Ford Focus review | Why it's still the hatch I'd go for! 

Thanks so much!

@@NobbyOnCars 1.0L Ecoboost is obviously known and proven to be unreliable. It's the most replaced engine in the UK. Possibly Europe too. Please correct me if I am wrong.

@@F4Insight-uq6nt I think this was due to the wet belt. 2019 onwards is a timing chain.

Totally agree. I am a big Focus fan ( am currently on my third Focus ..2017 Mk 3.5) but in my opinion the car in the video is nice but is at least 7k overvalued....37k is ridiculous money for a car of that standard..

(1.40) That's an MHEV top of the range X version He said the ordinary version non hybrid was 32K Euro. That's about £28k. I thought everybody knew you had to pay a lot more for hybrids.

@@ZaphodBeeb1 And you still think 32k is OK for a focus? Jesus wept

@@chuckeggarlaw3344 It's 32k Euros that's £28k.

@@ZaphodBeeb1 ya, still an absolute rip off no matter what currency you convert it to

How are you enjoying the focus estate?

That colour/trim will look sharp.

Congrats! WHen I ordered mine they told me I had to wait 7 months. They delivered me the car after 1.5 months.

They're a cracking car. Shame it's not going to be around forever.

@@NobbyOnCars are they discontinuing it?

@@supernova6553 yes by 2025

They may not, the introduction of HVO100 biodiesel should entice manufacturers to continue to at least make diesel, Efuels may or may not become a reality but they are a direct replacement for petrol and diesel. You can use HVO100 now in your diesel and the reality is that you'll probably be driving around far greener than any electric car.

Well they’re not black on this car as you can see!

I have a 155 and it's a blast...

@@marcoviola6741 manual?

@@mmatadore1 yes! Manual.

Next week

The best combination is the 155PS with the Powershift automatic transmission. The manual is half a second slower to 62mph. With the automatic, the 0-62mph figure is almost identical to the BMW 1-Series 118i. It's also 5mpg more efficient on the combined cycle than the BMW, I seem to recall. I've owned both of these cars.

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Big fan of estates

It is. Just came back from a short holiday in Germany. Four adults and luggage, cruising 150km/h on the Autobahn it is very quiet and and averaged 5.7 liter for 100km (because you can only do 100km/h in Holland 😄

​@@buijs1967 I also live in Holland, and done 3.5/100km on the motorway at a summer day morning, last year

Not just some money, lots of money!

Did you refer to the amount saved for them, or the amount it would cost to bring buttons back? Or maybe both? @@NobbyOnCars

@@Lothramir amount they save by taking them out. Any physical button in a car seems to be outrageously costly with some groups able to spread the cost hence similar switchgear in Audi/VW/Skoda etc - it’s a loss though from a customer point of view

I think the "eco-boom" engines were sorted out in about 2016/17

The original coolant problem causing ecoboom I believe was found to be a hose that was perishing sooner than it should of and was replaced on a recall, however see my reply below about the current situation.

@ryanstafford7776 Still an issue on cars up to 2018/19. The normal timing chain was replaced with a "wet belt" in which runs through the oil, this if not serviced properly could lead to the disintergration of the belt which breaks up, clogs the oil pump filter and starves the engine of oil causing it to fail completely and meaning a new engine is required. Ford say the belts should last around 100,000 miles but some are going as low as 37,000 miles. The latest engines with mhev now have a chain instead of a wet belt, however the oil pump is still a wet belt and in cars as young as 4 years with 25,000 miles some have been failing...having said that those cars seemed to have had little or no servicing at all which could have prevented these issues. The mhev running all the time may reduce the wear and tear on the oill pump belt as the engine doesn't need to work so hard as the electric part assists the enging meaning less strain, but only time will tell. Just search for Ford wet belt issues and you'll see all the problems people have had, hence the nick name ecoboom.

​@@snipturn thanks for the info. Very useful as I've been thinking about buying a 2018 onwards Focus and most on sale are the 1.0 Ecoboost. Engine reliability seems to be a bit of a lottery, which is worrying. Is it a similar story with the VW and Honda 1.0 3 cylinders, and the Peugeot 3 cylinders?

Y and they never sold it with a manual gearbox here either. Annoying as they are great to drive and I would be in the market for one if they were available (for a reasonable price). Cannot even get Mazda 3 with manual now. The days of fun, inexpensive cars seem to be drawing to a close.

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Focus for me although the Mazda looks great

That's the super full optional without discounts, I got my st line hybrid with everything you need for 24 k. You get an ST with 37k, and that is still a good price for 280 ponies.

@@FefyGT for 24k u got an stline? Where did u get that I’ll take one. Focus st tho is 60k

​@@colm112sounds like bollox to me

The one he is reviewing is an MHEV top of the range X version. Hybrids cost a lot more from every manufacturer as is well known.. The non hybrid normal version, he said cost 32 euros. That's £28k.

@@colm112 yeah an st-line mild hybrid, got it in Italy because we have governments incentives for 2000 euros plus it's a Focus, it doesn't sell well here so you get huge discounts. Normally Italians go for b SUV or Golf or class A.

Don’t feel sad. It’s all about finance or pcp nobody is actually dropping 32k on these !

Trabant?

Is it not a whole new engine. As it’s chain driven now no timing belts.

Mazda is not in the same league as a drivers car

@mgk7963 what are you on about?.?can't be serious lol...

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