2012 Ford Focus (official photos)

**tidus1203** · April 20th, 2011 07:25 AM

I have to say in SEDAN FORM the MK3 Focus actually looks good unlike Fiesta or the MK2 Focus in relation to their HATCHBACK counterparts...

Looks like this time around the sedan was no longer just an afterthought, but they really though about it...

**AG4** · April 20th, 2011 07:35 AM

Originally Posted by tidus1203

I have to say in SEDAN FORM the MK3 Focus actually looks good unlike Fiesta or the MK2 Focus in relation to their HATCHBACK counterparts...

Looks like this time around the sedan was no longer just an afterthought, but they really though about it...

The Mk2 Focus sedan looks ok, we have one and I think the proportions are good, I don't think its just an afterthought. (always stare at it at the car wash).

**tidus1203** · April 20th, 2011 07:59 AM

Well if you look it that way ayos lang siya but if you side by side it with the hatchback, then Houston este Dearborn we have a problem!

Same story with the Fiesta. I personally know someone who was getting a Fiesta sedan supposedly. Pero pag labas ng dealer iba ang bitbit palabas. I asked him I thought you needed the space. He said "Ah the space... We'll manage somehow!"

Anyway here is an interior walkthrough of the new MK3 Focus a somewhat low trim level (SE model)... Ford US has a really annoying BEEP. Even the US Fiesta has that annoying BEEP. Thank God the ASEAN models BEEP are actually quite nice...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13tMaKG5Rs0&feature=related"]YouTube - 2012 Ford Focus Start Up, Walk Around, Tour, and Rev[/ame]

**AG4** · April 20th, 2011 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by tidus1203

Well if you look it that way ayos lang siya but if you side by side it with the hatchback, then Houston este Dearborn we have a problem!

I admit the hatchback looks sleeker and sportier, but the Mk2 sedan's styling isn't bad.
The main reason we got the sedan is it has a manual transmission, might have gotten a hatch if there was a manual "gasoline" hatchback Focus here. (The old TDCi MT model was never an option, it costs more and the PMS is more expensive too)
The other sedan advantage my brothers and I found out was when we went out of town for a few days... we filled the huge sedan trunk with our baggage and "pasalubongs".
Imagine if it was the hatchback with a 6 inch shorter cargo area.

**tidus1203** · April 20th, 2011 12:37 PM

Another Focus VS Cruze video...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXDtR0HRVI0"]YouTube - 2011 Chevrolet Cruze vs. 2012 Ford Focus Comparison Test[/ame]

**renzo_d10** · April 20th, 2011 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by aargh

One of these cars will be mine next year....

Dun na ko sa Ford ...

**tidus1203** · April 21st, 2011 12:27 AM

More Doug Focus ads... I like how Ford has been marketing recently. Really out of the box and unconventional unlike the other car makers old fashioned parin ang marketing strategy nila...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuXmlLfgkc4&feature=channel_video_title"]YouTube - Free Rides Part II: Attack of the 5'6" Woman (with Doug, Ford's Spokespuppet, and John)[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2tGm_1RPx8&feature=channel_video_title"]YouTube - Doug, Ford's Spokespuppet, and John Present Maximum Bass 1 (Focus Remix)[/ame]

**aargh** · April 21st, 2011 03:16 AM

Kung Cruze and PH car of the yr ngayon, next yr sigurado Focus na!

**tidus1203** · April 21st, 2011 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by aargh

Kung Cruze and PH car of the yr ngayon, next yr sigurado Focus na!

Its going to be between the Focus and the Elantra. I am leaning towards the Focus. Pero syempre depende sa specs at price na dadalin dito ng FGP. Pero in almost all foreign reviews I have seen both in US and Europe lamang talaga ang Focus especially for people who like to drive.