Hi, Guest
01-10-2007, 11:54 PM
guess I'm the only one, buuuuuut...
I like it.
sort of...
I think the fact that it doesn't absolutely suck outright has me actually tickled pink. The rear 3/4 view is sharp, and the front end looks good from most angles.
Sure it's lost some of it's "focus identity", but it's a much better effort than the current reskin IMO.
The interior looks about a billion times better than the 05+ interiors (drove my mom's '05 in tbay this christmas, what a piece of s***t). The interior materials are undoubtedly getting cheaper, but at least they're not trying to make it look cheaper.
It's taken nearly 3 years for the '05 styling update to start appealing to me, but this strikes some decent chords.. I know people are saying that the design borrows too much from 'this' or 'that' manufacturer, but that's not entirely a bad thing.
Now I didn't read through EVERY post in the thread, but picked up a few comments that I'd like to address.
- rear drum brakes don't make your car untrackable... lots of people race their drum-brake equiped focus just fine. quit making excuses!
- the interior is so much better than the current gen's.. I can't state this enough.... and stereo upgrades being difficult? They've been doing them in mazda 3's for years... it's possible.
- manumatic option.. c'mon.. that's a totally useless feature on a car of this ilk.. it's a useless feature on pretty much every car it's on... get a stick if you want manual, pick up GT4 if you want to drive a ferrari, but can't afford it.
- the cupholders... what were they thinking? I know they borrowed from the mustang design catalog for the interior, but any mustang owner would be able to tell you how useless cupholders directly behind the shifter are... then again, if you want to drink a coffee while driving, get the auto.
once again, I'm not sure if it's because I'm not totally disappointed, but I like it, and would pick up an 08 before an 05 any day.
sorry '05+ owners
I like it.
sort of...
I think the fact that it doesn't absolutely suck outright has me actually tickled pink. The rear 3/4 view is sharp, and the front end looks good from most angles.
Sure it's lost some of it's "focus identity", but it's a much better effort than the current reskin IMO.
The interior looks about a billion times better than the 05+ interiors (drove my mom's '05 in tbay this christmas, what a piece of s***t). The interior materials are undoubtedly getting cheaper, but at least they're not trying to make it look cheaper.
It's taken nearly 3 years for the '05 styling update to start appealing to me, but this strikes some decent chords.. I know people are saying that the design borrows too much from 'this' or 'that' manufacturer, but that's not entirely a bad thing.
Now I didn't read through EVERY post in the thread, but picked up a few comments that I'd like to address.
- rear drum brakes don't make your car untrackable... lots of people race their drum-brake equiped focus just fine. quit making excuses!
- the interior is so much better than the current gen's.. I can't state this enough.... and stereo upgrades being difficult? They've been doing them in mazda 3's for years... it's possible.
- manumatic option.. c'mon.. that's a totally useless feature on a car of this ilk.. it's a useless feature on pretty much every car it's on... get a stick if you want manual, pick up GT4 if you want to drive a ferrari, but can't afford it.
- the cupholders... what were they thinking? I know they borrowed from the mustang design catalog for the interior, but any mustang owner would be able to tell you how useless cupholders directly behind the shifter are... then again, if you want to drink a coffee while driving, get the auto.
once again, I'm not sure if it's because I'm not totally disappointed, but I like it, and would pick up an 08 before an 05 any day.
sorry '05+ owners
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