New Ford Focus

"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
03/01/2018 at 08:01 • Filed to: None

I’ve seen nothing about here about the new Ford Focus, so here it is. As hatchback and wagon. Some markets require a sedan and I’m sure that will be released sometime as well, I just haven’t seen it yet. There is a version with cheap unpainted tough looking plastic cladding as well. edit: sedan added.

For China. And the US?

DISCUSSION (40)

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 07:54

The front looks good, and nicely fits with the new Fiesta. The rear and window lines of the hatch are a bit generic though, almost Hyundai/Kia like. Maybe that’s because it’s the first Focus hatch without a C/D pillar window.

Hope they wont sell too many of the Subaru XV plastic bits version here.

hike > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 07:54

I wonder if it will be awd with that cladding. Maybe they saw the crazy success Subaru is having with the Crosstrek and just decided to copy it.

Arrivederci > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 07:56

Looks like it’s trying hard to be a Mazda.

interstate366, now In The Industry > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:03

Oh good, they finally made the doors on the Veloster symmetrical.

xyzabc > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:11

...and now Ford is getting lazy with the Focus and simply using Mazda Styling.

Cé hé sin > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:12

Many of the people on here aren’t awake yet!

Do you notice how all the registration numbers are chosen so that they can still be read if you reverse the pictures? 180 VIA becomes AIV 081 and so on.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:12

Hnnnngggg Forbidden fruit

Kinja'd!!!

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:14

The wheels on that brown wagon (estate in Euro-English?) are gorgeous.

duurtlang > Cé hé sin
04/10/2018 at 08:18

I had not noticed, but that’s a great observation! For RHD markets I imagine. They will still have to ‘shop the F O C U S letters and the Ford logos though.

random001 > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:18

Focus Wagon ST would be awesome..

pip bip - choose Corrour > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:19

looks very BMW 1-series-ish to me.

Dusty Ventures > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:19

Oh jeez, they made a Focus Crosstrek

duurtlang > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
04/10/2018 at 08:19

You especially should be used to forbidden fruit by now, right?

How did you like the A1?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > xyzabc
04/10/2018 at 08:21

I’m seeing more Kia/Hyundai, see i30/Elantra GT.

duurtlang > random001
04/10/2018 at 08:21

No idea how successful the current one has been. I expect a new one though.

Kinja'd!!!

random001 > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:25

Focus Wagon ST in the States would be awesome!

duurtlang > random001
04/10/2018 at 08:35

In the US? You’re more likely to get the plastic clad one, or the shorter/taller/fatter one (Escape).

Chinny Raccoon > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:37

Kinja'd!!!

The side profile is very Megane like.

CalzoneGolem > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:41

It’s a really handsome wagon in that brown.

Svend > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:43

The Focus will offer all the range the new Fiesta does with options of Active, Zetec, St-Line, Vignale and later the ST.

With all these options, parts are going to be high for sometime as some parts will be model specific.

random001 > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:46

I cried....

and 100 more > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 08:57

... maybe it’ll look better in person.

The hatchback looks exceedingly like a hatchback. Not bad, but it’s a very safe design. The wagon... Maybe it’s the angle, maybe it’s the color, but it looks like a warm brown turd. There had better be a v6 under the hood to justify that front overhang.

I’m feelin pretty flaccid, to be honest.

bhtooefr > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 09:06

That rising body line on the hatchback looks oddly truncated, almost like they designed the wagon first.

Cé hé sin > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
04/10/2018 at 09:15

Even better, it’ll be made as a manual diesel!

Pickup_man > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 09:31

It’s right on the edge where I’m not sure if it looks great, or so much like every other hatch on the market that I couldn’t really care about it. There’s a lot of Subaru, Mazda, Kia, Hyundai generic hatchback in the design, but overall not a bad looking car. I’m sure it’ll grow on me a little and the ST/RS versions will probably look great.

UnderSTeerEnthusiast - Triumph Fanboy > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 09:32

I’m Greyed, so I don’t bother, but there’s someone on the FP who keeps saying that ST-line is the new FoST and is also saying those original Hungarian spy shots were also the FoST. ST Line /= ST and they don’t have a clue of what they are on about

Cé hé sin > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 09:43

Sadly, it wasn’t me who noticed it! I read it somewhere.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 10:00

Why is the nose so long? The wheels seem to be way back from the point they should be.

Then again, for reasons I can’t quite put my finger on, the cabin looks like it is from an SUV/CUV and the hood is from a much shorter car. Mine looks like a minivan, this one just looks ungainly in the front and generically Korean/Kodo in the rear. Something about the overall modern design combined with too vertical a windshield relative to the hood.

On the other hand, I think the interior is dramatically better than the current one, at least in pictures.

Cé hé sin > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
04/10/2018 at 10:12

I’m guessing it’s to do with crash testing.

carcrasher88 > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
04/10/2018 at 10:28

I’m seeing a lot of Forte5 and MB A in it, with some GLA and/or Crosstrek added in the Active version.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 10:29

Ahhhh the new Ford Fuckus. Sweeeeeet!

Snailkite > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 10:57

Seeing a lot of Hyundai here and Mazda 3 in the shoulder lines. Not a fan, Ford does bolder design well but they went for bland here.

Snailkite > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
04/10/2018 at 10:58

There is definitely some Mazda 3 in the lines on the sides of the car.

FSI > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 12:00

Fleet managers will love it. I wonder when the first new Focus will be put into duty at my work.

duurtlang > FSI
04/10/2018 at 12:10

Probably shortly after it’s delivered at dealerships.

At my last job they had a whole fleet of Focus wagons (and Megane wagons). Many many dozens, maybe hundreds. All wagon/diesel/manual obviously. I had one as a company car too.

FSI > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 12:43

Mein Beileid. Colleagues from Baden Württemberg had a base model Focus wagon which was their boss’ at a seminar. The interior is downright awful and the rear legroom (even for a short guy like me) not enough. Still a popular fleet choice.

duurtlang > FSI
04/10/2018 at 12:45

I actually had enough rear legroom? I’ve been a passenger in Focii of colleagues.

Anyway, I did get a 2013 ‘Titanium’, which could park itself (I still had to shift/clutch/accelerate) among other things.

boxrocket > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 12:50

Seeing a lot of Mazda and Kia in those designs.

Not a bad thing, as those are handsome cars, but it isn’t strongly “Ford”.

Then again, they change design languages, what, every 5 years or so?

FSI > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 12:52

Hm, the front seat must’ve been all the way back.

Titanium is the highest trim level below the ST, right? Not too bad.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > duurtlang
04/10/2018 at 18:44

More!

Write up is coming soon. Overall I liked it. Seats were supportive. Good brakes and suspension. Torquey for a small engine (though it also isn’t lugging much). Only downside is infotainment shows its age and the clutch had zero feedback., though I’m not sure if that was due to how new it was, the normal function of the clutch or just new clutches in general. I hadn’t really thought about it but other than the A1 the newest manual I’ve driven was a 80s pickup and the ‘80 911.