2012 Focus configurator up and running

[Slipster17]

Build and Price your 2012 Focus

Love some of the colors.... lost my interest completely with the fact that you can't get a manual trans with anything other than the base model

Thank you Ford for giving me the absolutely loaded to the gills Fiesta SES with an available 5-spd.

[tjl]

Originally Posted by Slipster17

Build and Price your 2012 Focus

Love some of the colors.... lost my interest completely with the fact that you can't get a manual trans with anything other than the base model

The 2012 Focus can be configured with a manual transmission in the S (base) and SE trims. Just not the SEL and Titanium trims.

At least they know the probable market for manual transmissions by offering a manual SE Sport Package configuration.

[Paradocks]

$27,000+ for a Focus configured the way I'd want it.

Gotta give Ford some credit for having the cajones to at least offer the options that will make the Focus a premium-content compact.

[FiestaFan]

Optioned out the way I'd prefer (within reason, anyway), I got $22,515:



It's an SE hatchback plus:

-PowerShift, $1,095
-203A (Sync + Convenience Package), $1235
-Blue Candy Metallic, $300
-SE Sport Package, $700
-Machined alloy wheel upgrade (so much better than the standard sport package alloys), $245
-All-weather floor mats, $150

A tad steep, but then for an SE it's pretty much loaded. I could do without the full 203A package and just get the convenience package with cruise control, which would save nearly a grand, but if/when I do get a Focus or Fiesta I really want Sync. I could also just go for Kona Blue instead of Blue Candy, which is an extra $300, but I think I like Blue Candy more - I'll need to see live shots of both. No matter what though, the sport package, machined alloy wheels and PowerShift are a must. The last wouldn't be if Ford would just offer a 6-speed manual standard, though...

[PowerShift]

What really floors me is that the base Focus speced out just like my Fiesta (S, Powershift) is $18,090. That's $3000 more than the Fiesta. I know you get more with the Focus but it seems like too much of a gap. And once you start getting into the more popular models its very easy to top $20,000. Now I know Focus MSRPs are close to the competition but most of the competition has incentives. So unless Focus also gets an incentive there's going to be a lot of sticker shock. The other thing I notice is that there's a lot more possible configurations of the Focus than the Fiesta. I think Ford might be able to save some cost if they didn't have so many configurations and they could pass that on as lower prices.

[BRGT350]

I built a Focus yesterday and it came out over $27k! Sadly, I would be spending near $30 for a car that is missing the clutch pedal. No thanks. I am so glad I got the Fiesta instead, I got more car for less money and a manual transmission. The ST is more of my kind of Focus, but I am not totally sold on the styling, and it will be very expensive. At that price point, I would buy a WRX hatch over the Focus. I get more performance, a manual transmission, and can hoon around in the snow. The WRX and Focus are still too big of cars for me, so the Fiesta really is the perfect car for me.

[iamz]

I'm very happy with the Focus pricing. The base SE hatch with Powershift tranny and the convienience package that adds cruise, puts the Focus at just over $3000 more than my Fiesta. This means the Focus won't be taking many sales from the Fiesta which should help keep our resale value higher over time.

[BRGT350]

I think it is priced very well for the amount of car you get and the size. My only issue is that there is no manual with the Titanium. If I am going to spend that kind of coin on a car, it needs to have all 3 pedals. Actually, regardless of cost, I would want a manual. I could get talked into a DSG-esque gearbox if it had paddles and no manual was offered. No manual and no paddles is a sure no-way for me.

[Cobra348]

Originally Posted by Paradocks

$27,000+ for a Focus configured the way I'd want it.

Gotta give Ford some credit for having the cajones to at least offer the options that will make the Focus a premium-content compact.

Kind of agree with you.

Titanium package as I would set it up is a good $10000 (pretty well loaded) more than the Fiesta I have. The Focus SE that I most likely would REALLY order is $3600 or so more than the Fiesta I have ... for essentially the same things I currently have.

Very interesting model lineup however.

[GapBoyPCS]

The Focus I built (Titanium sedan) was getting close to $30K CDN, and the US version I built was already pushing past $27K USD.

I'm not sure how incentives are in the US, but the way they are advertised here in Canada they can't be argued as incentives. For example, Hyundai is offering some 2011's with 0% financing for up to 84 months (7 years). I'm not sure how any of you want to take on a loan for 7 years. VW and some other car companies seem to be doing a lease-to-own program where someone's payments are low like a lease, but then you need to make the balloon/final payment. For Ford of Canada, their "incentives" can be argued because you can have 0% financing on specific models (requiring you to only take dealer stock), or "employee pricing" but interest rates at market rate. Bottom line is that one can be "taken" either way...it comes down to how.

Unfortunately, the sticker shock is to be expected. In terms of configurations, I don't think there is much flexibility because it follows the usual Ford configuration of S, SE, and SES/SEL. Just like the Fiesta and other new Ford vehicles in the past, give it a few months before the incentives kick in. Then again, because of all the hype this car has received, the first model year will probably be like the Fiesta with minimal incentives.