About damn time Ford, now just give us a global Falcon and Ka. While you’re at it update the Crown Vic and the Ranger and don’t let the Fusion languish into oblivion like you did with the Crown Vic/Ranger/Focus/everyothergoodcaryoumade.

Im standing up clapping for Ford, now check worker morale.

It’s about time

They finally get it! Just think exports to Europe would be a possibility. Good for autoworkers here in the states.

About ****ing time, Ford. Now just bring us the Mondeo and S-max, too.

I wonder if it’s one of them situations where we’ll get the C1 as the rest of the world moves on to the C2. Hopefully we’ll finally be on the same page as the rest of the world. Regardless, this’ll be a huge improvement on the current model.

Didn’t Ford used to have those commercials with the light bulb? I think someone finally pulled the chain.

^Mullaly and $22 million to do it.

Ford + world car= dumbed down to be profitable in the States. Exhibit A: Ford Mondeo/ Contour compared to the new one we can’t get.

About ****ing time.

Seriously, if Wayne starts exporting C1s to Europe I think it will be win-win for everyone involved.

We wont see the ST version since Mazda has the Duratec Inline-4 turbo 2.3 litre and Volvo has the 2.5 Inline-5 Turbo engine as well, the same engine the euro ST borrowed from Volvo. Ford will go with a 2.0 litre Duratec VVT maybe direct injection but that would be stretching it.

This will be the C1-2 platform that will debut everywhere in the world from 2010-2011. This will be an updated version of the C1. The C2 won’t debut until 2016 or so under a completely ground up compact design.

Last I heard they were evaluating the 270 hp 2.0 EcoBoost for a performance Focus… I’d say an ST is a very distinct possibility here in the U.S.

It’s about time, but then again I can recall them saying this before, back in 2005 when they launched the A.MK 1.2 Focus facelift, when they were talking about the 2008 model being a global version, but we ended up with another facelift model (A.MK1.3 focus) So hopefully Ford will keep its word on this one.

Great plans. WIll 23 billions be enough to last till 2011 with all the losses and no line of credit?

WTF, Ford’s been talking about goddamned global cars for billions of years.

Ford will surely dumb the new Focus down to humdrum and boring like it does with every other product it sells here. I will believe “exciting” from Ford when I see it. I cannot begin to understand an American company that sells its best products elsewhere.

Ford management baffooned Americans into taking sloppy second’s for years when it came to offerings. That’s because the Ford kids were recently playing in their grandfathers company collecting automobile companies instead of taking care of business. This is why no one especially investor of Ford products were hot under the collar at so called Ford management. This is why they are in the mess their in.

Unfortunately even complete Dummy’s can see other markets are the types of vehicles they drive. Its call the internet and pressure to force Ford to change or go elsewhere.

We all are’nt that dumb some of us have learn to do some reading. Ford all I can say is when you had started the World car with the Escort you should have stuck to your guns and continued on. Take a look at Toyota’s Corolla they sell it in every Country they compete.

The thing is they should be shooting for mass Electric Vehicles.

I think fellas they get the point. Mulally recognized the importance of sameness through their global offerings if its the best design then give it to everyone. Pure and Simple no BS

I will believe it when I ****ing see it. Right now Ford is the biggest failure in the auto industry. I used to be a huge fan, owned 7 Fords in my day. Right now there isnt a Ford I would consider purchasing. I really hope they get their **** straight because I would like to be a Ford fan again. I dont think the US economy would do well if Ford fails either.

Ford: Go get a crowbar and pry your heads out of your asses and make some kick ass cars again. Sheesh…

I remember in one of my recent motor trend issues that mulally wanted to do this for a while now and it seems that its finally happening.

well they killed the SVT focus so why would they give us the ST and RS?

I think Mullaly is working for his salary. Just do it Ford,good move

Ford U.S. is finally waking up and realizing their best car products are in Europe. It’s about time.

Wow…you people have no memory.

The first “world car” that Ford released here was the ‘70 Capri, which actually sold pretty well. The late ’70s Fiesta did well, too. The ‘81 Escort sold out to the bare walls in the middle of a massive recession.

Yeah, the Contour wasn’t built to and didn’t sell to expectations. But the 2000 Focus was also a “world car”, and while it still had build quality problems, the car sold extremely well here, and Car & Driver named it a “10Best” 4 years in a row.

So don’t pretend you can predict the future. It’s beyond time for us to get this car…we should have had it in ‘06. But it’s good that we’re not getting the last-gen Focus forever.

true inline6, but i would like to also see the euro ranger come to the states as well, and the big transit to compete with dodges sprinter, but hey at least its a start in the right direction.

hey guys, check this out

http://wot.motortrend.com/6241310/auto_news/fords_next_generation_focus_will_be_a_global_project/index.html

finally.. The current US Focus is the biggest piece of **** I’ve ever seen..

The only “Facelift” I know of that made the car look older, more boring, taller, narrower and less in touch with the design of the rest of the lignup..

Ford, now call yourself the company that listened.
Thank you.

Kenny W: EGGcellent post. Finally Ford, THIS is a BOLD move!

“This will be the C1-2 platform that will debut everywhere in the world from 2010-2011. This will be an updated version of the C1. The C2 won’t debut until 2016 or so under a completely ground up compact design.Last I heard they were evaluating the 270 hp 2.0 EcoBoost for a performance Focus… I’d say an ST is a very distinct possibility here in the U.S. – Robert”

The engine you are talking about is a 2.0 litre version of what is in the Mazdaspeed 3. The current EuroFocus WRC had to have a 2.0litre engine for the new FIA Super2000 rules, so Ford just grabbed the MS3’s 2.3 turbo engine, and destroked it. But it is a Ford Duratec engine.

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Not correct, as far as I know (unless they are testing EcoBoost mules in the Super2000, which I’d kinda doubt). The 2.0 liter is part of Ford’s EcoBoost program and has very little relation to the 2.3 other than being derived from the Duratec line. The heads are new, the turbo set up is slightly different, the engine controls are completely rewritten. The 2.0 EcoBoost will produce nearly equal power numbers to MS3’s 2.3 with regular fuel and will be electronically optimized for fuel economy (although, it will certainly get you moving when asked).

about time dunm ass morther ****ers.

Ford don’t you even dare think of patting yourself on the back now or ever and begin to listen to the so called accolades these ham and eggers on LLN are already bestowing upon you and Ford for a car that does’nt exist in the US.

By the time you do deliver this car IT HAD Better have more innovations and technological improvements over what we see here. Otherwise the market will shift right past ya. Like it has’nt done that 3 or 4 times faster than you have done in the last 10 years.

I like this Car but make one version an All Electric a necessity for your survival and mixed Ecoboost with Hybrid- Electric assist. And one version that will blow the doors off the Cobalt. That should suffice. If this is to be the World car your talking about it needs to show people what this car excels in other than Great Looks.

1. Economy
2.) Performance.

What I want and what I would pay for is an All Electric version of this car.