ARE WE LEARNING YET? GODD FIRST STEP FORD

Since 2011 is 3 years away there is plenty of time to learn that Focus will be build in Mexico, where it is cheaper to build American made cars.

Absolutely, yes. Imagine profit on peso to euro conversion alone.

Wonder if these will also be for export to europe. Hope so.

Wow, your posts just went through some kind of time warp. Kind of like the current Focus. Eerie, isn’t it?

yeah, johnnycanuck, I saw it and lost my bong! This is really groovy.

I love it. The car, which many of you here cried and cried about wanting, is finally on its way and people are already bitching about quality. How about waiting for an actual car to touch the ground and then making a decision. Nah, that’s not the way you people think. Because its a ford it will be junk and never hold up and never make money. I can’t wait until this thing comes out and makes all of you eat you words.

Has everyone at Ford just had bowling ball implants?

yeah really crash, i cant believe all these ****heads are whining about quality now that they are getting what everyone has wanted, but they do ALL TYPE IN CAPS so they are ****ing useless anyway

$4 Dollar gas WORLD????
In Europe it’s 10 bucks a gallon, so why doesn’t everybody west of the Atlantic quit bitchin?

The question, El Aleman, is why don’t you people east of the Atlantic start bitchin? ….
…. instead of bahhhhing like good little sheep.

I assume the Focus that will appear in North America in 2011 will be the 3rd generation model (which applies to both NA and Europe). Or will North America get the Euro mk 2 which will outdated by 2011, while we get the all-new Mk 3.

everyone is getting the c1 platform

Everyone will be on the C1-2 platform, to be precise. The U.S. is getting the newest platform changes, and in fact, they were made specifically to clear regulatory hurdles in the U.S. and create as similar a vehicle as possible between all markets.

I have not heard the Louisville will be converted for C1-2. My best sources indicate that Wayne will be for the Focus. KC for the Escape/Kuga on the same platform. And an unidentified location for C-Max and Focus overflow. It had been rumored that so much capacity (500,000 units per year) was being built into Cuautitlan so that it would be the overflow location and build both B and C cars.

However, nothing is final yet except that C1-2 is coming along with the new Escape/Kuga and Wayne and KC will be producing them.

good info Robert…will they all be up and ready for production by 2010?

wtf i dont even understand you
youre a commie bastard arent you
only a chinaman would YELL LIKE THIS AL THE **** GIN TIME EHEHEH
**** knuckle

the thing I don’t get is how the americans don’t realize that the Focus set the bench mark back in 1998 with the focus, and again in 2005 with the MK2.. and all other manufactures followed suit there after, often it’s the newer generation of Golf that make Ford go out and set the bench higher, as those two companys are he main rivals for cars in this segment.

I really hope this time that Ford is smart enought to atleast offer the same or some of the range of engine choices that they have globally, like the 1.8 TCDi Diesel, an engine that has better MPG then the Toyota Prius.

and in Europe, gas is slightly cheaper then the $10 USD a gallon as oil is traded in USD($) it’s cheaper in Euros, as 1 Euro is roughly $1.40 in USD. it’s just the conversion from the Euro that makes it seem more then what it’s actually is.

yes do it for porfit with no slacking

Guys, I’m in Greece right now vacationing. It’s the good life - love it here.

Anyways, this Euro-spec Focus is amazing - I saw it the other day and the stylung and interior are LIGHT YEARS ahead of anything Ford America does now. Even 3 years from now, if they change nothing, it’ll be kickass.

BTW, there are SO many hot hatchbacks here it’s sick. Baby Alfa Romeos, Citroens, groovy little Peugeots, you name it. All kinds of **** - I saw this cool Toyota, even smaller than the Yaris but much better styled - called the AVGO. Also some Honda minivan that looked like a CUV. And a SMART 2-seater sports coupe that looked like a cross between a mini Audi R8 and a Honda S2000 (but with the same ****ty 3-cyl engine, I think). Some cool stuff in Europe.

Interesting comments about the Mk 2 Euro Focus DeansterTJ as when it was launched in 2004, the styling inside and out was criticised by many for looking too dull, though the interior quality was highly praised. The recent Mondeo-inspired facelift has improved the styling. The new forthcoming RS version looks fabulous.

The little Toyota you’re on about is the Aygo, which is one of 3 near-identical cars built in Slovakia. The other two are the Citroen C1 and Peugeot 107. All three are selling very well here in the UK. Then with our recent petrol prices, i’m not surprised!

Deanster, did you noticed any women?! You are in Greece and on islands were there are more nice exposed unaltered tities then sand pebbles! You are definitely fag with car fetish

You know what I think is the coolest hot hatch? Check out the first video to the right in the “related videos” as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLdcGSRHaaY

Oh, you come with jokes too! That’s cool… but hey, it’s LLN, we’re all big men with overflowing testosterone, that’s why none of us have anything to prove!

Wow, did Mark Fields come up with this idea after submitting to electroshock therapy? Up the voltage.