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Drivesthebeast,Jan 21 2007, 02:18 PM Wrote:Anyways, did anyone notice that the 2008 Focus Coupe comes with Pirelli P-Zero Nero's on it?  The same tires spec'd on the Mustang GT's with 17" rims, and also one of the highest rated tires in it's class.  That looks/sounds half decent.
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That's a great example of a waste of good tires on a milquetoast redesign. I wish they had given those tires up as an option for the SVT owners, or even the ST owners. Hell, the ST owners got bent over as they weren't even offered 17s from the factory.

Year over year, the sporting options for the Focus have slid away into nothingness. If they wanted our reactions to be positive, they would have put a new ST/SVT/GT SOMETHING out there right freaking NOW. Not for 2009 or later.

And if I had an Auto GT Stang, I'd shift-kit the bitch 1/2 an hour after leaving the showroom. Hell, even Stockfish is a full Roush dealer now. :)

Yeah, if the 2010 Focus is pretty much a Euro-spec Focus... just intro it. Even the 2000 N.A. Focus and the <2000 Euro Focus (pre-Facelift) weren't that different... just the addition of the SPI for gas misers, deletion of the smaller Zetecs because of the SPI (and our need for more torque on the base engine and no diesels being offered) and presto... same car. The interiors were left alone in N.A. for 5 years before the 2005 N.A. "facelift", but they weren't THAT different. Now, when you put a 2007 Focus next to a 2007 Euro Focus, and that next to a 2008 "new" Focus... the 2008 is immediately singled-out as the least "Focus"-like of the bunch.

It'll be at least 2 years of fleet sales and clueless grandmas (long beyond SPI stuff) before they regain their footing at this rate. Of course, by then the 2007 and older MY faithfuls will be up against the end of their leases or 1-2 years left on their financing. I can guarantee you that a lack of Euro (or even sensible) content will keep me from ever owning another Focus.