From my assumptions and deductions of seeing the two models and from some accounts, the two Foci were almost the exact same until around 02 going into 03. This was when Ford was cheapening some of the parts in an effort to correct the recalls being happened on the NA MK I. Many I have spoken to have said that the first two years of the NA MK I aside from some material difference were almost exact same. When Europe started doing Face Lifts and giving the Ghia Models more good stuff the differences came out. The lower end models were closely similar it was the higher ups that got different.
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