Introducing the 2012 FOCUS

[eRic]

got a 2012 Focus mini-brochure at home today
the interior looks interesting.

[merkmal]

I got one of those too. To be honest I was irrationally thinking about buying the fiesta and then waiting a couple of years (two... maybe three) and then trading up to the new focus hatchback.

I really like the MyFord Touch interface and the fancy digital dashboard. It's supposed to be a pretty fuel efficient car like the fiesta... that's really where I'm coming from. I know it sounds like you're more for the performance side of things.... so hopefully it ends up being as nice as the fiesta in that department.

In a moment of weakness when I found out about my broken fiesta I considered just not taking delivery of it and waiting to the "early 2011" for a new focus. The rational part of my brain tells me the new focus launch won't be any smoother than the fiesta one.

[mrbirdman330]

I highly doubt the Focus launch will be anything like the Fiesta. We have not seen a ''Focus Movement'' a giant ad campaign or anything like that. Ford is keeping it relevant and with the production plant in the US itself, we're not going to see any of the issues of what happend with the Fiesta.

[FeistyFordFiesta]

If for some reason I don't get the Fiesta (I'm beginning to wonder if my order was placed at all), I'll definitely buy a new Focus. My last car was a ZX5 and I loved it. I was actually a little disappointed to find out they were bringing it back after I'd placed my order and did consider (for about two seconds) withdrawing my order and waiting for the Focus. I don't think there will be any problems with the Focus like we have had with the Fiesta because it's not a completely new vehicle for us.

[GapBoyPCS]

Originally Posted by mrbirdman330

I highly doubt the Focus launch will be anything like the Fiesta. We have not seen a ''Focus Movement'' a giant ad campaign or anything like that. Ford is keeping it relevant and with the production plant in the US itself, we're not going to see any of the issues of what happend with the Fiesta.

The other thing Ford has to remember is not to have the same quality issues on the Focus as they did between 2000 and 2001. Sure, the Focus is an extremely important vehicle being introduced around the world. However, there's inherent North American pressure to NOT have the same issues creep up again.

Also too the Focus in North America won't be Ford's entry level into the market - compared to 2000 when you started off with the Focus and then jumped right into the Taurus.

As for launches, I'm hearing on other sites that the North American launch date has been put back slightly to match that of Europe and Asia. Although I'm a bit disappointed in such a delay, I wonder if that happened as a result of the Fiesta.

[FiestaFan]

Originally Posted by GapBoyPCS

The other thing Ford has to remember is not to have the same quality issues on the Focus as they did between 2000 and 2001. Sure, the Focus is an extremely important vehicle being introduced around the world. However, there's inherent North American pressure to NOT have the same issues creep up again.

With all the progress Ford's made on quality, I'd be shocked if the 2012 Focus even approaches the level of issues seen with the 2000-2001. The only potential glitches are with the Powershift (and if there are any problems they should be ironed out by then thanks to Fiesta early adopters anyway) and the MyFord Touch interface, which will surely be optional.

[GapBoyPCS]

Originally Posted by FiestaFan

With all the progress Ford's made on quality, I'd be shocked if the 2012 Focus even approaches the level of issues seen with the 2000-2001. The only potential glitches are with the Powershift (and if there are any problems they should be ironed out by then thanks to Fiesta early adopters anyway) and the MyFord Touch interface, which will surely be optional.

At least the MyTouch interface will hit the 2011 Edge/MKX, so early Edge/MKX owners can work out the bugs

[mrbirdman330]

Well as long as Ford says that the NA Focus will be actually 90% the same as the RoW as they have advertised in the little brochure I got in the mail, quality won't be a problem. More than likely the differences will be almost little to nothing. Headlights, tail lights (Unless they give us an actual rear fog lamp on the sedan and hatch) and most likely interior differences. Thats about it other wise the cars will be identical, we've seen this already with the Ford Transit Connect, the exact same as its Euro Version minus a cluster being the British Cluster but otherwise 100 percent identical to the EU version that is LHD. The Transit Connect right now is the purest Euro Ford on the NA Market.

[golf strom]

Originally Posted by mrbirdman330

. The Transit Connect right now is the purest Euro Ford on the NA Market.

It's ironic that a "truck" product is the one.

[nikita]

A very strange "truck", assembled in Turkey as a passenger van, then converted to a truck after it clears customs in the United States. All this due to the "chicken tax".

To Outfox the Chicken Tax, Ford Strips Its Own Vans - WSJ.com