5/21/2023 0 Comments 2015 ford focus“It’s a cute car, isn’t it,” she chuckles, “and that’s all I care about – not the engine”. There’s little time to explain this to Ms Valet, though. I reckon its old-man fuddy-duddy 17s should be on the Titanium, and the Titanium’s hot 18-inch five-spokers should be on the Sport. My one complaint looking back at the blue Focus is those alloy wheels. That’s what this Sport, now sitting in the valet car park, has to live up to. Aussie-Focus supply has been coming from Thailand since 2012, a long way from the quality award-winning German factory for Mk I. Like any Aussie tourist, my new long-termer may as well be wearing a Bintai singlet. The second generation lost its dynamic edge, and once Mk III arrived here, in August 2011, Focus regained its sharp looks but was hampered by a firm ride on wheels above 16 inches in diameter, and had a Thatcher-like turning circle.Įnter Old Bluey, born on the mean streets of Bangkok. That Focus was brilliant, but by the time it arrived here rivals had been given enough time to catch up. That bloke was – is – a legend for making cars like that first Focus push rivals, including the Volkswagen Golf, to up their game. ‘Kinetic’ design language, high tail-light treatment that kick-started a load of copycat rumps, control-blade suspension and Richard Parry-Jones’ dynamics. So did the car.įocus, the original, showed a progressive, bold and capable Ford at its absolute best. Then there’s the first-gen Focus, which on the cover of one British rag was headlined, ‘Ford is Revolting’. Let’s not forget the smaller Fiesta’s skills – especially the current model’s considerable talent. Standard gear is impressive and includes SYNC2 voice activation for the sat-nav, keyless entry and start, Bluetooth and a crisp colour reversing camera.įord used to be the small car kings. Not only does my long-termer have the new trapezoidal nose, flanked by LED DRLs, but a smarter, less cluttered interior as well. This is the mid-spec Ford Focus Sport hatchback, which at $26,490 sits above the entry-level Ambiente and below the luxed-up Titanium. Want a diesel? You’ll have to look elsewhere because that’s been dumped too. Yet we won’t have that problem: our long-termer has three-pedals and a six-speed manual gearbox (hooray!).įord has also streamlined the range, meaning that every Focus – bar the performance Ford Focus ST and the salivating Ford Focus RS – comes with the same 132kW/240Nm 1.5-litre turbocharged EcoBoost four-cylinder engine, from Scotsman Andrew Fraser’s brilliant engineering mind. Recalled, rectified and now written-off, Ford Oz went back to basics with the Thai-built LZ, ditching the dual-clutcher for a conventional automatic. The big issue for the Focus was the previous dual-clutch transmission. Turns out that her sis has the previous LW series Focus, whose problems have been firmly addressed with the late 2015 update to LZ model designation. “Have they changed the engine?” she said, before adding, “My sister has one, and she’s taken it back twice, and it’s not even one year-old yet.” I thought Ms Valet was just being polite discussing my new long-termer, but she had a genuine query. “Well, yeah, it’s been updated with a new nose and the inside’s a bit better too.” “IT’S a blue Ford Focus,” I say to the lady at the airport parking desk.
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