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18/09/2008 23:35. The Ford Focus has been awarded the accolade of Used Car of the Year by What Car? magazine, the second time in three years it has won.

Ford also won in three other categories - best used small family car (Focus again), supermini (Fiesta) and family car (Mondeo).

Steve Fowler, What Car? editor, said: "Cash-conscious car buyers can bag themselves a real bargain by choosing one of our award winners. The Focus stands out as amazing value for a quality car thats great to drive, reliable, safe, spacious and cheap to run its all the car youll ever need.

"If you are in the market for a car right now, there are some jaw-dropping deals out there for relatively new cars. And with dealers desperate to shift stock, prices are still tumbling."

Roelant de Waard, chairman and managing director at Ford... // totallymotor.co.uk