Ford Standardises More Innovations In Focus Range

[kevino]

Originally Posted by 1TUFFUTE

Ahh look it's the bash the focus thread....probably the best drivers small car for the last however many years yet people pick on useless dribble like lack of certain gearboxes and other options that still make it not only the worlds most popular car, but in most cases around the world BEST IN CLASS despite these glaring omissions.
I mean how many percent of zero people do you think start at weather it has a 5 or6 speed box and just walkaway if it's not the one the others had.. Comon.......stop whinging!
So if it's fun to drive.....as economical an efficient as it's competitors, aswell as at least evenly specd......then there you go. Winner.
Rant over (but can be continued)

Matey. Damo does a few kms through biggish hills to work and uses his 6 speed manual box in his LV diesel Focus. I do (in my LT diesel Focus)130km a day highway up to 125km/hr and ditto use the 6 gears and don't have the engine revving its tits off at that speed.


Prior I had a 1.6 Fiesta with a 5 speed which revved its tits off doing this job.


Unless Ford put a decent engine and a 6 speed manual in the Focus I,ll be buying another make next year to replace the Lt and yes it will have a 6 speed manual box.

Incidentally all 3 cars in our house are Fords, 2008 Focus, 2012 Fiesta DCT, and a 2007 4 speed auto Fiesta.

Damo has 2 Fords , I have 3 -we want to buy Ford but if ford is too cheap and lazy to spec the car right I,ll go elsewhere.

[kevino]

Incidentally in other markets the Focus is available with a choice of ecoboost engines and 2 diesels all available with 6 speed manuals.

But not for Aus tral ia.

[PG2]

Originally Posted by kevino

Unless Ford put a decent engine and a 6 speed manual in the Focus I,ll be buying another make next year to replace the Lt and yes it will have a 6 speed manual box.

From what I have read, they are going to use the ecoboost engines and 6sp gearboxes next year in the updated model.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by kevino

Matey. Damo does a few kms through biggish hills to work and uses his 6 speed manual box in his LV diesel Focus. I do (in my LT diesel Focus)130km a day highway up to 125km/hr and ditto use the 6 gears and don't have the engine revving its tits off at that speed.


Prior I had a 1.6 Fiesta with a 5 speed which revved its tits off doing this job.


Unless Ford put a decent engine and a 6 speed manual in the Focus I,ll be buying another make next year to replace the Lt and yes it will have a 6 speed manual box.

Incidentally all 3 cars in our house are Fords, 2008 Focus, 2012 Fiesta DCT, and a 2007 4 speed auto Fiesta.

Damo has 2 Fords , I have 3 -we want to buy Ford but if ford is too cheap and lazy to spec the car right I,ll go elsewhere.

Technically I have three, WS 1.6L 5sp Fiesta, LV TDCI Focus 6sp which both I bought new, and the third if you count my grandpa spec EL Fairmont Ghia which has spent more time on stands in my driveway than all 4 wheels on the road in the last 3 years lol.

There is 4 Fords and a Mazda in our driveway, the other Ford is ye olde' WF Festiva.

Fiesta and Festiva sit at 3000 RPM in 5th, Focus 1750 in 6th, Falcon 2000 in 5th.

Originally Posted by kevino

Damo has 2 Fords , I have 3 -we want to buy Ford but if ford is too cheap and lazy to spec the car right I,ll go elsewhere.

This, if I hadn't of gone back to school this year I would have been buying another car and the only difference is I don't wear blue tinted glasses when it comes time to part with large sums of $$$.

[Sunburst50]

Originally Posted by kevino

Unless Ford put a decent engine and a 6 speed manual in the Focus I,ll be buying another make next year to replace the Lt and yes it will have a 6 speed manual box.

Have a look at the Focus ST, that has a decent engine and 6 speed manual.

[kevino]

Originally Posted by Sunburst50

Have a look at the Focus ST, that has a decent engine and 6 speed manual.

Totally agree but outside my budget limit of 23k.