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Originally Posted by Steffo
Have you driven them? The MkV Golf is COMPLETLEY void of feel. It's not a driver's car. Its an ultra-reliable, ultra high quality mode of transportation for the non-enthusiastic person who just wants to get from A to B.
The steering wheel is beautiful to hold, but then you turn it, and receive zero feedback. The electro-mechanical crap (no steering column, it has an electric motor that turns the wheels) is totally void of feel. Hit any bump you want, any size pothole, you don't feel it in your hands, the steering wheel doesn't jerk one bit.
No feel in the pedals. Never know how hard to press the accelerator, end up either giving too much or too little. The brake pedal is worse, I ended up flying through the windscreen each time because of how difficult it was to read. All in all, a horrible drive.
The Focus is nothing like the above.
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Saddly this is how many euro cars are starting to become. The Fiat Punto was exactly the same, had NO feel on the brakes and the steering had no feedback at all and all this on the "Sporting" model.
As for the Liberty being underpowered the Comfortline and Lib has near identical power to weight ratios.
Best thing to do is actually go out and drive these cars and see for yourself which one you like the most. We all have our own biased views but they don't always reflect how you feel.