST3 package that costs $4,435 adding HID headlamps, ambient lighting and full-leather Recaro sport seats.

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Ford of Spain Comes up with an Aroma that Supposedly Makes Used Cars Smell Like New

We all know and love the that new car smell, which scientifically put, is a mixture of all the odors coming from the materials found in brand new vehicles. As time goes by, however, the odors fade away and are replaced by other scents, some of which, aren't as enjoyable…

Ford of Spain went out to capture that new car smell and put it in a bottle as well as on its print advertisements as part of a new campaign for its certified used cars. See how it turned out in the video that follows below.

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Ford Explorer Backs Into Brand New, Hand-Built Sports Car on its First Day Out, NSFW Language Ensues…

What would you do if someone backed into your brand new sports car that you spent months building with your own two hands on the first day you took it out for a spin?

Well, chances are you would freak out, though we do not know how many of you would react in the same way Kevin Patrick did when a Ford Explorer SUV backed into his hand-built Exocet. The young man digressed into an angry series of profanities aimed at the Ford driver.

We'll have to assume that in his fury, Patrick missed the older man with the three children standing across the road…

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Ford's Awesomely Cool Parisian Pinball Park Prank

In today's congested cities, people are forced to learn how to park in very tight spaces if they don't want to drive in circles for hours on end, but as you have probably seen time and time again, not all manage to master the art of parking.

To promote the Active Park Assist system found in the new Focus, Ford of Europe set out to find the worst driver when it came to parking in an area of Paris.

The automaker installed a giant pinball over a free parking space flanked by two cars, the ends of which were programmed to react as pinball bumpers every time the driver hit the vehicles. The person with the highest score (i.e. the worst) had the opportunity to try out his or her luck with a Focus equipped with the automatic parking system.

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Woman Crashes Ex's Ford Into a Bowling Alley After He Changed his Facebook Status to Single!

Have you ever heard the quote by William Congreve, "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned"?

Welcome to the scary world of Davy Jones who saw his former girlfriend, Claire Holley, 31, driving his Ford Focus hatchback into the bowling alley where he worked after he changed his Facebook status to single!

A security camera recorded the incident showing Holley crashing the Focus into the Hollywood Bowl in Middlebrook, UK, stopping right in front of the reception desk. The incident took place on January 25th this year.

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European Ford Focus RS Hot Hatch Appears at Atlanta Car Meet

For a car that was never officially imported in the United States, the European market Ford Focus RS has sure made plenty of appearances on this side of the Atlantic over the past couple of years.

This time, the hot hatch was captured on film revving its 300-horsepower inline-five at the Wild Bills car meet in Atlanta, Georgia, last Thursday. For a quick view of the car and some lip-smacking sounds from the turbocharged five, just follow the break to watch the video.

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Watch a VW Scirocco R Chase a Ford Focus RS on the Nürburgring Track

Here are two of Europe's finest hot hatches (that you won't be able to buy in the States, at least not in their current generation…) racing each other on the Nordschleife.

The VW Scirocco R is the flagship model of the series and is powered by a specially tuned 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that churns out 261hp (265PS) and 350 Nm (258 lb-ft).

Like the Volkswagen model, the Focus RS is front wheel drive but instead of a four-banger, it sports a 2.5-liter force-fed inline-five generating 300hp (305PS) and 440Nm (324.5 lb-ft).

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