07-08 focus sedan pics

[secondechomatt]

sorry for the poor quality guys. I was in Dearborn for lunch, and this passed us. For the record any other camera > my phone!

I can say that there is obvious changes afoot. new front, rear, and even the sides have a bit of different sculpting on them. Also, the exhaust on this one was about the size of a ping-pong ball. diesel? couldn't tell from sound if so.

[Silfox]

You sure it was a Focus? Thats a lot of changes there. New sides, higher beltline, plate in the rear bumper, antenna in the back, probably has the 3 bars on top, 2 on bottom in the grills.

[secondechomatt]

def focus, the roofline is approx the same, and was about the same size as the neon I was in.

[focaljet-1]

Good work! Now we need to capture the Coupe.

[Focused]

...And the Escort-ization continues.

[SilverSVT]

...And the Escort-ization continues.

Huh???

[SilverSVT]

Oh at least its a pretty decent make-over...I just hope the Interior is fixed too

And if you dont like it just have to wait till 2010MY to get the C2

[Focused]

My point is...the unfortunate Americanization of what was a European-inspired creation keeps on progressing.

I know, the C170 is a great chassis, and the C1 is not the be-all, end-all platform, and we're getting the next-gen platform in a few years, blah blah blah, but the current U.S. Focus continues to go down an undesirable path.

[FocusOnPunk]

My point is...the unfortunate Americanization of what was a European-inspired creation keeps on progressing.

I know, the C170 is a great chassis, and the C1 is not the be-all, end-all platform, and we're getting the next-gen platform in a few years, blah blah blah, but the current U.S. Focus continues to go down an undesirable path.

How can you POSSIBLY tell that from a fully-camo'd cell phone picture?

[OmniFocus]

How can you POSSIBLY tell that from a fully-camo'd cell phone picture?

He can't, but it is inevitable anyway... With the exception of the brief shining moments of the Duratec and the SVT, the C170 Focus has gone downhill since its North American inception... how is another Americanized makeover POSSIBLY going to make it any better?

If the hatch and wagon truly disappear, it'll be junk anyway. Why throw away 30% of your small car buyer market? I'm not going to buy some Americanized two-box sedan/coupe.

[BLUE_02_ZX3]

were gonna have to face it one day... if we want it that bad, were gonna have to move to europe.

were to stupid over here to ever have something nice for us.
gas is going up and up and up. and these idiots are still going out and buying the biggest v8 they can find.

we are stupid.

[wilko]

I am impatiently[sp] waiting to see the car with out the cammo. Come on ford...
everybody else has shown what they are releasing in 07. Why the secrecy[sp]?

[Zx311]

i hope the hatch stays....i dont want a two door coupe..

[secondechomatt]

The hatch is gone. Kaput, finito, disappeared. Thats all she wrote, the fat lady is singin.

[mievil]

I thought they were already selling 07's?

[wilko]

I assume the camo car is a 08.

[SilverSVT]

If the hatch and wagon truly disappear, it'll be junk anyway. Why throw away 30% of your small car buyer market? I'm not going to buy some Americanized two-box sedan/coupe.

This isn't directed to anyone in partuclar but its just how I feel about the subject..

I guess Ford can't please everyone. I think many people are denial when it comes to the Focus...its just another ****ing car with small group of "enthusiast's" (who mostly bought the car because it was cheap and have zero loyalty to it, since they have the attention span of a nat) that don't mean jack-squat to Ford in the grand scheme of things. If you don't like move on to something else. Don't make it out like its the end of your little world. Its just 2-3K lbs of Metal that gets where you goto.

Flame away

[mievil]

For someone who bashes on the Focus, and this website (note sig), WTF are you doing here?

[Focused]

He can't, but it is inevitable anyway... With the exception of the brief shining moments of the Duratec and the SVT, the C170 Focus has gone downhill since its North American inception... how is another Americanized makeover POSSIBLY going to make it any better?

If the hatch and wagon truly disappear, it'll be junk anyway. Why throw away 30% of your small car buyer market? I'm not going to buy some Americanized two-box sedan/coupe.

Period.

It's not so much the look, but the "bigger picture" that is bothersome.

Though, the look doesn't help either.

[BowDown]

So it's a mini fusion?