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Britain's favourite 'home-grown' car maker isn't home-grown at all, but who cares? Ford gets away with it for two reasons - 1) it gave us Escorts, Cortinas, Granadas and Transits and 2) it still builds the best mainstream cars in the world. And you can afford them. Gits, eh?
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C-Max
£16,950 - £24,266
Strangely attractive Focus-based MPV. Does family stuff AND looks good AND is fun to drive? Cancel the vasectomy - it turns out dads can have fun too.
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Fiesta
£9,415 - £16,165
Ridiculously good supermini that has the rest of the opposition concerned, and rightly so. Goes from strength to strength.
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Focus
£15,310 - £23,805
New hatch loses some of its old sparkle, but still manages to be an entertaining drive. Very easy to live with, mind.
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Focus Estate
£16,095 - £24,905
An excellent compromise between a good driving car and a serious load lugger. A great all rounder.
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Fusion
£12,060 - £13,060
At last, Ford Screws Up! Pointlessly jacked-up Fiesta with not a scrap of street cred or usefulness. Equally unsuitable for folk of all ages. A dud.
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Galaxy
£23,320 - £32,770
With snappier looks and an A+ interior, Ford hasn't reinvented the people carrier, just improved it.
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Ka
£8,465 - £11,965
After 12 years, the Ka has finally been replaced. This one's OK, but will have to fight hard to steal sales from the funkier Fiat Panda, and maybe even the Fiesta.
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Kuga
£21,400 - £26,875
In the great spectrum of 'SUVs named after weirdly misspelt North American wild cats', the Kuga is one of the very best. One of the better soft SUVs all-round, in fact.
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Mondeo
£17,550 - £29,100
Wears its name like a big, fat millstone on a Marley's ghost-spec chain. List of qualities as long as your arm, but sounds dull. Not fair. Today's reps all drive BMWs.
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Mondeo Estate
£18,800 - £30,350
Practical, obviously, but comes with a driving finesse that belies its image and those gargantuan proportions.
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Ranger
£18,565
New Ranger promises to handle any challenge you can throw at it and even drives like a normal car now. Still not refined, though.
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S-MAX
£20,540 - £31,520
A beautifully styled seven-seat MPV that suddenly makes having lots of children seem cool.
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