Platform, segment C with 80 percent of its components can be found in various countries. The concept is also the basic structure of Ford to introduce the next ten global model and will produce two million cars in 2012.
Ford Focus 5-door hatchback, featuring a sporty, 4-door sedan that is elegant, and station wagon 5-spintu style. Focus beramunisi several technologies including Low Speed Safety System, Active Park Assist, Lane Keeping Aid and vectoring Torque Control.
Ford Focus will fill the market with diesel and gasoline engines. The range of gasoline engines: 1.6-liter EcoBoost with a choice of 150 hp and 180 hp, and 1.6-liter Duratec Ti-VCT-powered 105 hp and 125 hp. While the choice of Focus TDCi Duratorq diesel engine, 1.6 liters (95 hp and 115 hp) and 2.0 liter (115 hp, 140 hp and 163 hp).
The focus of the first generation born in 1998. The focus of the population has exceeded 10 million units. And, the latest generation Focus is a global car developed in Europe. Focus will be sold in over 120 countries.
The focus will be the basis for 10 Ford cars and ready to reach production of 2 million per year from 2012. 80% of its components have in common. Focus into the production line in 2010's and early 2011 began to be marketed.
Ford presented the first official pictures of the new generation Ford Focus 2011, will have world premieres during the day, at the Auto Show in Detroit. Unlike the previous generation, the new Focus is a global model, plan to have the same shape in the U.S. and Europe, which is also why this model is presented to a car show in the original state. In addition, Ford has chosen - for this reason - for the moment, in the same time, both hatchback and sedan versions of the new model, the U.S. market which used to prefer a version of the usual four-door Focus hatchback than that present on the streets of Europe.
Aesthetically speaking, a new focus very clearly highlights a new line of models from the Blue Oval, being practically a larger version of the Fiesta subcompact model. The focus is purely European design, the car is being developed at a design center in Germany that has the Michigan brand. The dimensions remain the same for both sedan and hatchback, the dimensions of the chassis and suspension hardware are also borrowed from the older generation, with the necessary repairs.
The focus of the new generation will be done in parallel at the Ford plant in Saarlouis (Germany), Michigan (USA) and Chongqing (China), following which, later, production sites in Spain and Russia to enter the game, too. New focus will go on sale in 2011.