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01-11-2007, 10:23 AM | #1 |
GIGA...DRILL...BREAKER!!!
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2008 Ford Focus: Ugly is as Ugly does
Y'know, the Focus was pretty sweet when the VW designers handed it to Ford. But every change Ford has wrought since then has made this car uglier and uglier. Take a look at this new pic of the 2008 model. Is that not one ugly, misguided, confused front end? What in the world do they think they're doing???
~YR
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01-11-2007, 10:27 AM | #2 |
Is not that bad looking...
However I liked the original more when it came out. It had that "design shift" feeling. This one feels like a small 500, doesn't it? |
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01-11-2007, 10:35 AM | #3 |
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Eek the current one is far nicer...
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01-11-2007, 10:36 AM | #4 |
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looks like they are goping back to the tempo/topaz look
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01-11-2007, 10:57 AM | #5 |
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As a matter of fact, I like it
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01-11-2007, 11:05 AM | #6 |
u guyz must be on crack..
its ugly.. -- Blen |
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01-11-2007, 11:22 AM | #7 |
4m a 92 teg 2 a 07 yaris
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definite thumbs down on this one guys..
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01-11-2007, 11:44 AM | #8 |
Now that looks better...
-- Blen |
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01-11-2007, 11:46 AM | #9 |
vroom vroom
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You mean you guys in the US don't have that Focus??? how gay is Ford? That car is hot, I would almost have gotten one if the so-called "sport" model here had a manual transmission...
Gee and here I thought you guys had all the cool cars...
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01-11-2007, 02:31 PM | #10 | |
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Quote:
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01-11-2007, 03:06 PM | #11 |
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the Ford Foucs RS ( PALLYE SPORT)in Europe is AWSOME, not the one in the US, US always get Carppy models, features and options, i hate this part about the US
Check out the 2006 Ford Foucs WRC , the same look as 2008, it is not Ford is gay, it is the Americans are gay i will say. |
01-11-2007, 11:52 AM | #12 |
Our HATCH version (which my brother currently ownz) isn't as sexy as that one...
:'( -- Blen |
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01-11-2007, 03:59 PM | #13 |
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I like the Euro Focus, we have that in the Philippines too.. I dont know though if it has the Mazda3 Engine in there though.... If it does I'll buy it and just strip the "FORD" logos and the Focus name and just change it to WRC or something for rallies.
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01-11-2007, 04:15 PM | #14 |
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I think that pic of the new Focus is a great example of "fresh-for-1991" styling.
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01-11-2007, 04:41 PM | #15 |
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I liked the look of the Focus in the late 90s/ early 00s, but it's defintely a design that needed some updating. This, however, isn't a great shift, imo. It looks like their trying to use a bit of the design language of the Fusion, which in theory sounds okay, as I think the Fusion is a decent looking mid-size, but this just looks kinda jumbled to me.
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01-11-2007, 05:22 PM | #16 |
Look mum no stars!!
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I like it in a way..........
But then again it doesnt look like it should be a 2008 model, the boxyness turns me off
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01-11-2007, 10:18 PM | #17 |
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ford would face alot of problems if they bought teh euro focus to america.
1. the base price of a new focus is about $14,500-$16,000; if they brought the euro focus to america the base price would be around $17,000. no one is going to pay that much to start for a compact. in mazdas case (the mazda3's platform is shared with the euro focus) it is a good enough car that people dont mind shelling out the $15,000 base price which by the way does not have a/c, power anything except steering, or cruise. if u want those features its an additional $1100. 2. their crash regs are, as we all know, different and the design of teh euro focus is based upon those regs, which means that everything from the a pillar up would have to be redesigned to incorporate our crash regs. theres way more probs than these but the bottom line is ford screwed up again! lol the closest u can get to a euro focus is teh mazda 3 or volvo s40 |
01-11-2007, 09:48 PM | #18 |
Look at this
that's so ugly.. Even the 500 is uglier now...they must be on crack! -- Blen |
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