With its unveil at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, the new Ford Focus elevates the world's best-selling nameplate with a bolder, more emotive exterior design, a finely crafted, intuitive new interior, a suite of life-enhancing new technologies and major fuel economy improvements.
Ford has crafted a more sophisticated and advanced Focus with a redesign that reflects the One Ford global design language that carries through the new Mondeo and Fiesta.
Available in additional new exterior colours Deep Impact Blue and Glace Blue, the new Focus has a lower, wider stance, with a new bonnet, front fascia and grille. Slimmer and more chiselled front headlamps as well as elongated fog lamps add to the bolder front end.
When redesigning the interior of the new Focus, Ford listened to consumer feedback and responded with a more intuitive layout, complemented by a steering wheel and central stack with fewer controls and switches.
The new Focus is also the first Ford to offer Perpendicular Parking, a new hands-free parking technology that helps drivers reverse into spaces alongside other cars. Previously introduced innovative features that drivers have come to appreciate and rely on, such as Door Edge Protector, which provides a buffer against accidental damage by extending a protective flap that covers the door edges a split-second after the door is opened will continue to be offered.
The new Focus will be the first vehicle in Europe to offer the fuel efficient new 1.5-litre EcoBoost (150bhp and 180bhp) petrol engine and will also be offered with the new 1.5-litre TDCi (95bhp and 120bhp) diesel engine.
The 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol engine (100bhp and 125bhp) that was named the 2012 and 2013 International Engine of the Year will continue to be offered. There will also be a new version of the 99g/km CO2 1.0-litre EcoBoost, the first non-hybrid petrol family car in Europe to offer sub-100g/km CO2 emissions.
The 120bhp 1.5-litre diesel and 125bhp 1.0-litre EcoBoost with PowerShift automatic that will be introduced next year will offer a 19 percent improvement and 17 percent improvement respectively, as compared to the equivalent-powered current Focus. On the other hand, a 150bhp 2.0-litre TDCi diesel model will show a 14 percent improvement when specified with a manual gearbox (13 percent with an automatic transmission).
