Ford Focus Facelift Forsakes Fishy-ness

"Mikeado" (mikeado) 02/22/2014 at 11:46 • Filed to: Ford Focus, Geneva Motor Show

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Personally I'm a little surprised that after just two years or so, the Ford Focus Mk.3 was looking a bit uninteresting. Come to think of it, even other Fords ended up going a slightly different direction, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! around to make a new face that people wrongly think is a copy of Aston Martin. In any case, Ford have now tidied up the Focus's nose with this handsome fella.

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Applied across the range, the new headlights and smaller grille give it a less fishy face if you ask me, although how it translates to the fishiest of all - the ST - is at present unknown. As well as exterior changes and a less cluttered centre console, the engine range is about to be updated too, with a pair of 1.5 engines (one "EcoBoost" petrol, one diesel) being added and the rest being fiddled with until they're kinder to the environment and your wallet. Why add some 1.5 engines? Because this engine size is popular in places like China, Brazil and Russia, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (pictures are from !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ).

Once they update the Focus ST, it will be more aggressive, say they, while steering, chassis and suspension will be revised. However, power and torque will stay at 250 HP (184 kW) and 265 lb/ft (360NM) respectively unless you spend a wee bit extra on a Mountune upgrade to get 270bhp as you can now.

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Victorious Secret > Mikeado 02/22/2014 at 11:48

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Looks slightly more aggressive, slightly less hungry.

Or, I'd even say it knows what you did there.

theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil > Mikeado 02/22/2014 at 11:52

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I like this - looks much better than the outgoing version. If they had made the ST look less fish-like than the outgoing model, I would of bought that instead.
Thanks Ford.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Victorious Secret 02/22/2014 at 11:54

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It's just trying to... Focus.

Victorious Secret > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 02/22/2014 at 12:03

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Groan.

You win.

KirkyV > Mikeado 02/22/2014 at 12:11

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The front looks okay, though I still feel that the chrome finish on the grille is a bit too much. It looks so much better in a darker colour, like on the Fiesta ST or, indeed, an Aston. And there's something about the changes they've made to the - already less than stellar - back that really doesn't do it for me. Still, it'll probably be a great car, like every Focus - at least, every Focus offered where I live; I know a lot of people have issues with a few local variations - before it.

The MK2 facelift ST remains the best looking Focus in my eyes.

xxxxxx > Mikeado 02/22/2014 at 12:14

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:( I really liked the old Focus, looked aggressive. To me this one looks like they took all the lights and smooshed them to be flatter. Interior looks a LOT better now.

bobkustofawitshz > Mikeado 02/22/2014 at 12:26

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Looks good. I actually like the current Focus quite a bit, because of its small upper grille. Though I think this Fusion-esque refresh is certainly an improvement over the bass-mouth gaping maw of the current ST, which really doesn't appeal to me at all.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Victorious Secret 02/22/2014 at 12:32

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Holy shit! The new Accord totally does!

Victorious Secret > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/22/2014 at 12:33

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Oh you cheeky bastard

Jayhawk Jake > Mikeado 02/22/2014 at 13:13

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The interior finally is starting to look decent. The old styling was horrible, but I could live with this

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > KirkyV 02/22/2014 at 13:52

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agreed. As Clarkson called it the "ASBO ST"
it's a beauty!

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > bobkustofawitshz 02/22/2014 at 14:14

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I agree and disagree. I like and am okay with how the current Focus and ST look respectively; however, I just wish that the catfish mouth on the ST was a little smaller. Say Fiesta ST sized? Or if it was segmented like the regular Focus.

Aero > Mikeado 02/22/2014 at 16:52

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Proper.

Shiarlis > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 02/22/2014 at 19:36

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I wonder what it'd look like if you painted those supports...

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Shiarlis 02/22/2014 at 19:41

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That's what I'm gonna do!

wtrmlnjuc > Mikeado 02/22/2014 at 23:21

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I don't like the new Focus, the front seems a bit overwrought on an otherwise sleek body. The current one is smooth and non-angular all around, this is a gradient of both.