Sporty SUV might give Ford the Edge

FORD has been in Ireland for 100 years now and I’m nearly afraid to admit it, but I have been around for far more of those years than I’d care to come clean about.

I’m also scared to reveal how many of those years I’ve been reviewing products made by the ‘Blue Oval’.

But, whatever about my connections with the great American automotive behemoth, there are also family connections with Ford as my late dad worked for the company in Cork for several years in the 1950s when himself and my mum were starting out as a married couple. Before my time, I hasten to add, although ironically I would later become a career Corkman.