Ford Changover: Euro Models Come in 2010

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I was so excited we might actually get the AWD Focus then saw the posts above me... Screw you FORD. I hope you follow GM's path to extinction. :grumpy:
 
Wait, what? When has there EVER been a 4WD Focus outside of WRC and lesser champoinships? The new RS isn't even gonna be 4WD.
 
You mean the MKI Ver3.0? Yes, anything is better than that. I actually makes me kinda sick that they still want to stretch it out more. I do fear, to some extent, that they'll drag it out like they did with the Escort via the ZX2. I do wish they'd work on getting the new Focus (and Fiesta) here in time for the 2010 model year, but alas, that seems to be wishful thinking.
 
Niky: I swear I read somewhere in one of our auto magazines our EPA testers base it on consumption at 45 mph. as for the rally Foci, that's still not a heavy drop (it sounds like GT's level one weight strip to me)

I'd LOVE to remind a few europeans that the reason we're griping about the Focus is that we just keep getting reskinned instead of redesigned.
 
Apparently, Its All About the Focus

Autoblog
With sales up 35-percent year over year, the current Focus is on fire. Even after Ford added a third shift that bumped annual production at its Wayne assembly plant to 280,000 units per year, the Blue Oval is still selling every compact it an make. To give Americans more of what they want, the Dearborn, MI automaker plans to produce the next generation Focus in two plants. Industry insiders say Ford will convert its Louisville plant from Explorer production to a mix of small vehicles, including the Focus. There is no word at this time if the plant will also build other smaller models as well, but it's a good bet that Ford will make the plant more flexible so it can adapt to consumer demand.

The good news for enthusiasts is that the next Focus will be a global model based off the much drooled over European model. The bad news is that both the new model and the added capacity won't be available until the end of 2010. It may be two years into the future, but at least the new Focus is on its way, and there will be a lot more of them, too.
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I still say its a bit too far in the future, but oh well. Better late than never I guess...
 
Hopefully GM can upgrade the Cobalt to something worthwhile in the next few years.

It is good for Ford that they are selling a lot of Focii. It is still rare that I see them on the roads here, but I don't think we'll be seeing them here in huge numbers until they can really compete well with the Japanese and VW offerings.
 
Well, gas crunch...this Pinto...err, I mean, The Focus is the Pinto for Ford at this point. It just doesn't blow up.
 
Jim Prower
Well, gas crunch...this Pinto...err, I mean, The Focus is the Pinto for Ford at this point. It just doesn't blow up.
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Is that bad? :D

Our generation make fun of that car(spelled P into), but it sure was a popular car back then!
 
Actually...

I have this strange feeling that Ford and Chevy should go back a ways and bring back something LIKE the Pinto and Vega. Cheap, RWD, fairly light cars built mostly for economy.

They'd sell. Not to mention, there isn't a "cheap", light, RWD on the market today. Well, not in coupe form, there's the Miata, but it's a 'Vert.

That said... We can't call them Vega and Pinto.
 
In horse world, Pinto isn't actually a horse race.. thus, in car world, Pinto actually isn't a car.. it was barbeque that seated four. and Vega.. well, it's anything else than a star in the bowtie due it's poor reliability.
 
Leonidae
In horse world, Pinto isn't actually a horse race.. thus, in car world, Pinto actually isn't a car.. it was barbeque that seated four. and Vega.. well, it's anything else than a star in the bowtie due it's poor reliability.
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The Vega's reliability problems went away in 1976 with the introduction of the "Dura-built" 2.3L four. Only real difference over the 2300 was that instead of silicon-impregnated aluminum for the bores, it used cast iron liners.

It just didn't come soon enough to shake the bad rep for poor reliability.
 
Well, GM has a lightweight sports coupe, but given that the Pontiac Solstice Coupe will only seat two... That's not quite what you're looking for.

Nevertheless, I completely agree. The problem is that on the grand scale, I assume, GM and Ford would not be willing to invest the money on a new car program, particularly with RWD, if they know that a lot of people would go against it just on that fact.

Remember: The general car buying public is more dumb than we think!

But, nevertheless, I'd like to see what you're asking for. It does make me wonder what GM could do if they stretched the Kappa platform just a bit, added four doors and a hatch. Same with Ford, taking the Mustang platform down a bit and adding, say, the T5 from the Volvo line? There has to be some kind of creative underground at GM, Ford and Chrysler... The problem is, I just don't see it.
 

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