the one thing i hate about the new focus (and most fords actually) is they love their 'blue oval' so much they run the theme through the whole car... the vents are oval... the clocks oval... etc etc
also, my mum just bought one so its kinda put me off... and i hate the plastic door handles on the new models... hello... body colour anyone??? unless you splash out on a XR5...
nice looking car though.
2 years ago i was looking at buying a daily flogger and it took me ages to decide... was looking for a NEW car, sub 25 grand,had to look decent in the styling department, have atleast a 2L engine (after havin a FTO why go backwards?) looked at everything from the toyota's mitsi, subbie, vw, honda, fords... everything.
i settled on a new Suzuki SX4, 107kw 2l engine, lowered, 18 inch rims, punchy little hatchback that will keep an FTO honest.
now im sold on it, handling is amazing, engines got heaps of grunt, gearbox just keeps giving... even in 5th, f-all torque steer since it was lowered, interior is modern, not all just monotone plastic and the best thing is its not badged 2l... so all these muppets pull up beside me thinking its a swift or something and get all wide eyed when i leave them in my dust. it tops out at about 170, and the brakes are AMAZING... stops on a dime, same brakes as the fto but with ABS,EBD and ABA... no TCL... even the guy on my advanced driving course was getting annoyed, cause he was trying to make an example of my and make me unable to stop in time before hitting the cones and it stopped everytime
has a massive boot space, seats fold flat, can fit 2m in length of cargo with the front seat down, super easy to park and theres still not too many of them around (atleast one like mine)
love hatch's now, didnt like mums focus... heaps of road noise compared to my sx4