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I went to the auto show the other day and I was looking forward to doing a comparison between the new Ford Focus, Cruse and my Jetta in regards to built quality and space.

I was not very impressed with the Cruze at all. It still felt like a GM car regardless of how much pep everyone gave it. They didn’t have the LTZ model so I didn’t sit in a model with leather seats, but still I was not very happy with it. Back seats were not that great either, Jetta has lot more room.

Then came the focus, wow what a car! Love the Sony audio and big 8” screen it has everything you ever want there. I saw bunch of pictures of the new focus and thought to myself the car seemed too busy, but that is not the case in person. Looks great. I looked at the sedan, but I have to say the trunk is just useless! It’s probably got ½ of the space Cruze and Jetta have. So that one is out of question, but the 5dr hatch is great. Now please bring over the TDci. There was a talk about the all new electric Focus that is going to be in production by 2012, which might be something to consider as well. Great Job Ford!!!

I’m still glad that I have my Jetta. The built quality is par with the Focus and somehow it ended up being cheaper than the Focus Titanium. I’ve got the Jetta TDI highline with all the toys and NAV and it’s still about 3000$ cheaper than the focus. That could be bc you cannot get the 6spd manual with the Titanium version. In 1.5yrs its time to replace the Golf Tdi with something more efficient I know TDI is great but I’m not that happy with city driving mileage that we currently get with it. So will have to wait and see what the Focus Electric is all about. There is also the Lexus CT200h that is 33$ and it’s very similar to the Focus 5dr hatch. I love diesels, but somehow Canada doesn’t see it as a great fuel alternative. While the hybrids are getting incentives up to 3-4000$ diesel’s get jack! So no point of paying an extra 2-3000$ for the diesel option and loosing the 3000$ incentive if you are going to keep it for 3 years. That’s a loss of 6000$ that I don’t think I can get back by driving diesels.