MR Tunji Meshioye and Azuka Mpi have emerged winners of this year’s Ford Relay Challenge which held in Lagos on Saturday. The two winners went home with a brand new Ford Focus each. The grand finale of the relay was held at the OceanView Restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos with Ford representatives from South Africa, Mr. Ezio Tuniz and Dale Reid present at the occasion.

The Ford Focus Relay Challenge started over a month ago with the aim of showcasing the unique attributes of the Ford Focus to Nigerians.

Available in both sedans and hatchbacks, the new Ford Focus will appeal to people who appreciate good designs and state of the arts auto technology. It is loaded with array of features like no other in its category, the C car segment.

The contest is made up of four teams, comprising a driver and co-driver with each team having an on-air personality who serves as team captain and are on hand to add flavour to the competition. Four noteable radio presenters were part of the team which add glamour to the event.

For the Week One challenge, titled, ‘Find Your Focus,’ the contestants were made to find their car in a crowded parking lot exhibiting the keyless entry feature of the car, after which they embarked on an obstacle course at the National Stadium, Surulere. This was aimed at testing their driving skills as well as showcasing the pure pleasure of driving a Ford Focus. Afterwards, they competed on the active park assist function, which allows the car to park itself.

The Week Two challenge was titled “Charity Challenge”. To win points, the contestants were required to get pit crew members and the general public to drop off various items at any of the two Ford dealer designated drop points – BriscoeFord on the Mainland and Coscharis on the Island. The contestants were then required to properly pack all donated items into their Ford Focus cars and take them to designated charities.

The winning team for this challenge would be the team with the highest number of donated items. This challenge highlighted the cargo space feature of the Ford Focus.

For the Week Three challenge, which came up on Saturday, December 3, contestants took their friends on drives, shuttling between Get Arena and the Palms, Lekki in the new Ford Focus 2012. With the winner being the team with the highest number of friends shuttled.

The 2012 Ford Focus is powered by a 2.0-litre DOHC fuel-efficient four cylinder engine with dual independent variable valve timing cam (Ti-VCT). It also offers several unique attributes in its class, including an 8-inch MyFord Touch screen, HD Radio with iTunes, Active park assist, Reverse camera and torque vectoring control.