Geneva 2015: Facelifted Ford Focus

by Derek Kreindler

Published: March 5th, 2014

Making its first appearance at Geneva is the facelifted Ford Focus, which gets the corporate schnoz, as well as the 1.0L Ecoboost three-cylinder for the North American market.

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Jdmcomp on Mar 06, 2014

Loss of identity will hurt Focus sales. Need to keep the car identifiable at any distance. No one wants to drive mommys car. Harks back to the 50's designs when all cars looked alike except for size. No, no, no. (except for the sedan version which is wasted anyway).

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- Macca on Mar 06, 2014
  
  50's? The Germans have been doing the 'same sausage, different lengths' game for the past 30 years or so, with great success. One could argue that it provides some aspirational pedigree to the lesser models, while it may also detract from the exclusivity of the flagship models.
  
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- Carfan94 on Mar 06, 2014
  
  @Macca Agreed. This is NOT going to hurt Focus sales. It might even help sales.
  
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- VCplayer on Mar 06, 2014
  
  The grill is the same but the gait, length, and form are very different. I can't imagine most people mixing the two up. The hood profile especially looks nothing like the Fusion.
  
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Motormouth on Mar 07, 2014

Don't like it. Haven't liked the Focus since the second-gen. Ford's small car design lost its way after the original 'New Edge' phase supported the success of the 1st gen Ka, Fiesta, Focus, etc. They've been tweaking the design ever since and it's just getting worse and worse. Like an artist that doesn't know when to stop messing with a painting, a once interesting picture has been turned muddy (the same thing is happening with the first-to-second gen Euro Honda Civic hatch). It's time Ford to stop softening curves on a design that requires hard edges, get a blank sheet of paper and start fresh.

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