MK3 Ford Focus
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mk1 98 - 04 (facelift 01)
mk2 04 - 10 (facelift 08)
mk3 11 - present
mk2 04 - 10 (facelift 08)
mk3 11 - present
Taz x said:
Its like the vw polo they facelifts are largely exactly the same as the previous model with some visual and some mechanical revisions.. I dont know enough about the Ford's to know the difference but most manufacturers do this these days...
Wiki has the full details on facelift differences..
Adamski said:bluestreak56 said:
I forgot about the facelift mk1s.... The old T reg did look different to the late 04s right enough
Very much so, I think the mk1 (pre-facelift) has dated much faster than any of the others..
Dean-Z4 said:
I'd say what you've written is common tripe
Looks are personal, so fair enough if that's your opinion. I'd hardly call a Focus common tripe and thrown away money though. Unless your Chris Harris, Tiff, the Stig or some sort of Jenson Button then the difference in technical capability from one marque to the other makes sod all difference these days. All recent Ford's have been lauded as fantastic handling cars, often best in class at their launch, but it makes no difference if you're pootling around town doing 30mph getting your shopping (or should make no difference if you're driving sensibly :evil: ) My personal opinion, but the Golf I sat in before buying our Focus I thought was the most dull & uninspiring interior I've seen for a while. To me it felt stereotypically German - functional with no passion! The base spec Focus I sat in felt similarly boring, but the Ghia & Titanium specs felt really nice, so I guess the top-of-the-range Golf would probably also be better than the one I sat in.
BTW last years buying figures:
SMMT Year-to-date figures for end 2011 said:
I'll accept they'll be skewed by non-personal buying but are 81000 people really buying a turd? I seriously doubt that any significant number of that 81k people wish they'd 'bought a golf'.
'VW are better' or 'Z4 roadsters
are hairdresser's cars' are just the usual motoring stereotypes that are trotted out without any foundation.Congrats on the new car OP, enjoy many happy miles. Being the titanium I'm assuming it's got the heated front windscreen which is fantastic on frosty mornings!
cj_eds said:Dean-Z4 said:
I'd say what you've written is common tripe
Looks are personal, so fair enough if that's your opinion. I'd hardly call a Focus common tripe and thrown away money though. Unless your Chris Harris, Tiff, the Stig or some sort of Jenson Button then the difference in technical capability from one marque to the other makes sod all difference these days. All recent Ford's have been lauded as fantastic handling cars, often best in class at their launch, but it makes no difference if you're pootling around town doing 30mph getting your shopping (or should make no difference if you're driving sensibly :evil: ) My personal opinion, but the Golf I sat in before buying our Focus I thought was the most dull & uninspiring interior I've seen for a while. To me it felt stereotypically German - functional with no passion! The base spec Focus I sat in felt similarly boring, but the Ghia & Titanium specs felt really nice, so I guess the top-of-the-range Golf would probably also be better than the one I sat in.
BTW last years buying figures:
SMMT Year-to-date figures for end 2011 said:
I'll accept they'll be skewed by non-personal buying but are 81000 people really buying a turd? I seriously doubt that any significant number of that 81k people wish they'd 'bought a golf'.
'VW are better' or 'Z4 roadsters
Congrats on the new car OP, enjoy many happy miles. Being the titanium I'm assuming it's got the heated front windscreen which is fantastic on frosty mornings!
+1 on the Focus I'm on my second in 6 years as family transport having left VW when my Golf ran two engines in two years - just out of warranty of course and dealers not interested
even the basic Focus drives very well and they certainly don't squeak or rattle inside like some more illustrious motors 