Ford Focus Culled to 3 Models.

[kevino]

Still got the TDCI Big Damo?

Ford will lose buyers moving out of $ spend segments but that is their choice.

I have had 2 new Fiestas and 4 new Focuses since 2003 but there wont be any more Fords in the garage when these go. I,m not in the plus $33 k market that Ford supply.
Ford are walking away from brand supporters who paid out for their cars.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by kevino

Still got the TDCI Big Damo?

Ford will lose buyers moving out of $ spend segments but that is their choice.

I have had 2 new Fiestas and 4 new Focuses since 2003 but there wont be any more Fords in the garage when these go. I,m not in the plus $33 k market that Ford supply.
Ford are walking away from brand supporters who paid out for their cars.

Certainly do - that thing has been beaten on for every single kilometer it's been driven, survived me on my Ps too

Done 192,000km and still on its original pads and rotors it came out of the factory with - doesn't go fast enough to need to use brakes

I'm excited by the new Corolla, I'm not sure if that's because it looks cool or that I've aged and become a stale old man.

[kevino]

Hey the new Corolla does look ok.
However the boot is time and engine kw! Torque is the same as 2 litre petrol Focus LW model.
I think the Sa Focus is a fine car all be it no manual - a second hand Trend or Active May be an option.
But then an uninspiring six speed manual base 1 30 is affordable or maybe a manual Golf 7.5.
Geez even a new Fiesta with a 1.6 diesel or 1 litre eco boost with a manual I d buy but hey Ford don’t sell them here.

[Sprintey]

here's a little wintertime Corolla hooliganism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWjo4sEkgaw

If there's a pole shift and Australia ends up at one of the poles, it will look like this

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by kevino

Hey the new Corolla does look ok.
However the boot is time and engine kw! Torque is the same as 2 litre petrol Focus LW model.
I think the Sa Focus is a fine car all be it no manual - a second hand Trend or Active May be an option.
But then an uninspiring six speed manual base 1 30 is affordable or maybe a manual Golf 7.5.
Geez even a new Fiesta with a 1.6 diesel or 1 litre eco boost with a manual I d buy but hey Ford don’t sell them here.

Toyota now has a 268 hp version of the Yaris, not in Australia yet but I'd think it's short odds..

My beef with FOA's European sourced cars and SUVs is that they're trying to sell them here
for the same RRPs as they do in the UK, go look at Ford UK's website and you'll see the on
road prices, not too much imagination needed to subtract onnroad costs and see where our
higher than competition RRP are coming from....

[FTE217]

So looks like the great business model, one will be driving away old and new customers sub $30k and their other variants excl Ranger/Mustang are over priced most times cross shopping and people just are not visiting or thinking of Ford nowadays.
I suppose turning into a mini boutique over priced brand will be profitable.
Good luck to them.

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by FTE217

So looks like the great business model, one will be driving away old and new customers sub $30k and their other variants excl Ranger/Mustang are over priced most times cross shopping and people just are not visiting or thinking of Ford nowadays.
I suppose turning into a mini boutique over priced brand will be profitable.
Good luck to them.

What's the bet that most of last month's 167 Focus sales were dealer registration demo sales
or sales into Ford's own fleet like Holden did with ZB Commodore and other poor selling models.