Comments on: Spied: 2008 Ford Focus interior

By: ZX2me

ZX2me — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:25:12 +0000

…People keep complaining about the cheap plastic interior, of course its cheap plastic, its a $13,000 car, what did you expect, Mahogany and Walnut? C’mon people, name one car at its price point that doesn’t have cheap plastic interior. Heck, there are cars out there that cost 2x as much that have cheap plastic interiors.
A co-worker of mine bought a new Altima, that looks just as cheap and all plastic, ever look into a 300C for $30,000…all plastic.

By: GMrules

GMrules — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:01:25 +0000

Ford interiors are crap next to any GM product. Nobody in the business can outdo the latest GM interiors. The build quality is just too superior for anyone to match.

By: chevy490

chevy490 — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:24:15 +0000

man i think ford has a long way to go!

By: rufial

rufial — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:47:21 +0000

Holly crap, what the hell is that!!!

By: John Landers

John Landers — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:19:11 +0000

I love picking up chicks in my Ford Focus.
Chicks focus their attention on me instead of the car.
Chicks practically jump off the car seat on to me.

By: Veda

Veda — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:31:55 +0000

You guys keep comparing this to the Euro Focus but it’s really not better than the new Civic’s. I had to use one for 2 weeks straight and it wasn’t as fun as I thought it should be.

Dittos to mblommel.

By: LamborghiniZ

LamborghiniZ — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:43:16 +0000

mblommel nailed it, unbelievable, you took the words RIGHT out of my mouth. Honestly, just because a car is an economy car has no impact on if the interior is shitty or not. The Mazda3, the Honda Civic, the Honda Fit, the VW Rabbit, the Nissan Sentra, the Nissan Versa, and even the Toyota Corolla have interiors that blow this away. Oh and look, they’re all in the same price category. mblommel is right, $15,000 is still a lot of money compared to most things in life, even if its not a whole lot for a car, and just because its less than what you pay for other classes of vehicles doesn’t mean you have to be satisfied with mediocrity and inferior interior trim.

By: specialk1098

specialk1098 — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:06:58 +0000

honestly i think i looks kinda volvo like

By: hanlond

hanlond — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:42:20 +0000

That interior is too boring.

The interior of the European Fords are much better than anything ford has to offer in north america.

By: Andre Neves

Andre Neves — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:57:23 +0000

^ your an amazing person.
It amazes me how your soo immature.
It also amazes me how you makes gay sexual refrences in ALL of your posts. Every single one of them. This site could sure use less people like you around polluting these comment areas with your childish remarks. Go away.

By: Zanary

Zanary — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:43:46 +0000

pezones…you’ve just given the world a pretty glaring look at some issues you apparently have. Seek help, and seek it now…and maybe have your father incarcerated (assuming you’ve ever, y’know, met him).

I just find it hilarious how much drool and bile gets invested in a blurry picture…and as for the Alpine unit, do you doubt they’ll adapt? The car audio industry is brilliant in their ways of overcoming packaging issues.

By: pezones

pezones — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:46:13 +0000

ok, smart guy… do you know how much would have to change in order to make this “prototype” interior NOT total SHIT…. go back to jerking off to your *OVER RATED* gt500 posters… oooh my daddy who didnt love me used to have a ford and now ill be trying to gain his lost love by being a ford fan boy… ooooh i’m an american who loves american products.. oooohh… AMERICAN FORD IS SHIT

By: JohnnyBlazE

JohnnyBlazE — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:39:40 +0000

The point about lack of space for an Alpine unit is valid though Zanary!

By: Zanary

Zanary — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:28:55 +0000

I wonder if obvious bashers realize that they look, to a man, like idiots drowning in their own drool.

A blurry photo of a PROTOTYPE getting all this bile? Cease the moron-a-thon, twinks.

By: Saud

Saud — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:42:26 +0000

OK that’s it some one kick the designer in his nuts if it’s a she then the humiliate her to death.

By: WEKS

WEKS — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:55:53 +0000

Meh…. I must say I’m not impressed. Then again it’s not the final product.

By: megator

megator — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:29:04 +0000

Alright ive never understood this obsesion with interiors. I have sat in countless cars new and old and haven’t really been bothered by the quality of their plastics. i want a dash that is easy to use and looks clean and simple like this and not the crap in the new civic or yaris. I want a dash that doesnt ratle or squeeq and feels solid. if it has nasty shiny plastics i dont really care. the only distinction i can see is when u spend much more on cars like rollers and bentlys with wood in the dash and leather.

By: JohnnyBlazE

JohnnyBlazE — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:29:52 +0000

Oh and new Euro Mondeo is a stunner inside:

http://www.forddesktops.com/show.asp?f=mondeo&i=Ford_Mondeo_2007_Wagon_10.jpg

I hope the Mk3 Euro Focus will follow the same trend, if not surpass it, in a few years time

By: JohnnyBlazE

JohnnyBlazE — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:28:25 +0000

http://www.forddesktops.com/image.asp?f=focus&i=Ford_Focus_Mk2_41.jpg Current Euro Focus (05 on) is still better, Camut4ever is right…

By: Carnut4ever

Carnut4ever — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:36:42 +0000

No matter what Ford does, an updated European Focus is still better than this heavily revised old model. Ford could have saved a bundle of development money with the real all new European Focus.

By: Chris-

Chris- — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:43:34 +0000

Looks like it would fall apart in a second.

By: 04focus

04focus — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:17:08 +0000

Now that I’m looking at it, what if the dash is body-colored? That would be pretty interesting.

Those air vents do scream 1989 for me though. And it looks like they lifted the IP from the escape.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:41:48 +0000

If you darkened (grayed) that bright dashboard plastic, this thing could’ve come straight out of the late 80s/early 90s.

By: Brendino

Brendino — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:42:18 +0000

@bneshev – guess the window was down? good point, though…these guys would have had to basically go into a windowless restaurant to eat to let a spy photographer get this shot.

I think if the top half is a different color then it’ll be cool.

By: bneshev

bneshev — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:57:26 +0000

How the hell do you take a spy photo of an interior…???

By: Flipper

Flipper — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:55:25 +0000

As far as econoboxes go this is a great interior . The competition has really gone down hill lately The Civic is horrible with that two tier crap. And Toyota is loosing it with those center mounted speedometers. At least Ford isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel with the Focus

By: Aussie#1

Aussie#1 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:27:22 +0000

Why does the US get its own Focus??? this Focus should be the replacement of the one that is currently in the US just like Australia, this one http://www.ford.com.au/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1137384155463&pagename=Page&c=DFYPage If they are going to name it the Focus it should look the same all over the world

By: VDuv Kux Klan

VDuv Kux Klan — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:16:40 +0000

Look at the euro focus interior, it even has a Sony stereo http://www.ford.com.mx/vehicles/know/photogallery.asp?idModel=FOC

By: SHEPO

SHEPO — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:14:40 +0000

piece of crap! i actually chuckled to myself a bit…this is the best ford can do? that center stack is horrible, and i love how they tried to create a volvo-style “floating console.” ford, just save yourself some money and bring over the euro-focus!!!

By: obsessedwithautos

obsessedwithautos — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:41:51 +0000

The interior on the European Focus (yes, I know. one more time…) is both classier and looks better built, and it was designed three years ago (or however long ago). It looks like Ford NA went out of its way to make this cheap so they could cut manufacturing costs. Wouldn’t it be simpler to restructure factories to rebuild at least the interior of the European models? But, I need to stay on topic: new interior = Garbage. I can almost hear the hollow sound when you knock on plastic like that.

By: Fromes

Fromes — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:08:57 +0000

Nothing spectacular, but it looks much improved over the current cars interior

By: lanapat7

lanapat7 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:00:49 +0000

By looking at the fog lamps (in the previous post) and the steering wheel controls, this seems to be the top of the line model, not the strippo version.
Although this picture might not represent the fit and finish of the final production run, the design should be final and its very disappointing.

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:42:21 +0000

no megator, look at the interior on a Rabbit/Jetta Value Edition, both in the price range of the focus, and youll see what an interior in this price range should signify.

By: erok247

erok247 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:04:42 +0000

You guys continue to bash Ford for everything they do…but when you look at this interior how can you say its not better than most of its competitors?
Chevy Aveo – Boring Interior, typical GM head unit
Dodge Caliber – Blocky and Boring
Hyundai Elantra – Once again boring compared to this interior..
Toyota Yaris – Youve gotta be an alien to like that styling
Toyota Corolla – Outdated
Kia Rio – Cheep looking
Scion Xb – just plain weird

The only interiors that may look nicer are Honda fit/civic and Mazda 3…..I like how Ford has used more of a volvo layout and the mazda information unit on the top….Its a lot more exciting than the previous focus and a lot more exciting than most of its competitors so quit bashing ford because their down…their new products prove that their going in the right direction!!!

By: mblommel

mblommel — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:46:22 +0000

Compare this or any other Focus interior to what you get in say a Honda Fit or Civic. The fit, finish and quality of materials in those cars blow anything Ford has away.

It’s thinking like megator’s that has gotten domestic automakers in the spot they are today. Just becuase the car is “cheap” relative to luxury models doesn’t mean it has to be poorly designed, and made with the cheapest materials. Even an “econobox” costs in the neighborhood of $15,000 which is a pretty good sized sum of money to anyone (if you disagree just go ask a multi-millionaire for that sum, since it’s so incosequential to them and watch them laugh in your face).

Why would anyone settle for an inferior product when spending this large sum of money? Only ignorance, indiference, studity and factory incentives sell these types of products.

By: ironpony42

ironpony42 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:40:06 +0000

I don’t mind the acres of plastic – as stated it is an econobox. However, when I go to replace the econobox stereo with a nice Alpine unit, where does it go? IT DOESN’T!!! Bad design. You’re stuck with their crappy tunes.

By: megator

megator — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:14:38 +0000

okay to the ppl that critisze the plastic. WTF do u want? Leather and wood only apear on the dash on much higher quality vehicles. I mean i can understand that cheap plastics are nasty but jesus its an econobox thats what ur gonna get.

By: youngm7

youngm7 — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:55:25 +0000

does the panic button come standard?

seriously though, you can’t judge the “acres and acres” of plastic until they remove the film covering it. Unless it’s going to be that color white stuff.

By: christianboy10

christianboy10 — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:49:52 +0000

that thing still looks like crap

By: S-60-driver

S-60-driver — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:24:45 +0000

did u read the article?? the end of it?? They may think its unfinished. Never know! Like i said, wait till the auto show if u live in michigan or till spring at the dealership!

By: LamborghiniZ

LamborghiniZ — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:15:00 +0000

Sorry S-60-driver, but its still a. …SHITTY INTERIOR. ACRES upon ACRES of plastic and boring, unimaginative design make it look like crap. However maybe the real promo pics will look better than this spy photo.

By: GT40

GT40 — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:10:18 +0000

It has that new center stack.

By: Kenny W

Kenny W — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:07:12 +0000

Looks like a Chrysler dash, aka not good. I’ll take a pre-08 Focus if this is the best Ford can do.

By: A4

A4 — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:02:39 +0000

whatever still a focus

By: cknoff

cknoff — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:01:32 +0000

Oooo, I like the preemptive strike there.