🚗️Focus

2004 - 2011 | 2nd generation

This is an "American" car that cannot be seen in America at all. The original Ford Focus was a global car, identical across the world and built at many different locations worldwide. While building a global car was routinely done by Japanese companies, the Focus, back in 1999, was the first successful American global car. Previous attempts, such as the Chevrolet Cavalier/Vauxhall Cavalier/Opel Ascona and the Ford Escort, ended up creating two completely different designs for different markets, and a more recent effort, the Ford Mondeo, was only a half-success, with the North American variant, the Contour, being cheapened to outright junk. But Ford, too obsessed with its light trucks and facing low profit margins in the car market, chose to not market this redesigned Focus in the US and Canada, instead offering a revised original Focus. This Focus, which was offered in the rest of the world, shares a platform with the Mazda 3 and Volvo's smaller sedans. As the American automotive industry went to the brink before mounting a recovery, the newest trend is to reduce the redundancy between North American and European operations. To that end, and to satisfy the North Americans' newfound demand for fuel efficiency, Ford introduced the European Fiesta to North America, and from mid-2011 on, Focus Mk. 3 once again becomes a global model. Similarly, General Motors has developed the Chevrolet Cruze, which is really a Daewoo with an Opel powertrain, as the Focus's competitor, and it is also available worldwide.
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Fact Sheet

This record is archived under the More Cars ID 10008941. It was created 8 years, 1 month, 1 day ago. The last update was performed 7 years, 9 months, 1 week, 5 days ago.

NameFocus
Built from2004
Built to2011
Generation2
Internal Code
Total Production
More Cars ID10008941
Entry CreatedMar 19, 2018, 8:36 PM
Last UpdatedJul 8, 2018, 11:51 AM

Brand1

The »Focus« is a car model from »Ford«.

  • Ford
    • 1903-
    • 🇺🇸
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Predecessor1

The »Focus« is the successor of the »Focus«.

  • Focus
    • 1998-2005
    • 1st gen
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Successor1

The successor of the »Focus« was the »Focus«.

  • Focus
    • 2011-2018
    • 3rd gen
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Variants4

The More Cars database has knowledge of 4 variants of the »Focus«.

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