2008 Ford Focus Facelift

[mbukukanyau]

According to Autoexpress this is how the facelifted Focus will look like when it's presented later on the year. While we'll validate the fact that Ford will unveil a revised version of the Focus at the Frankfurt Show ?not possibly as Autoexpress notes but definitely as our Ford source told us, we seriously doubt that the car is set for such a dramatic mid-life makeover

Fomoconews

[RamJet502]

Huge improvement for the front. I don't know about the rear though, looks pretty weird.

[91 s-10baja]

I am sorry, but not only is that one hot compact, that is one hot Ford

[1931Chevy]

if Ford bringed that as the new Focus here in the states it would had buried the Corolla Sentra and Civic

[Bravada]

Fomoconews won't load for me, but those are the chops I've found on Autoexpress' site:




Autoexpress' chops are usually quite off, but it is widely expected for the Focus to borrow a lot from the Mondeo - after all, they are closely related and the Focus is wide enough to be considered "a shorter Mondeo" (or the other way enough, the Mondeo looks like a longer and more bulbous Focus).

Where the Focus needs help the most is the totally uninspired interior, especially if you compare it to the great unique interior of the original car:



Hopelessly boring, in view of the ever-more-inventive competition.

But, given that the related Mondeo, S-Max and Galaxy have a lot to teach the Focus here, and that there is a chance some of their stuff could be transplanted directly into the Focus, there is hope Ford can make its compact even more appealing!

[Strapping.Young.Lad]

That is THE BEST looking small car ive ever seen

[Xenon]

Wait, you think that is boring?

[BrickTamland]

The Fomoconews link Focus is great except that the rear bumper is far too big and tall. The Autoexpress link Focus is just about perfect.

[gmhashope]

And tell me again why we get stuck with the ugly new one instead of this great looking Euro design.

[Slack]

And yet Ford, in their infinite wisdom, doesn't think Americans want a compact car like that. Somehow they believe that we would prefer the US-spec focus.

[Koasterking]

Ford! Get the hint! The US Focus sucks! Why not give us the Euro spec one?

Ford has been told this by many people that we need to have the Euro spec Focus here, and why we don't, is beyond me. Look what happened to Saturn when GM brought some of its European cars here??

Hello, Ford! Think! McFly! Think!

[mbukukanyau]

The American ford Focus sucks. I do not understand why GM and Ford cannot make good corollas or civics?

[fenderbender]

Originally Posted by FordRules

That is THE BEST looking small car ive ever seen

IF Ford made that, and made it a world car even sold in the U.S, not one person would complain!

[DuSpinnst]

Originally Posted by mbukukanyau

The American ford Focus sucks. I do not understand why GM and Ford cannot make good corollas or civics?

Because GM and Ford refuse to build a "global" small car. They think that people in the US won't buy a high spec compact car. For the most part they are right, but the fact is that those high spec cars sell many low spec cars by getting customers in the door and winning comparos in the Media.

[Minnesota Nice]

If the image Bravada showed is what it would look like, I would have the Civic sold in a second and in line for it.

Unfortunately, the new 2008 Ford Focus is nothing short of a miscarriage or abortion, than a facelift or update. It could be one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen. I'll withhold brutal judgement until I see it, but my hopes aren't that high.