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The new Focus

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  • 18-04-2011 6:53pm
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    Vicxas
    Registered Users Posts: 15,271 ✭✭✭✭


    I might be wrong but i was driving past the ford dealership in navan and i seen the new focus sitting outside, and i thought to myself... it looks alot like a Kia C'eed...

    anyone else think this?


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    VolvoMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭VolvoMan


    No.


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    12 element
    Registered Users Posts: 718 ✭✭✭12 element


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    pburns
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    12 element wrote: »
    car_photo_304865_25.jpg

    If you're trying to make a point you could at least drag up an accurate, realistic pic of the new Focus rather than an old AutoExpress photoshop rendering:rolleyes:...


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    R.O.R
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    pburns wrote: »
    If you're trying to make a point you could at least drag up an accurate, realistic pic of the new Focus rather than an old AutoExpress photoshop rendering:rolleyes:...

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    12 element
    Registered Users Posts: 718 ✭✭✭12 element


    pburns wrote: »
    If you're trying to make a point you could at least drag up an accurate, realistic pic of the new Focus rather than an old AutoExpress photoshop rendering:rolleyes:...

    Sure I was only trying to add a bit of content to the thread. Sorry if I hurt your feelings.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Just saw an add for the new Focus, it's almost like they did their best not to show the car, close ups on panels and rear spoiler with drops of water piddling about but not much view of the car.


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    C4Kid
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    RoverJames wrote: »
    Just saw an add for the new Focus, it's almost like they did their best not to show the car, close ups on panels and rear spoiler with drops of water piddling about but not much view of the car.

    Too interested in showing off it's self stopping technology instead of how it looks!


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    AugustusMinimus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,546 ✭✭✭AugustusMinimus


    Mark 1: A design revolution. A good looking car which today still doesn't look dated

    Mark 2: A nice design progression from the Mark 1. The midlife touch up did a lot for it.

    Mark 3: They grabbed a Fiesta, made it bigger by 25% in photoshop and decided they'd have to make it look different (or fuglier) so it wouldn't look identical to the fiesta.

    What an absolute mess Ford have made of this car.


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    af_thefragile
    Registered Users Posts: 7,171 ✭✭✭af_thefragile


    As Jeremy Clarkson put it, its some car...

    That's what it is now. Its some 'car' for people who want a 'car'...


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    C4Kid
    Registered Users Posts: 479 ✭✭C4Kid


    AugustusMinimus wrote: »


    What an absolute mess Ford have made of this car.

    Couldn't agree more:D


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    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Pics really dont do it justice - in the flesh its a lot lot nicer tbh. And sitting in the driving seat - its a big improvement on the Mk2


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    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    The front is nice the rear is poo


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    DoubleBogey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭DoubleBogey


    Lol surely it's the Kia that looks a lot like the focus?

    Mk3 is being sold internationally, so they've had to cater for us/Asia tastes. Personally I think it's nicer than the mk2. Mk2 was also criticized on looks at the time and I remember fords response that it takes 3 years for a new design to become normal looking. I guess it's the price to pay when you set the trends rather than following them. The likes of the Kia ceed become dated looking very quickly, while the focus mk2 is improving with age.


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    pippip
    Registered Users Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭pippip


    Expected more from the design, wonder how many people will spring for the automatic parking feature? Would love to put it to the test and see how good it is.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVDfY0Ir6Zg


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    ardmacha
    Registered Users Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    And sitting in the driving seat - its a big improvement on the Mk2

    Don't be complicating things by bringing driving into it, it's a car after all.


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,639 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    I'm considering ordering one. A 1.6TDCI 115bhp 5 door Zetec with bluetooth as an extra.

    Watch this space :D


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    jamiecall
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    Pictures do it a small bit of justice i think. Looks disgusting in the flesh.


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    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,722 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    pippip wrote: »
    Expected more from the design, wonder how many people will spring for the automatic parking feature? Would love to put it to the test and see how good it is.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVDfY0Ir6Zg

    And if it fails you will have taken the side of a car, the back of another car and the front of another! :D

    It could be some crack when it fails! :)


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    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    I'm considering ordering one. A 1.6TDCI 115bhp 5 door Zetec with bluetooth as an extra.

    Watch this space :D

    Would it not be worth going for titanium?


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