Ford Focus 2.0L Sport [Merged]

[carlocaraddict]

twice palang ako nakakakita ng focus hatch sa road. Focus sedan, same as basti, Optra 1.8 mga 3/week, sentra 180gt last akong nakakita last month pa ata. MX lancer madami dito sa dagupan.

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Even Audi and VW have their share of "bad-plastic-days". The build quality, or what I've seen of it in testers, on the Focus is pretty good, and few of the materials are really wince-worthy.

It's the overall ambiance of the car that's striking. You don't need to tell me about build quality, I drive a Lynx RS, and though I love the car to death, I'll be the first to admit that the interior and sound suppression could use some work... hell, a LOT of work. The Focus, on the other hand, feels more solid and Germanic than any Japanese sedan I've ridden that costs less than 1 million. The closest you can get to that feeling is in the new Accord or Camry, both of which are a size larger and much more expensive.

I've just seen the 2.0, and I think the fabric inserts in the leather are just right for a car with sporty intentions. Still, it's a more sombre place to be in than the sedan, and the hatch space is disappointingly small compared to my cousin's Mazda 3. Also, I can't help feeling that there's less sense of occassion from the driver's seat than the Mazda 3, although the rest of the interior is a much more comfortable place.

halos pareho tayo ng napansin. we noticed a diff. heaviness but solid feel on its doors when we first tried to open it. ride quality is almost close to the new accord tho' legroom is a bit cramped but still tolerable for pinoys' height. as of friday night, sold out lahat ng hatch sa ford global and even yung display unit nabenta din. agent promised us 1 week for our reservation sana umabot this coming long weekend.

[niky]

no doubt about the campi reports... though the figure might really be small.
i see 1-2 Focus a day...3 is the max...
have seen lancer 1.8 once last month, a sentra 180gt once last 2-3 months ago...
and an optra LT........teka...kelan na nga ba yun? ;p LOL

Well, CAMPI counts current sales. I see more 180GTs and Optra 1.8s than Focuses (Focii?), BUT, as I said, these are previous sales.

If we count OVERALL sales, that would be a 90% market share for Toyota.

Sold out? Grabeh...

[richip]

Just my 2 sentimos ...

It's true that the Ford name has not been equated with quality autos for a
long time (if ever). It's even earned the moniker FORD = Found On Road Dead.
But the Focus is different. First, it finds its roots in WRC (much like the
Subaru WRX and the Lancer Evolution series). I'm sure the commercial Focus
is a much detuned version of the WRC version, but I'm hoping many of its
subsystems remain intact. The Duratec 20 engine is a pretty good engine.

One other thing to consider is that in 2005, the Ford Focus came out on top
in its class in the independent Consumer Reports magazine. CR is known to
never take advertising money from manufacturers and their reputation as an
independent, high-quality reports outfit is one they're careful to maintain.
The factors they consider include performance, maintenance, cost.

I think it's a great car. It's actually my second choice for cars when I was
in the market for one.

[pajerokid]

Saw a white focus sport earlier. very pretty! Nice rear fogs too!

[mbt]

it's 58% of a really tiny pie (i take it that by "segment", they meant the 1.8-liter-engined compacts)

the clincher is, of course, that the 1.8-liter versions of the Altis, Sentra, Optra et al all have 1.6-liter variants that are volume sellers.

Comparing model for model (as is more appropriate, rather than insisting on the antiquated engine-displacement segmentation), the Focus of course lags waaaaay behind the Altis and company in sales.

But don't let the sales numbers fool you, the Focus is a better car than practically all of its rivals, imo.

[BlueBimmer]

no remote hood, fuel and trunk release really bugs me, it just destroys the otherwise excellent appeal of the focus

[basti08]

the Focus is very teutonic. very German. nice car. but something is lacking... maybe apeal? not sure.

[richip]

no remote hood, fuel and trunk release really bugs me, it just destroys the otherwise excellent appeal of the focus

What do you mean by "remote"? Do you mean an electronic remote opener like on a key fob? If so, I don't see a lot cars with hood and fuel door releases. There's not as much use for a remote hood and fuel door opener as there is for passenger and trunk. I find the trunk release pretty useful, though. Specially when I'm coming in bringing groceries.

[basti08]

What do you mean by "remote"? Do you mean an electronic remote opener like on a key fob? If so, I don't see a lot cars with hood and fuel door releases. There's not as much use for a remote hood and fuel door opener as there is for passenger and trunk. I find the trunk release pretty useful, though. Specially when I'm coming in bringing groceries.

i think what BB means is a manual knob or lever thingamajig inside the car that you pull or whatever to release the hood, fuel or trunk like almost in any other car you can think of.
AFAIK, the Focus has none of those.

[BlueBimmer]

i think what BB means is a manual knob or lever thingamajig inside the car that you pull or whatever to release the hood, fuel or trunk like almost in any other car you can think of.
AFAIK, the Focus has none of those.

yep, more appropriate term would be trunk, hood and fuel cover release.

[richip]

yep, more appropriate term would be trunk, hood and fuel cover release.

That was my first guess, pero 'di ako makapaniwalang walang in-car hood release. So nasaan yung release ng hood? Nasa hood mismo? Baka naman pagbalik ng may-ari sa paradahan, wala nang makina niya, ;)

[basti08]

That was my first guess, pero 'di ako makapaniwalang walang in-car hood release. So nasaan yung release ng hood? Nasa hood mismo? Baka naman pagbalik ng may-ari sa paradahan, wala nang makina niya, ;)

may susian sa hood kuya... post pics later.

[BlueBimmer]

That was my first guess, pero 'di ako makapaniwalang walang in-car hood release. So nasaan yung release ng hood? Nasa hood mismo? Baka naman pagbalik ng may-ari sa paradahan, wala nang makina niya, ;)

the emblem on the grill can be opened to reveal a lock in which you have to insert the key if you want to open the hood. imagine opening your hood with a running engine? and that emblem just says 'take me' to your suking banawe 'resellers'

[basti08]

the emblem on the grill can be opened to reveal a lock in which you have to insert the key if you want to open the hood. imagine opening your hood with a running engine? and that emblem just says 'take me' to your suking banawe 'resellers'

see?

tnx sir vicoyski for the pics from motioncars

[basti08]

tsikot just updated their short drive of the Focus hatch.

[richip]

the emblem on the grill can be opened to reveal a lock in which you have to insert the key if you want to open the hood. imagine opening your hood with a running engine? and that emblem just says 'take me' to your suking banawe 'resellers'

:confused: Seems there are two philosophies with regards to the number of keyholes outside of cars nowadays. My car has only ONE (1) keyhole: on the driver's door. The other doors have to be opened either via remote or by latches inside the cab. Then there's the Focus which seems to have keyholes everywhere. So you need an extra key to pop the hood while the engine's running?? Who's to say which is better.

[basti08]

:confused: Seems there are two philosophies with regards to the number of keyholes outside of cars nowadays. My car has only ONE (1) keyhole: on the driver's door. The other doors have to be opened either via remote or by latches inside the cab. Then there's the Focus which seems to have keyholes everywhere. So you need an extra key to pop the hood while the engine's running?? Who's to say which is better.

i know someone who owns a 05 Accord with mechanism same as yours....
it seems easier, even a trunk release in the keyfob...nice touch.

[niky]

It's not a big deal in the Focus' core market, Europe. People are used to externally operated mechanisms, as they're used to self-service gas stations. (Even the Jazz has an externally opened gas door). I agree that it's a bad idea to have a latched grille logo... I can hardly count the number of times someone has tried to steal the hinged logo off the back of our Sentra... and that had a sturdier hinge on it.

[BlueBimmer]

well maybe ford sees these things differently, or baka thats the quirks of euro cars coz the bimmer also has weird fuel cover mechanism that has its own actuator lock that moves in conjunction with the power door locks. i think cos it has no interior remote release kaya it has fuel cover power lock, still weird for me.