The first round: the Ford Focus marks the chassis again

Nice, fast cornering and totally comfortable. That's how we can summarize our impressions of the first laps of the new Ford Focus.

The Ford Focus is one of the family 's silver coins, at least if one looks at the European Ford models. He was surprised when he appeared on the road in 1998. At that time, he passed several times through the generation exchange and today we could try the fourth generation. At the press conference on the occasion of the first tests, we were told more than the story that with the new Focus, he started with the designers with a clean sheet of paper, and the Ford Focus is fundamentally new. That they wanted to divert the attention of the "Ford" model "leapfrog", or that they wanted to emphasize that the new model is x-times better, it is not essential . The fourth generation is in the world and looks good.

Finding the new Ford Focus is not so difficult. with the current number of cars destined to fly somewhere completely The designers of the final joined the parties in a nice set and the most impressive ST Line blue version that we wanted to try immediately but we finally missed the red combos but also the ST-Line combining three- 1.5 l EcoBoost and a manual gearbox, we have not arrived at the slot machine, but we have not received anything from the reaction of many of our colleagues, certainly not on the narrow paths of the French city of Nice. Combi "title =" Ford Focus Combi “/>

To make him lose his head by the front was not easy. In this case, it is important to overcome the speed of the ramp with the curved shutter. If we avoid such an excess, the front obeys and voluntarily triafal the desired track. The turns were the first to flex the back, which literally slid to the ground, but did not throw. Such behavior was well received because the sloping buttocks seemed to balance the car and avoid understeer. It has turned out to be great by passing quick hairpins. The frequent oscillation of direction in quick succession tilted the buttocks in the sides and drove the vehicle in a curve. At first glance, this may seem like the beginning of skidding, but the rear wheels have been cut into asphalt and the rear has not slid sideways.

We would be happy with this ride when we drove one side from one side to the other. but we can not add to the "tiny" field for the usual family driving, we just adjusted the speed and comfort of a few kilometers, and the shorter end, the small suitcase and the other suspension back are cornering we did not feel the tilt of the back part, we were much more interested in the bumps than by the responses because we were more sensitive to the behavior of the car, but the differences n & rsquo; Were not significant and the sedan is probably a little faster in the final

Ford Focus ST-Line hatchback (23 photos in the photo gallery)

The three-cylinder engine 1.5 EcoBoost offers a very large dynamic slug and, in particular, he rarely knew that he had less than one cylinder. When we launched Focus 1.0 with a smaller 1.0 EcoBoost, we immediately noticed a difference in show culture. The smaller engine had a richer sound, a slightly worse vibration and, more often, "showed" its triple origin. In a balanced ride, he was well soaked. The more powerful engine was revealed by three-stroke sound at higher speeds requiring maximum power. On a quiet ride in addition, a cylinder dives and the moment we slow down and ride only on two rollers. The good news is that neither the crew nor the driver will notice the connection and disconnection of the cylinder

As in sports cars, the radar lever works easily and with precision, so that the equipment we have always chosen to drive is very fast. We got used to the brake pedal and the improved electric brakes are further away. In practice, this translates into lower losses by undesirable friction of the discs and the electronics help the brakes react more quickly to the depression of the pedal. The dosage of the braking force was not fully compatible with our imaging when the braking effect It changed too quickly because of the low pressure on the pedal.

The interior of Focus has changed over time. The touch screen "floated" on the dashboard, which is now split horizontally. Fewer buttons and a clear layout are considered positive. The overall appearance was not a surprise to us because Ford copied the interior of the Fiesta to a large extent. This also applies to the analog dashboard. We like classic alarms and there is a smaller display between them. However, the standard today does not work, and no mapping of the dimensional map should wait.

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