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Quote:On that note if you really have been looking on the market that the current Focus is in, you'll notice that more & more japanese car companys are taking things from the " European look " & selling them to the public in droves ( ie. the Toyota Ecco hatchback, & re-intorduction of the Suzuki Swift to name a few )

Not to mention the new Nissan X-Trail wich is a European SUV brought over just for us Canadians.

Quote: Hopefully Ford of north america will finally listen to what the rest of the world already knows, that European cars do sell, & if you left it alone to the european branch of the company for this model ( the Focus ) it would maintain a very high standard as it currently has nearly 6 years running.

Unfortunately our Focus here in NA is built here in NA if it were European built it would be better built and rarely have to go in for something as stupid as the entire front suspension having to be replaced after 15,000k's because they didn't put it together at the factory properly :angry: , My cousin has a 1999 diesel ZX5 in Portugal and he still hasn't had as many problems has I had with my 2000 ZX3.

Hopefully they get there s**t straightened out with the 2005 the only thing I have a concern with is there reluctance to actually do some R&D and develop a better 2.0L engine, getting a bigger engine is not allways the answer, the 2.3L might produce more power and torque but with it comes a few trade offs I seriously doubt that a 2.3L from Ford can be more fuel economical than the old 2.0L and also the car will obviously be heavier from the engine and the bigger gas tank that will be needed to keep that big engine running. Just my 2 cents.