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New special edition Focus will sell alongside 2011 model

Ford has unveiled a new Sport special edition of its Focus model which will cost £700 more than the Zetec version.

The Focus Sport comes in five-door specification and customers are offered a choice of the 1.6-litre 99bhp petrol manual and the 1.6-litre 108bhp TDCi manual.

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Equipment has been upgraded with options that would cost £1500 on the Zetec model now coming as standard.

These include Sat Nav with European mapping, Bluetooth and USB connectivity, voice control, parking distance sensors, 16in ST-style alloy wheels, automatic headlamps and wipers, and a self-dimming rear-view mirror.

Customers will have the choice of six body colours and the Sport will come with "New York Ebony" seat fabric.

The Focus Sport will cost £16,545 for the 1.6-litre petrol and £17,845 for the 1.6-litre TDCi.

It is on sale now and will continue alongside the next generation Focus throughout next year.

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J400uk 7 October 2010

Re: Ford unveils Focus Sport edition

andrepaul999 wrote:

Ford brought out a sport version of this car in 2005 shortly after this series focus was launched.

It was basically an LX 1.6 with alloy wheels and foglamps

so about as sporty as a house brick then



Yes that's what I said in the first post.

iploss 5 October 2010

Re: Ford unveils Focus Sport edition

hamp wrote:
Yeh but the Golf is about as appealing as cold rice pudding and will have a real transaction price way above the Focus. Lets face it this "Sports" model is just to clear the decks before the new car - now on show in Paris - arrives next spring. Surprised it will sell alongside the new Focus in 2011 however. Ford last did this with the Escort that remained on sale for 18 months after the first Focus arrived to keep Halewood going before it started building X Types and with the Fiesta Classic, an old model Fiesta that sold alongside its replacement to keep the Valencia factory in business before the original KA arrived

Yes but which is more appealing a Golf or a history lesson on Ford model strategies?

hamp 5 October 2010

Re: Ford unveils Focus Sport edition

Yeh but the Golf is about as appealing as cold rice pudding and will have a real transaction price way above the Focus. Lets face it this "Sports" model is just to clear the decks before the new car - now on show in Paris - arrives next spring. Surprised it will sell alongside the new Focus in 2011 however. Ford last did this with the Escort that remained on sale for 18 months after the first Focus arrived to keep Halewood going before it started building X Types and with the Fiesta Classic, an old model Fiesta that sold alongside its replacement to keep the Valencia factory in business before the original KA arrived