Ford Focus Coupe (2009)

[Matra et Alpine]

I would suggest the Euro Focus Mk.2.5 puts a hole below the waterline of your "creative designers" theory.

NO, I consider it demonstrates Fords desire to create a "world car" and have the design influenced by their major market ?

[092326001]

I want the euro focus, why do we in north america have to suffer?

[Ferrer]

I want the euro focus, why do we in north america have to suffer?

Because at the prices they'd have to sell it you probably wouldn't buy it.

[ruim20]

Does Ford gain anything by not selling this car? i mean, is there any chatch to this? (lets make a focus noone will buy so we can sell another model... gain something else) ?

[Ferrer]

Does Ford gain anything by not selling this car? i mean, is there any chatch to this? (lets make a focus noone will buy so we can sell another model... gain something else) ?

This car actually sells well.

[Street_Dreamer]

Happy days for you Yankee bastards.
Apparently, the next-gen European Focus and all it's derivatives (Kuga, C-Max, CC) will be going stateside around 2011, or so it's been forecasted.

[ruim20]

This car actually sells well.

The one pictured here?

I'm amazed...

[Ferrer]

The one pictured here?

I'm amazed...

Apparently, yes.

[Kitdy]

The Euro Focus is coming to America in 2010 along with the Fiesta so Autoblog tells me.

SO if the Focus is selling well, why bother make the European Focus come here? Wasn't designing the North American one just a huge waste of money?

[LeonOfTheDead]

The Euro Focus is coming to America in 2010 along with the Fiesta so Autoblog tells me.

SO if the Focus is selling well, why bother make the European Focus come here? Wasn't designing the North American one just a huge waste of money?

because in 2010 the US focus will be veeeeery old, and the EU Focus will be replaced by a new model, probably not imported in NA

[Kitdy]

because in 2010 the US focus will be veeeeery old, and the EU Focus will be replaced by a new model, probably not imported in NA

They JUST redesigned the Focus though, at least externally. View earlier in this thread.

[LeonOfTheDead]

They JUST redesigned the Focus though, at least externally. View earlier in this thread.

I guess they were bounded to do that, to prevent selling numbers to fall down.
as stated above, the Eu Focus would cost too much if imported in the US, so if the next gen Eu Focus is going to make it in NA, I think it could be the same car but built in a cheaper way, with cheaper materials, to lower the price. so actually two different cars, imo.
to say the truth, I can't quite understand how some manufacturers can built cars as the X5 in US and selling it in both Eu and NA with the same price tag basically not converted in euro or dollars.
I would like to know the price tag of the upcoming Fiesta Sedan in NA, here the standard Fiesta costs something about 22.5k $ equivalent or even more in its more common versions.

[Ferrer]

They JUST redesigned the Focus though, at least externally. View earlier in this thread.

I wasn't a major redesign though, which means that it probably wasn't that expensive.

[Timothy (in VA)]

The one pictured here?

I'm amazed...

The sedan sells better than the coupe pictured here, but it's no looker either.

[Kitdy]

I wasn't a major redesign though, which means that it probably wasn't that expensive.

Well, they redid all the exterior, integrated SYNC, and probably redid the interior - that's a lot of stuff. The engine and chassis are the same (aren't they?), but it still musta cost a big amount of coin.