Test drove the new Ford Focus today.

So my aunt showed up with a new Focus sedan today and says "you like my new car? here take it for a spin and throws me the keys."

Let me start with the LIKES

Immediate I like the overall exterior design. It's a very elegant design which looks like will age well. The doors are heavy and close with a solid thunk. Then there's the engine which is silky smooth from idle all the way to redline, though it didn't feel particularly punchy, not any more so than a 140 hp Civic. The suspension is pretty tight, but not harsh and absorbs bumps really well while letting you know what's going on. The Petals also feel tight and not mooshy like many american cars i've driven in the past. The Dash is covered in a nice soft material which is pleasant to the touch and the interior is relatively roomy.

Now on to the DISLIKES

First lets start with the steering wheel. At a glance it looks just like any other ordinary relatively thick and inoffensive steering wheel, but then you hold onto to it and behind it there are these two huge blocks with square edges which feel like you're gripping two giant lego-blocks there there are the seats which are not very comfortable and when you go to adjust it you're met by some very cheap and hard-edge plastic levers which aren't very precise and feel like would stop working after a few years of use. The door handles and window switches were very cheap and flimsy and door panels are of hard cheap plastic. Why would they go to the length of making a nice soft dash which one would most like never touch and then make all the other items which you do have to touch on a daily basis hard, cheap plastics. Then there's the shifter location. You better hope you didn't get a manual because your elbow will hit the armrest on every shift.

Remember that nice smooth engine, well forget about enjoying it because it's paired with a transmission which is constantly hunting for gears and never seems to know which gear it is supposed to be. Visibility all around is not all that great, marred by huge pillars all around. The Mirrors are huge and the overall dash is really bulky and full of odd shapes and angles, giving you the impression you're in a car twice the size.

I've been in bad interior before with the Honda Civic and probably taking the cake as the worst, but in the Civic at least once you sit in it and get over the aesthetic mess that it is you feel comfortable and there is at least some though put into ergonomics, not so in the Focus.

The Focus interior is just a giant cluster**** of odd shapes, angles and texture which make no sense at all. It is as if designers just put together an interior which makes sense and looks good on paper, but never bother to test it out in the flesh.

I drove my cousin's based 2009 Impreza immediately after and there's not contest. Aside from the Solid, heavy doors in the Focus everything felt better in the Impreza. I actually felt a sense of relieve sitting in the Impreza, like when you're sitting on a pile of rocks for a long time and then sit on a nice comfortable chair. Everything just felt much more natural and airy, and even the engine felt a lot stronger.

Source: http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5538039-Test-drove-the-new-Ford-Focus-today.&goto=newpost

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