Second Generation

"MrPseudonym" (mrpseudonym) 04/15/2015 at 11:27 • Filed to: None

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I wish I lived in Europe. The second generation Focus looks so much better than the American Focus.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > MrPseudonym 04/15/2015 at 11:32

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Is that second one a Focus convertible?

Automakers need to make more affordable droptops. Gone are the days of the shitbox cavalier or le baron.

alwaysmiata > MrPseudonym 04/15/2015 at 11:38

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The second gen facelift cars look even better to me (like the ST in the first pic). I didn't even realize they made a hardtop convertible, learn something new everyday.

dogisbadob > MrPseudonym 04/15/2015 at 11:40

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Yup. Ford made a big mistake by not selling the Mk2 over here.

Cé hé sin > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 04/15/2015 at 11:51

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Yes, by Pininfarina as I recall. It was dropped for the current model as have been many other coupé/convertibles, because too heavy and too much CO2 (and not many sales either)

djmt1 > MrPseudonym 04/15/2015 at 11:57

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and much to my annoyance they are holding their value so much better than all the other hot hatches of the period bar weirdly the Astra VXR.

jjhats > MrPseudonym 04/15/2015 at 12:06

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the thing that pisses me off about the focus platform is that they have single handedly made every conceivable car body style possible at one time or another but never offer too many at the same time in the same market. the focus has had:

2 door coupe car

4 door sedan

2 door hatch

4 door hatch

4 door wagon

convertible

but never more than 3 in any generation at any given market. give me all the focii!

KirkyV > MrPseudonym 04/15/2015 at 12:10

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The post-facelift Mark II ST 3-door is the best looking Focus ever made, so far as I'm concerned. I'd own one, if I could afford the insurance and they weren't so doggedly holding onto their value on the used market.

The Mark I RS is a close second.

With the post-facelift Mark III ST estate in third.

KirkyV > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 04/15/2015 at 12:18

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Yup, here it is with the top dropped. I think they're decent to look at, but it's still not my favourite family hatchback-derived convertible. That'd be either the 306 Cabrio:

Or the 205 CTi:

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > MrPseudonym 04/15/2015 at 14:03

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I must have seen 100 mk IIs when I was in London last week, but only two were STs. I also saw a bunch of these. Has anyone here driven a 206 like this?

KirkyV > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed 04/15/2015 at 14:38

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I haven't driven a 206 Cabrio, but it's a 206, so I can say with some certainty that it'll be absolutely god-awful, and an affront to the lion badge.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > KirkyV 04/15/2015 at 14:48

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Lol. That's kind of what I expected.

KirkyV > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed 04/15/2015 at 14:50

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Indeed. If you want a Peugeot drop-top, I'd direct your attention towards one of these two: