New Ford Focus: sharper styling for UK best-seller

What is it?

The UK’s best-selling car gets a freshen up. There’s a more muscular and athletic look to the styling of the new Ford Focus: a new grille, swept back headlamps and more emphasis on the bold wheel arch designs. Plus more safety kit, including anti-skid ESP. The interior dials, switches and centre console have also been tidied up. There are four main petrol engine choices for new Ford Focus: 1.4 (80PS), 1.6 (100PS), 1.8 (125PS) and this 2.0-litre (145PS) model.

What’s hot?

New Mondeo styling gives Focus more purposeful appearance
Interior surfaces and finish of much higher quality
Punchy engine powers Focus with gusto
Sporting chassis provides fluid handling on open roads
Supple suspension cushions dips and crests
Standard anti-skid ESP
Standard heated front screen for frosty mornings
Capless Easyfuel system prevents misfuelling

What’s not?

Engine gets harsh at top end

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Ralph Morton is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Business Car Manager (now renamed Business Motoring). Ralph writes extensively about the car and van leasing industry as well as wider fleet and company car issues. A former editor of What Car?, Ralph is a vastly experienced writer and editor and has been writing about the automotive sector for over 35 years.

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