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Old 01-07-2007, 08:54 PM   #278
Black331
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Default Re: Official 2008 Ford Focus Pics and Information!

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Originally Posted by BUR_ZX3
You know what I mean. Its pretty easy to upgrade a D20 to a D23.




All in all, I'm dissapointed in a couple things:

lack of performance version being the key point.


But I see this as falling back to what I call the "Escort Strategy."

Take a hatchback that has sold well for us initially, watch it slump in sales after you remove the GT/SVT/performance version, redesign the car, but remove the hatchback and make it into a coupe/sedan, watch sales fall off entirely, and the death of a model.

The front end is wrong wrong wrong. That Grille needs to go quickly. I understand the point about the brand identity with the chrome bars, but it doesn't work on the Focus. Specially with that hideous black crosshatch stuff.

Memo to aftermarket: Make us a new grille, and make us a new front bumper.



But I'm glad to know my eye is as sharp as ever on calling out that rear spoiler under the camo on all the spy pics.


Good point, scary how similar it is to what they did to the Escort! Are the same idiots still at Ford?

One thing that would really improve the front end is if the inside lower corner of the headlights wasn't cut out for the grill, somebody needs to photoshop one with just that changed, I bet it would mke the front look way way better.
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