I think I have been a bad boy...

[Ishmael]

Thank you for posting that, like I said, far from an ugly car, and if that was for sale in north america I would buy one in an instant.

And I was waiting for someone to say they wouldn't buy a focus because it is a Ford. Remember who owns Mazda now.

 

[Protege01MP3]

Thank you for posting that, like I said, far from an ugly car, and if that was for sale in north america I would buy one in an instant.

And I was waiting for someone to say they wouldn't buy a focus because it is a Ford. Remember who owns Mazda now.

yah.. its far from an "ugly" car... i guess... but its still further from a nice car....

maybe its the whole lamp scheme (headlights, tails, fogs, etc...) or maybe its the general shape of the car.... perhaps its the super duper cheapo black plastic insert thingies in the vents on the front bumper..... or maybe its the little wanna be baby fender flare things that some engineer came running into the office with, on the day they were gonna send it to production, and said "hey! hey! check out this innovative breakthrough in the world of automotive design!!! I'll give the whole board of directors blowjobs if you put them on the production vehicle! AND i'll take it in the ass if you leave them on EVERY focus we make, from the base models to the sport!" then the chairmen, having not gotten laid in quite a while, held a meeting and decided, "yes, a blowjob sounds nice with my morning coffee"

and so... the focus fender flares were born

hope you liked my story kids... i just woke up and came into work and started typing about how i dont like the focus... and i came up w/ what you see above... guess those creative writing classes i used to skip in highschool would have come in handy here, eh?

anyhow... the fucus sucks
and yes... a big part of why i wouldnt buy one is also cuz of Ford... yah yah.. blah blah ford owns part of mazda yappity yappity blah blah... hmm... lets see... who designs more stuff for the other companies cars?? i seem to recall one example... the old probes... interior? mazda engine? mazda almost everything else? mazda exterior? Ford... wow!!! ford actually did design atleast one aspect of the car that was being released under THEIR company name...

lets see... proteges i seem to believe, are all designed by mazda... ford didnt have any part in that... and yet... ford has trouble designing a good car without help... oh yah.. ford is a GREAT car company... so innovative, so elite, so...... so....... so....... dont know what they hell they are doing.... so..... unable to design a good car.... so..... WACK

whatever... **** a focus

(sorry.. not flamin anyone.. not arguing w/ anyone.. just expressing my opinion)

peace

 

[Ishmael]

The problem is I agree with just about everything you are saying. No doubt about it, the Focus sucks, and Ford of AMERICA can't seem to build that car so that it doesn't fall apart under everyone who buys it. And the damn base models are as ugly as sin (espescially the four doors).

However, much like the WRX, when a company takes a generally ugly car and makes it go like s***, I love it. sure, the 'look at me I'm Colin McRae' look will wear off in a while, I think the wider fender flares, the big wheels and the mean ass bumper add a dimension to the car's styling that is not ordinarily there. Now, will it fall apart?

Ford of AMERICA sucks quite hard core, making junk cars with blazee styling and horrible quality control. However, the Ford on the other side of the pond has a history of decent, really mean, really fast RS/Cosworth editions. ANY of which I would gladly own.

Now, if Ford of AMERICA would get their heads out of their asses, realize there is a market for this car, bring it in here at 24,000 US to compete with Subie (even $27000 given that the EVO is coming) I would actually go to a Ford dealership for the first time in my whole entire life. Needless to say, that is not going to happen, so instead we get a four door SVT 'whopee ******* doo'.

It's a shame that a car company who's roots are in america do all their best work across the pond.

And as for the Ford Mazda thing, yes, I know, Ford has no hand in the Protege (FOR NOW), but they still have a hand in everything Mazda does (even my 10AE had a Ford Starter and a Ford logo on the airbag module). And while no doubt some of Ford of America's best cars have been Mazda's, well, I recall reading an article to the lines of 'Mazda to be about 80% shared with Ford by 2005' in Road and Track. And if anyone wants to refute that I WILL dig up the issue.

'nuff said I guess, I just hate it when so called enthusiasts become nothing more than fan boys. The Focus RS is brilliant in just about every respect, don't believe me, pick up this months CAR at a good bookstore, it's plastered on the cover. Man, I got to move to Europe. Lotus. TVR. Peugeot. Alfa. Subie P1's and 22B's. What the hell am I doing in Canada?

Later.