[Frost__2001]

well if you look at it this way, Ford brought the Focus to North America to replace the Escort/Tracer and the Countour/Mysteque so now that Toyota, and Honda have smaller cars ( Fit/Jazz & Yaris ) they need something smaller to slot into the entry level / b Segment, Heck Vw might be bringing the Polo over here finally, and GM might give us the Corsa so the Fiesta/Verve is more or less needed by Ford for that smaller car segment.