BEST CAR IN CLASS!

The old focus looked mean but looked bloated, this just ticks every box, mean sharper look while not looking like it’s just eaten another car 😂 😍😍 Basically a hybrid of the 1 series bmw and the Mercedes A class.

I'm getting one of these on Friday but the mHEV version which has an electric motor that kicks in to give an extra 15ps when needed, they also come with a TFT cluster now too.

Great review!

Great review - nice to see one from someone not in love with themselves (and a brummie no-less!). Ordered the ST-line X estate yesterday - baffled by the amount of kit for the money. Oh and specced in the B&O system of course!

Is this the 120 petrol version 2019

Good review mate. I’m due a new car at the end of the year and think I’ll be going for the estate version of this. Love the colour but it’s an extra £700 on top!

Fantastic review of what I feel is a fantastic car. Hats off to the reviewer for a fact filled useful consumer knowledge presentation of this vehicle. I own a jurassic Mk2 Ford Focus 1.6 litre petrol zetec and test drove one of these - a demonstrator - at the Ford Uxbridge dealership this exact model and colour without the B & O sound system or panoramic roof. What got me about this car - yes I was also funny about the faux carbon fibre - was the view out of the front, you can actually see the bonnet in my ford focus I can only see the dashboard, so guessing where the bonnet/bumper was, was guesswork and I got it wrong a few times. The car felt planted around corners and for an electric steering rack I felt I got suffice feedback. It feels a lot faster than the 11.3 seconds 0-60 mph stated time, the 1.0 litre ecoboost engine was responsive and felt deceptively brisk. The brakes were sharp and superb. On michelin tyres and at 50 mph the cabin was silent. I have not driven an 8 speed Zf automatic from a BMW 1 series but it is a competitor to this car but I have a drove a diesel manual facelift 2018 F21 BMW 116d: the gears were too close together and it had this function where gas was added as you lift your foot off the clutch, for me that made the car feel automated and disconnected from the driver - let me do it myself in't that what a manual car is about. The Bmw 116d was also juddery at crawling speeds in first gear. For me, this car is a perfect integration of man and machine before the driverless and electric cars takeover. I know in modern day cars you have all the amenities and electrical assists/devices that trick into to thinking you are on a par with Lewis Hamilton: power assisted steering, traction control, Electrical Stability Control etc. But this car tricks you into thinking that all the glee that is derived from driving this car is on you and is a complement to your driving skills not computers - of which it is. I dof my hat off to Ford for this one, from the MK1 Ford Focus they have come leaps and bounds. I left my test drive wanting to order mine from the factory there and then but unfortunately funds do not currently allow give it six months and a PCP and I most likely will. Though my heart does take a shine to the Mercedes CLA petrol 1.6 or 2.0 litre with the 7G TRONIC gearbox and petrol engine. That is what we need reviews of every day cars by every day people. P.S I am waxing lyrical about a car that so common, but until I am in a position to drive the pinnacle of automotive design and engineering I will be blown away by cars that elevate me from the bland experience of a MK2 Ford Focus 1.6 litre zetec such as this one. Thank You Mr Codietec.

Hey man, great video! What do you think of getting a Focus ST line X as my first car in chrome blue? I'm thinking of the 1.5 diesel engine auto. Would you recommend a Golf gt or a st line x? Thanks

I like my mk3 but I still want this one hope they bring it to the US.

This is a great review buddy. I’m thinking of getting one as I do easily 12000 miles plus a year. Which engine size would you recommend for most economical and I do want an automatic now.

You guys have them in UK. In US is vanished.

Sat in one of these yesterday...not bad. I tried moving the centre console with my leg too, there wasn't anywhere near as much movement as in this video so maybe this is a bad build.

I'm buying this car tomorrow 😀

Does the St line X have any ambient led lighting. I.e in the cup holder areas and door bins as ford brochure doesn't say on this model

Good review mate but the vocals from that music at the beginning didn't fit at all and it got all tied up with your own dialogue. Music that gives a sense of emotion without vocals is always better with these kind of reviews IMO. Look forward to some more! Good luck with the channel man!

I have a ford fiesta st line and when I go to park the car up after a good drive, the fan is so loud, does anyone know if this is normal? I know the st line has been in the news recently

Great review - how do you rate the ride noise (tyre noise on different road surfaces etc...)

The outside looks nice, and the colour looks great. The interior is trying to be premium but looks cheap. I much prefer the Mk3 facelift version

On the diseal 120bhp would you be able to head the engine when you accelerate? Or isn’t it that powerful?

Should i get this or should i get the ford fiesta st line for my first car???

Great review, I`ll have mine in December but with the steering wheel in the correct place :D Portuguese version! Regarding the moving center part, I think its made like that on purpose, to avoid noises that appear with age, no?

Not had a ford since the early 2000's, them dials looking hardly any different since then.

Ok work this out...why have the optional wireless charging pad WHEN to use the Apple carplay and Android auto which is essential really then it needs a usb lead attached which charges the phone anyway

Where is the CD player in the Ford Focus st line x 2019

What is the sound system quality like?

Good old analogue dials, it’s the real thing and not just an image.

That trim does not come with a spare wheel it’s a sub for the sound system.

Sorry but you misquoted the 11 secs is for the automatic it’s 10sec for the 125bhp 1.0 turbo

I’m gonna lease a focus st. I want the 2019 model with the rs engine. Any thoughts?

Engine plenty powerful.

How did you get on with the mpg? Mine only seems to return average 33mpg which is far lower than any of the reviews I've seen

plz come to America!

Can you do a 0-100 with sportsmode on? as it should be faster than 10 sec.

What x means ?

Message to Ford.. Time now to do what BMW did and bring back modern mini as did VW WITH NEW beetle. GO ON FORD, bring us back a modern MARK 2 ESCORT. Then watch sales really take off.

as a ex owner of the mk2 st and a bit of a fast Ford fan the looks of this car to me is a 10 but 3 pot engines no thanks

The gauges look like early 2000's

Vw golfs are built in mexico not germany.

for 24k it looks very cheap (looks like a Mazda 3), considering its at the bottom of the engine list. Its a 1.0ltr with a turbo... nothing new so engine wise its 5 year+ old tech, interior looks like 10 year old style and cheap plastics. I wouldn't complain if it was 17k mark.. but 24k is taking the piss... you are playing 10k more for 5 doors and about 30cm more room...than the same engine in a 30cm less internally spaced car! you also recommend: audio £350 roof £995 paint £645 adaptive lights £1050 £27, 040 - You must be insane! - If you are choosing to drive a 1ltr, you must not be able to afford fuel for a 2.0ltr? Why would you choose a 1ltr petrol over a diesel if your concerns are as stated resale value/ fuel costs? - Go and get a Skoda Ocativa VRS (diesel) 2017 from £17k - it will be worth 5k more after 5 years also!

I'm fast as fuck boy!!!!!!

I'm getting one of these at 18 and my insurance is £1.6k lol

25k for 1.0l 3 pot !

The back really let's it down it's bland like the fiesta

Looks like a Mazda 3

I'd still have the Volvo engined 5 pot.

im not a petrol head ..never have been or will...the ford focus ie the best car ive driven ...end of...blows the auto union..the stuttgart marcs and the slanty eyes away...top top car...ford engineers briliant

Too much presenter not enough of this great car.

Pretty nice on the outside, that blue is lovely and i like the contours....however inside is cheap, nasty plastics and now very outdated looking for 2017 let alone 2019. That instrument cluster is pretty damn poor - looks like it was lifted out of a 20 year old car and a LCD screen retrofitted to the middle of it, the rest looks no better than what you would get on a £10k Vauxhall Corsa. Ford could learn a lot from the Germans on interiors.

Disappointed in Ford with this. This new shape focus looks like a Mazda 3, which is awful. I have a Ford Focus ST3 2017 and my car looks so much more beefier than this. Not liking this new shape at all, also point to note is that this car being reviewed is an ST line and not an ST, so will be interesting to see the ST model when that comes out, but this particular model I would never buy. Good review but just not feverish about this car.

So disappointed to ford, the future of ford is totally ruined. Stop making sedan?!?!? Wtf?

dead shoes mate

Hideous wheels

Cheap looking interior....👎🏻