New Ford Focus review: Fantastic, but forgotten?
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Since its debut in 1998, the Ford Focus has been a hit with UK buyers; the family hatch offers a perfect blend of affordability, practicality and sportiness in a stylish package. The latest iteration builds on this formula with the latest technology and a host of efficient powertrains. However, with the rise in popularity of SUVs, we seem to have forgotten what was once one of the best-selling cars in Britain. Is the Focus still the hatchback heavyweight it once was? Sara Damergi finds out
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00:00 - Introduction
01:03 - Exterior & design
01:58 - Interior
03:30 - Trim levels & specification
04:34 - Driving experience & powertrains
06:50 - Practicality & boot space
08:34 - Dealmakers & Dealbreakers
09:26 - Verdict
@Mikeyp1054 Жыл бұрын
Yeah regardless of its age it's definitely the best handling car in its class without a doubt
@anthonystevens8683 Жыл бұрын
A great review Sara. Following a loan MK1 Focus when my beloved Fiesta was in for a service the handling and driving experience stood out like nothing else that I'd either driven before or even been a passenger in. Needless to say I was tempted enough to buy one. An incredible car that MK 1. Future versions seemed to loose that edge and I moved on to other cars over the years. To hear that Ford appears to be regaining its err focus on driving experience and going full circle as you mention is great to hear.
@GordonZoot Жыл бұрын
Still got my MK1 - it just keeps on going :)
@Mikeyp1054 Жыл бұрын
A gorgeous reviewer in Sara and not like that bloody dry humoured Nicola on autoexpress,loves herself so jarring
@michelebicc6983 Жыл бұрын
It’s still a solid choice if you want a practical and fairly priced car that is also quite fun to drive. Too bad that you can only choose from 1.0L engines as petrol options (excluding the 2.3 ST model): a 1.5/1.6 would fit more properly in a car with a good chassis like this one.
@ingopaul67 Жыл бұрын
That tiny 3 cylinder motor is a deal breaker for me, bad enough in Fiesta let alone Focus.
@mikerelvas Жыл бұрын
@@ingopaul67 surely you wouldn't expect a 1.0L 3 cylinder to blow your socks on fire, but it's not dreadful either - the 125 and 155 PS versions are very adequate and, out of all the 1.0L 3 cylinders I've driven, the EcoBoost seems to be the most responsive and nippy out of the bunch. Having that said, it's a shame Ford ditched the 1.5 EcoBoost 3 cylinder on the Focus Mk4. Having that engine coupled with the mild-hybrid system would make it a very interesting option, especially the 182 PS version.
@RadimTylecek Жыл бұрын
I've got the 1.0L/155k mild hybrid version and it's powerful enough across the rpm range. You wouldn't notice it's just 3 cyl, expect when you rev it up enough to hear the difference.
@littlesunny5215 Жыл бұрын
I’m checking out this vid cuz we’re finally about to see this facelift version in Taiwan in Q1. I’m just glad we get the 1.5 turbo with 180 ps instead of 125 though. 125 is really a dealbreaker..
@paddycoleman1472 Жыл бұрын
You lost me with the lack of physical switches and buttons. Cannot stand touch controls.
@philipjones9458 Жыл бұрын
Like my VW mark 8 Golf. Hate it.
@Steve30x Жыл бұрын
2:24 that's what most of those tablets look like on most new vehicles. They should be under the air vents not up there and before you complain that it's there to make it easier to use while you're driving , you're not supposed to be fiddling with it while you drive. You're supposed to be paying attention to the road and your surroundings.
@andrephx90 Жыл бұрын
I 99% agree with you (and I own a Corsa from 2001 so...not much experience in this big, LOTS of info screen business) but wouldn´t you agree that with a lower screen if you happen to have sat nav ou fiddle with whatever menu on it it would make you take your eyes off the road even more than a screen placed like this one?
@Steve30x Жыл бұрын
@@andrephx90 99.999999% of the the time you set sat Nov one and don't need to touch it again and you have voice prompts to tell where. To turn and tell you in advance when a turn is coming up. If you need to fiddle with it find a safe place to stop and fiddle with it. It doesn't matter how high it is you will be taking your eyes off the road and be distracted. It takes less than a second to cause an accident
@stevecarter8810 Жыл бұрын
@@Steve30x you're right but also onto a lost cause if you want to change driver behaviour on a national scale via KZfaq comments. Same as I'd like touch screens banned in cars as they are a human factors design tragedy and a triumph of marketing over functional design. But all I can do about it is grumble to like minded people.
@ianputt2045 Жыл бұрын
The interior looks like at 90's Escort excluding the touch screen so boring I had a a Mk1 Focus and that was a great car.
@daztastic147 Жыл бұрын
It really does look bizarre, the lower controls in front of the gear lever look like a 90’s car for sure. I’m actually getting one of these as a company car, it’s the diesel 1.5 in the ST Line trim, I know it’s a good car but that 90’s control section is really bugging me, not to mention the huge gear lever, what is that all about!
@ianputt2045 Жыл бұрын
@@daztastic147 I would rather have a bike than a new focus its like a horror show you're be better of with something like a BMW 3 series or a Mercedes c class as a company car better choice.
@JJonCars Жыл бұрын
Glad it's still good to drive, even in 'Active' form. Thanks for the review!
@carbuyer Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
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@drone_tours Жыл бұрын
Ford is great at making cars that do Exactly what you want and expect
@kayak1969p 8 ай бұрын
Ordered my focus st line x mhev 155 in agate black cant wait till October to collect.
@jackt7331 8 ай бұрын
Nice, Got the active x 155 in metallic grey. I really enjoy the interiorr and exterior.
@jamiep61 Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed watching the Video. One of the best Compact Estate Cars
@GrahamGroovyUK Жыл бұрын
I agree, touchscreen infotainment systems are not necessary. Dreadful distraction. Physical buttons and knobs for me please!
@andrewfoster1316 Жыл бұрын
great review but hope it more reliable than my 2020 ford focus 1 litre turbo ecoboost, mine been in 9 times for same issue lack of power when excellerating and a missfire but my dealership says nothing wrong as no lights on dash but when they connect it to there computer it has fault codes they dealete and i get car back but same issues. hope they have ironed all issues out before they launched this facelift version. dont get me wrong still love the focus but has put me off getting another.
@TheVintageApplianceEmporium Жыл бұрын
35k for a Focus?! Are Ford taking the pi$$??? 😂
@sabni8668 Жыл бұрын
And they wonder why it’s not selling
@zisisgkagkas1498 Жыл бұрын
Unless you can't live without heated seats, wireless charging and a rear view camera, the entry 1.0 125 manual Active SW option, which I drive for the past 5 months costing just shy £26k is a more than adequate choice: not the fattest but drives extremely well, very spacious and practical (e.g.boot's wet zone), good connectivity features, most of the safety features you'll ever need come as standard, also the extra driving modes are useful, slippery came handy recently under torrential rain in Scotland. And I actually like the "dull" minimal interior, and the big screen looks way better when you drive the thing than in photos, although I miss the physical buttons for air con. Plus averaging 49mpg mainly on short trips. So, although the Focus is not as fashionable as many SUVs is a much better car than most overall and I really think it's a shame it'll be discontinued (like the Cmax previously), just add a freaking battery instead of making yet another SUV...
@alexanderstefanov6474 Жыл бұрын
Madness when you can buy a pretty good c segment EV for that price
@ABPhotography1 Жыл бұрын
Seen Audi cars broken down by the roadside but never a Focus, Ford... Found On the Road Driving.
@Art-is-craft 4 ай бұрын
@@alexanderstefanov6474 Most EV are junk.
@Kxshk9 Жыл бұрын
Infotainment system looks like a big step up but I much prefer the rotary dial gear selector that my 2020 focus has
@nickhickson8738 Жыл бұрын
Bet the new one shown is not a torque converter drive train though.
@mikerelvas Жыл бұрын
The rotary dial currently is only available on the 1.5 EcoBlue and 2.3 EcoBoost engine variants, as those have kept the same torque converter transmission. The 1.0 EcoBoosts now have the big gear lever because they no longer use the 8-speed torque converter, instead it now has a new 7-speed PowerShift DCT.
@SuperG4ndo Жыл бұрын
It might not be luxurious as a Volvo V60 or A6 avant, but Ford engines gives you enough pleasure to ride with.
@mickcundall4036 Жыл бұрын
I've got a 2022 Focus ST and it's brilliant. Best car I've ever owned. And it was a lot less than £35K even with a few options on it! I mean, nobody ever pays book price surely. I know I don't.
@jasonkillsformomy Жыл бұрын
Today people pay over sticker price.
@Gunzberg Жыл бұрын
I wish there was a Petrol ford with all-wheel drive without having to go all the way to the Kuga. Something Puma/Focus size would be ideal for my needs
@carbuyer Жыл бұрын
Give the Kuga a try - you might not find it all that much bigger than the Focus. Plus, with all the cameras and safety aids these days, cars can feel much smaller than they really are!
@Mikeyp1054 Жыл бұрын
4 will drive cars eat the petrol and if you are in the UK that is a total waste of time
@Gunzberg Жыл бұрын
@@Mikeyp1054 I'm not in the UK anymore
@Mr1Redwing Жыл бұрын
Great looking car the new focus have a st line vignale with options ticked can’t wait to get it.
@pb5x5 Жыл бұрын
Is the 48 mpg by the in car computer? As my Ford mpg readout can be 5 mpg over what it is really doing. So 48 might only be 43... Good review all the same.
@donkey1271 Жыл бұрын
Had one of these preface lift as a hire car a few months back. MPG reading was .5 MPG off of brim to brim, so presumably they've increased the accuracy a decent amount.
@jamesgeorge8915 Жыл бұрын
The touchscreen is hideous!
@Mikeyp1054 Жыл бұрын
Looks odd definitely like a tablet has been superglue on
@orion1983uk Жыл бұрын
Clear and concise review. I really like the interior too including the high up on dash touch screen. From experience of driving current Fords as hire cars, their touch screens are pretty decent and vastly better than the ones on Hondas and Toyotas. All that aside though, the Focus, and Fiesta, are now the only Ford's I'd have, although I'd give this active model a clear miss too. I used to be a huge Ford fan, but they have become obsessed with crossovers/SUVs. As such, they now only make 2 cars I like.
@einekleineente1 Жыл бұрын
No mentioning of mild hybrid as default only?
@zuti071 Жыл бұрын
It's very good car, but now it's almost 5000 euros more than year ago. To be fair his competitors cost more money too.
@youraveragejoe1 Жыл бұрын
I really like my parents 2020 pre facelift focus. But with the huge screen chucked carelessly onto the dash, I don’t like the interior of this any more. I’d rather a seat Leon or something like that
@boulevard14 Жыл бұрын
What's the New Focus Focus Active and the New Focus Focus ST
@ABPhotography1 Жыл бұрын
Love my Mk4 Focus St Line...don't let the Focus die Ford 😢
@stephenjhughes64stephenjhu26 5 ай бұрын
A good few years ago was intrested in focus ST ..I couldn't believe it was a lot more expensive to own on a PCP than my bmw 3 m.sport. Still the same in todays market
@madeinengland1296 Жыл бұрын
Does it have a spare wheel?
@ValentinG23 Жыл бұрын
35k ?? i’d rather get a top spec Jogger for half the price 😅😅😅
@shivgan3g Жыл бұрын
Why are they selling this in uk and not in usa?
@ra_redesignautomobiles Жыл бұрын
Maybe a good looking wagon But I'll never buy it after being traumatized by both expensive maintenance cost and taking another Customer Car's Transmission to put into other car
@derekread763 Жыл бұрын
Mine is a 2012 2litre diesel. Love it. Never use the stereo and don't have that massive screen to distract me while watching the road. Looks like I will be keeping it for now.😆😆
@modmod392 Жыл бұрын
It has a lot of the Mazda design language about it
@25myma Жыл бұрын
Sometimes new tech is just bad; please bring back physical climate controls (like many have done by now)...and take out that stupid keyless entry, the only 'advantage' it has is gifting your car to thieves.
@Brian-om2hh Жыл бұрын
Sales of the Focus will slowly begin to dwindle, now that Ford have said the car will cease production in 2025....
@youraveragejoe1 Жыл бұрын
6:08 0-60 in 8.5? Apparently the fiesta 155 does that. So a focus estate can’t do the same. One of the figures is wrong
@georgepom328 Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't be if Ford didn't allow new configuration
@joopmeijer3551 Жыл бұрын
Great car, but shame the new front looks just like a Seat Leon...
@sharonec5419 Жыл бұрын
Well it's better than looking like a VW Golf.
@philipc239 Жыл бұрын
Tuscon Hybrid
@lewis72 Жыл бұрын
Exterior looks quite good. For a Vignale spec though, the interior looks terrible. Ford ruined the Ghia name so much it won't use it anymore, now it's ruining the Vignale name.
@matthewsmith2787 Жыл бұрын
Mk1 and Mk3.5 is the best
@saddist1Gtown Жыл бұрын
How many cars have this info screen stuck up like that? She is living on another planet... Again these hashed up so-called reviewers like to talkdown anything that has a Ford badge despite other more expensive cars ie Toyotas and Hyundais etc have less quality materials inside the cabin. It is time these stop talking down the Fords they are equal to many of their more expensive rivals these days. Snobs don't have any unbiased view they simply are snobs- shame.
@sharonec5419 Жыл бұрын
Well she did day it was better the the new Peugeot 308 which is the best car on its class for now so Ford must be doing something right.
@martingilligan Жыл бұрын
If you think the screen has been plonked on you need to look at a Tesla..
@Sto79Be Жыл бұрын
I used to swear by Ford. Still own my MK2 Focus for now. But none of their current offerings will keep me with them when I replace it. The new Focus has to be the worst looking mid-size hatchback in anything but ST-Line form, but even that is ruined by the awful interior! Probably be the new Astra, Golf or A3 for me next, and I swore I’d never buy VAG years ago!
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@0farmerjohn0 Жыл бұрын
Ford really went all Toyota on the interior. If you can't beat them join them.
@kayak1969p 8 ай бұрын
All the next reviews are going to be stating 0-20mph instead of 0-62mph lol
@Steve30x Жыл бұрын
Could anybody suggest a decent mATX case with decent airflow and mATX X570 motherboard. I don't want a bottom of the barrel motherboard or a super expensive one.
@firstnamelastname9631 Жыл бұрын
Have you tried red lipstick? (worked for me)
@mxr572 Жыл бұрын
ford has great designs but questionable reliability.
@Sto79Be Жыл бұрын
Ford *had* great designs. They are being left behind by the competition now!
@krackerman3628 Жыл бұрын
Overpriced AND Boring... well done Ford.
@j00batron Жыл бұрын
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@carbuyer Жыл бұрын
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@orbis051 Жыл бұрын
The facelifted model is pointless. Prefacelift one gives you physical dials, smaller screen more in tune with the cockpit and 1.5 petrol engines with 4 cilinders.
@bojansalmic9811 Жыл бұрын
Inside Focus is really poor. And why Ford has put this big TV into cabin ?? Car accudent is guaranteed .
@awesomotommy Жыл бұрын
Shame Ford just seems to be styled after early 2010 VW group cars. Interiors are cramped too. Also never understood how they price between "standard" brands like Skoda, SEAT, Citreon, Peugeot and VW and "lower end" luxury like lower model Audis, Mercedes and BMW. Seems to want to be a cheaper Volvo but undeservedly.
@ingopaul67 Жыл бұрын
Perhaps in anticipation of when all Ford Euro passenger cars will be badge engineered VWs.
@awesomotommy Жыл бұрын
@@ingopaul67 probably not far wrong. Theyre deffo all becoming homogenised in a bad way. So many cars come out now looking like copies
@firstnamelastname9631 Жыл бұрын
Without an EV or even hybrid option is like watching a dinosaur on its way to oblivion.
@Brian-om2hh Жыл бұрын
There is actually a hybrid option. A mate of mine had one a couple of weeks back as a courtesy car. It didn't seem like a £26k car to me though.....
@firstnamelastname9631 Жыл бұрын
@@Brian-om2hh Makes me think that the review from CarBuyer is not that comprehensive. Unless of course, the courtesy car your friend had was privately modified.
@mikerelvas Жыл бұрын
@@Brian-om2hh mild-hybrid is as far as Ford went with the Focus Mk4. There is no hybrid version.
@ingbtc Жыл бұрын
we want affordable EV
@Paulo-ov4yo Жыл бұрын
You can get a lot of Lexus, Mercedes, BMW or Audi etc. for £35k and less depreciation
@wayneheyes904 Жыл бұрын
It is game over FORD are axing it in 2024
@Meduk Жыл бұрын
I went from a Ford Focus to a SUV. More space and low patrol fees its hard not to.
@Fastwunz Жыл бұрын
That interior is just nasty
@picardlouis2653 Жыл бұрын
wow this car is very good looking but 35k thats too much my vovlo xc60 is almost that price 20 k more but like realy
@jimkoss3318 Жыл бұрын
Sorry, I don’t understand, your Volvo is $55k?
@picardlouis2653 Жыл бұрын
@@jimkoss3318 about that price
@picardlouis2653 Жыл бұрын
@@jimkoss3318 like i forgot the price LOL i only had it for 3years
@picardlouis2653 Жыл бұрын
@@jimkoss3318 oops i took some options so 65k
@bikeman123 Жыл бұрын
@@picardlouis2653 so you're comparing a car that was twice the price.
@turquoisecat761 Жыл бұрын
A typical Ford awful interior, they really don't do these well at all.
@TheSamwhyte 4 ай бұрын
Who wants a laptop on their dash?? Ridiculous
@Wildmutationblu Жыл бұрын
This video is boring because Nicola isn't in it with her quirky perky comments.
@stanthemafia Жыл бұрын
Err! They’ve ruined it!
@interceptor-ss8kb Жыл бұрын
Overpriced and earmarked for axing with no replacement in 2025
@mandismith89 Жыл бұрын
thats interior looks like it was put up someones nose and sneezed out, so out of date and cheap looking compared to its competition
@matthewsmith2787 Жыл бұрын
Fords have gone right downhill, the styling is very VW like now, dull and mundane. The interiors are nasty too
@Sto79Be Жыл бұрын
I always hated VW, but even I have to say this is awful compared to a Golf!
@Apex180 Жыл бұрын
They have canned it in AUS land and other markets so i expect this to be the last refresh we see of it. The front end looks odd, doesn't seem to gel.
@JJonCars Жыл бұрын
I agree, that badge is slightly odd all alone in the middle of the grille. Still a shame if the Focus disappears completely...
@Brian-om2hh Жыл бұрын
Correct. The Focus is ceasing production in 2025....
@mustafaersoy2370 6 ай бұрын
ford down ,vw up ...especially in interior
@abbielindley123 Жыл бұрын
She's fit!
@Kauppi2 Жыл бұрын
Get Mat Watson to review!
@H.K_R Жыл бұрын
He used to work for Carbuyer, but he’s been the one and only reviewer for Carwow since 2016
@TheDesertFish Жыл бұрын
Mat needs to learn how to speak first
@garydavis1528 Жыл бұрын
Excellent car. ‘SUV’ and ‘style’ aren’t 2 words that go together with 8 out of 10 of them. More Stupidly Ugly Vehicle is what suv stands for.
@pingpong8160 Жыл бұрын
You have been betrayed by Matt Watson he started car wow a while ago have a scram to see who is better
@lewis72 Жыл бұрын
SUVs suck.
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