Bingo, rather than invest what needs to be done and save money by getting a new vehicle design out every five years or so we see a new model once a decade and then its the original model purchased. The face lifts bought out of loyalty or because the customer can't afford a premium car of the same market. I've driven a wide range of Foci, european are the best period. Also in terms of a "Face Lift" we tend to see quality for the first year of that model then watering down. Look at what Ford did to the ST Sedan they weakened the suspension. The fact that having gotten the watered down MacPherson struts that were placed on the later 06-07 ST Foci I'm having to save to get a set of Eibach struts to compensate for the lack of grip my ST has right now. Oh yes I noticed an immediate difference that I have a lack of grip, I can not go around curves now as fast I could causing me to slow down which I do not like. I do not speed but I don't like having to drop 5 to 10 mph to round a tight curve and not sweat if I'm going to lose control. For a car that on Fords website in 04-05 bragged it was begging for a good corner and curve really lost it in 06 on up. This angers me because of the slowing down and speeding up causing a change in my fuel mileage.
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