focus new platform ??

[Lightningfr]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_on_bi_ge/ford_s_car_gambit

is this going to be on the euro focus platform?

im no expert but i say a new svt focus is coming soon

 

[HAMMRHEAD]

Sounds to me like they're retaining the current platform, but with major updates.

With the Focus, Zaback and the redesign team knew they would be limited by the car's current architecture in their efforts to modernize the company's entry in the small car market.

They raised the sheet metal on the sides, shrinking the window size to give it a sloping, sportier look, with horizontal creases in the sheet metal. There's more chrome on the grille, mimicking Ford's successful Fusion mid-sized car, and the hood became more rounded.

:shrug:

 

[02_SonicBluSVT]

No more hatch...

Supposedly we are getting something after 2008/09 and it is to be based on a world platform once again.

 

[02_SonicBluSVT]

Here is the new Focus...

 

[Lightningfr]

hmm doesnt look sporty at all

 

[Primaris]

:thumbsdown:

It makes me think Saturn.

 

[HTPerformance]

Hyundai Accent wannabe?

 

[Joe Frito]

As the article stated, why wouldn't Ford just bring over the European Focus? It is built on the new platform shared with the Vlovo S40 and Mazda 3, and they also have a ST220 version with a 220hp 5cyl Turbo. While they are at it, why not bring the new Mondeo over too. If they want something with sizzle to bring people into the showrooms, that would do it. I really scratch my head over some of the things Ford does as well.

 

[Lightningfr]

ya i like that 4 door with the big ol v-8

but looks like im going with mazda if i want something new

 

[02AllBlackSVT]

the new mazdaspeed 3

yeah if I was gonna get a new car Id go with that that car is nice.

I just dont like the 4 doors but Im a teenager so I dont have a Family like some of you might have so I understand why they make 4 doors.

 

[Primaris]

I understand. I've never been a fan of 4 doors either, but after driving an EVO and STI I've had a bit of a change of heart.

 

[Primaris]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_on_bi_ge/ford_s_car_gambit

is this going to be on the euro focus platform?

im no expert but i say a new svt focus is coming soon

It's the same platform as the current US focus. And, I'm pretty certain SVT is dead, buried, and rotting in the ground.

 

[93 COBRA]

Here is the new Focus...

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Well it’s official, they ruined it.

Fugly :xpl:

 

[02_SonicBluSVT]

Well it’s official, they ruined it.

Fugly :xpl:

I would much rather have this Focus... and I am willing to pay for it...

 

[graywolf_14]

I dont see why they say they are outdated. I think maby put wider fenders on the current focus and maby some other stuff and it would be cool. I dont see why people think hondas look so cool. I think they are plain just like toyotas and every other thing out there.

 

[02AllBlackSVT]

sorry to say guys but I gotta say it My manager at work drives a 2004 si civic and people thinks it looks the same but the tail lights which if you glace at it it kinda does but yeah the coupes of civics idk they are ugly.

and I agree with you 02 Sonicblu id rather have the RS (im hoping that is a RS).

 

[02_SonicBluSVT]

It is a euro Focus ST... no euro Focus RS for that body style... yet.

 

[Primaris]

I would much rather have this Focus... and I am willing to pay for it...

Ok you are not allowed to post up pics of the Euro ST here. I'm in love with that car and can't have it. So you are subjecting me to cruel and unusual punishment. Throw a picture of the craptastic '08 US Focus and you might as well strap me up at Abu Ghraib prison. :cuss:

Ford also stated it improved the handling of the '08. This worries me, as "improved" handling in the US usually means they softened the springs, shocks, and turned the busings into air.

 

[graywolf_14]

The the rear end of the orange one reminds me a little of a crx in the top of the 2 pics.

 

[NotoriousJaegs]

no euro Focus RS for that body style... yet.

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiincorrect!

(I'm just kidding ya, I know what you meantoke



But still, as far as real cars, they're about there already:read:

I'm pretty certain SVT is dead, buried, and rotting in the ground.

I feel the same way