Walter Owen Bentley once famously claimed that "there's no replacement for displacement." Well, it seems Ford are intent on proving him wrong, having just set 16 world speed records... in a 1.0-litre Ford Focus.
The Ford Focus EcoBoost set 16 Federation International de l'Automobile (FIA) world speed records at the hands of drivers such as WRC star Jari-Matti Latvala at the CERAM test circuit in Mortefontaine, France last month.
The car set the sub-1.0-litre class records for covering 1 mile from a standing start and covering 1 mile from a flying start, and also set the record for the highest average speed achieved over 24 hours, covering 2,500 miles in the process.
The Focus EcoBoost was launched in February and can get from 0-62mph in 11.3 seconds and on to a top speed of 120mph, thanks to its 123bhp 1.0-litre engine.
The full list of records achieved by the EcoBoost is shown below.
RECORD |
AVERAGE SPEED |
|
Standing start 1 kilometre |
113.522 km/h |
|
Standing start 1 mile |
79.402 mph |
| Flying start 1 kilometre | 176.168 km/h |
| Flying start 1 mile |
108.548 mph |
| Highest average speed over 10 km |
172.053 km/h |
| Highest average speed over 100 km |
187.579 km/h |
| Highest average speed over 500 km |
186.793 km/h |
| Highest average speed over 10 miles |
110.237 mph |
| Highest average speed over 100 miles |
118.412 mph |
| Highest average speed over 1 hour | 191.056 km/h (118.716 mph) |
| Highest average speed over 1000 km |
164.361 km/h |
| Highest average speed over 500 miles |
102.656 mph |
| Highest average speed over 1000 miles |
103.357 mph |
|
Highest average speed over 6 hours |
165.555 km/h (102.871 mph) |
|
Highest average speed over 12 hours |
166.784 km/h (103.634 mph) |
| Highest average speed over 24 hours | 171.029 km/h (106.272 mph) |
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