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Replying to: damianinpa (Feb 04, 2007 6:44 am) I asked that very same question to a Ford cutomer rep. She mentioned the 2008 Focus hitting showrooms at the very end of summer, towards late September...probably early October. Peace! 
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Replying to: aladdinsane (Feb 04, 2007 10:07 am) Well, I thought the Focus looked sort of interesting until I saw the preview of the new Saturn Astra, which will debut at the Chicago Auto show this week. The Astra (from Opel) makes the Focus look like a Yugo in comparison - at least from what I've seen and read so far. And it will come in three and five door hatch models. Keep your C1 Focus, Mr. Ford. If you're not familiar with the Opel Astra, you should be. Google is your friend.  
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Replying to: jpmccormac (Feb 05, 2007 6:42 pm) They're both nice, but I'd go with the Astra coupe (speaking for myself). Ford = one blunder after another, IMHO. Cheers... Peace! 
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Replying to: walterquint (Jan 08, 2007 3:39 pm)  Very Check out how the Ford Focus look like out there! Click here --> http://www.ford.co.uk/ie/foc_c307/foc_c307_downloads/foc_c307_gallery/-/-/-/-) I haven't even start talking about the ST version! Better yet, check out what only a Ford Transit can do at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Click here --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mj1sMQOHXA Don't know what Nürburgring is? Click here --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurburgring I thought there was a Internet nowadays. Good luck Ford US! 
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When can we see something like this in U.S.? Frankly, those punks in Ford thought we are a bunch of dumb  $$es out here.  Check out the one of test drive by Top Gear, Ford U.S.! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL-qUUFLB3I |
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When I first saw this thing I thought uggggghhh a saturn Ion. My g/f though chimmed up "I think its CUTE". After looking at it for a while I think its growing on me. So what about the platform it could come in at a nice pricing point. I want low price, reliability, and good fuel economy. Even if they used the modern platform and it gave better performance most Americans wouldn't care. With 90% of cars going out as auto its clear people aren't concerned with that. As long as they drop the base price (the MSRP on the current focus is laughable) and bring in a B car ASAP they could have products people wanna buy. Ford if you can't bring a B-car by the time this new thing comes out, then your screwed. The longer you make unsellable products the fewer people think of you. |
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Replying to: jpmccormac (Feb 05, 2007 6:42 pm) http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/205104/this_weeks_auto_express- - - - - .html Like the low-tech B-class cars, the GM Astra comes w/ trailing-arm rear suspension, which was pioneered by FWD VW's over 3 decades ago. But unlike VW's, GM could not duplicate the expensive building method found w/in the VW trailing arms &, therefore, failed to match VW's ride/handling compromise. A few years back, VW hired the "C-170 Focus" engineers to design the Control Blade rear suspension for today's FWD Golf/Jetta/Passat/A3/Scirocco for improving the ride/handling compromise. So Opel tried to copy VW's old design, which VW got rid off & replaced it w/ C-170 Focus' system! Even if Saturn is going to build this "old" European Astra, will it come w/ Europeans' fancy optional panoramic windshield? http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/firstdrives/203124/vauxhall_astra.html
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Replying to: creakid1 (Feb 10, 2007 10:42 am) I just saw the pics of the Focus III hatch in a German car magazine. Is this real? http://www.autokampioen.nl/published/akm/content/afbeeldingen/2006/toekomst/0604- fordfo2-320926_enlarged.jpg http://www.autokampioen.nl/published/akm/content/afbeeldingen/2006/toekomst/0604- fordfo1-320919_enlarged.jpg It is the handsome front end that looks almost like the next "James Bond car" -- the '08 Mondeo. We should get the Focus III as an 2011 model?
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