FoMoCoNews Highlight: 2008 Ford Focus Facelift

[ndwariga]

FoMoCoNews Highlight: 2008 Ford Focus Facelift

See the above CGI, well according to Autoexpress this is how the facelifted Focus will look like when it's presented later on the year. While we'll validate the fact that Ford will unveil a revised version of the Focus at the Frankfurt Show ?not possibly as Autoexpress notes but definitely as our Ford source told us, we seriously doubt that the car is set for such a dramatic mid-life makeover.

Despite its relatively lacklustre looks, the Focus is selling like hotcakes in Europe. According to JD Power (see chart after the jump), Ford's C-Segment hatch has found nearly 192.000 new owners in the first five months of 2007, placing it in the second place overall. Also, don?t forget that the third-generation is just two to three years away. What?s the point in proceeding to such a costly makeover if you're only going to keep it in production for half-a-cycle' Maybe a few changes here and there along with a new set of engines, but nothing more in our humble opinion.

Tuning Digest

[igor]

FAR from reality .. this is the MKIII at best. but possibly not even that.

Igor

[FordRules]

That pic is about 4 months old lol.

[ndwariga]

Originally Posted by FordRules

That pic is about 4 months old lol.

I do not believe Fomoconews has covered this yet

[2b2]

anyone know what country has these licenseplates? (seems a lot of spypix have them)


& crossreferencing -
from AutoExpress via Bravada (today) and the1 @ CSS (June 20)


sketches' source?: slavche @ deviantART (sounds like he drew them) via mick78 @ CSS (same thread as above, June 19)



Quote: Originally Posted by FordRules
That pic is about 4 months old lol.

6
but who's counting... ...oh, guess I am
http://auto-future.blogspot.com/2007...focus-iii.html

[MKII]

The face lift for the MY2008 Focus will not be so extreme. Here is a spy pic which shows the face having similar changes the C-Max receieved
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/images/...o_220356_5.jpg
pic of the rear (estate or station wagon) shows slight changes to tail lights and bumper http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/images/...o_220354_5.jpg

The MY2007 Focus received some updates mainly in the interior which copy the interior designs on the new Mondeo, as far as the audio face plate.

On the one link 2b2 posted from autoexpress, there is a interior picture which is of the refreshed C-Max http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/images/...o_219404_5.jpg if you look at the door panels etc, the execution is very much the same as the new Mondeo.

I believe Job 1 is dated 03/12/07

[2b2]

continuing my quest to cross-reference the Internet...

Originally Posted by 2b2

anyone know what country has these licenseplates? (seems a lot of spypix have them)

Quote:
Originally Posted by lio45 @GMI
To answer the question you asked over at the other forum, these license plates are the standard format European Union plates... that's why they're pretty common. The letter(s) in the leftmost blue area indicates the country.
(The Focus in the pics has a German plate.)

[falcon lover]

Originally Posted by ndwariga

FoMoCoNews Highlight: 2008 Ford Focus Facelift

See the above CGI, well according to Autoexpress this is how the facelifted Focus will look like when it's presented later on the year. While we'll validate the fact that Ford will unveil a revised version of the Focus at the Frankfurt Show ?not possibly as Autoexpress notes but definitely as our Ford source told us, we seriously doubt that the car is set for such a dramatic mid-life makeover.

Despite its relatively lacklustre looks, the Focus is selling like hotcakes in Europe. According to JD Power (see chart after the jump), Ford's C-Segment hatch has found nearly 192.000 new owners in the first five months of 2007, placing it in the second place overall. Also, don?t forget that the third-generation is just two to three years away. What?s the point in proceeding to such a costly makeover if you're only going to keep it in production for half-a-cycle' Maybe a few changes here and there along with a new set of engines, but nothing more in our humble opinion.

Tuning Digest

Amazing....! too much ...atractive, radical!!!! but is not true......

[MaxLegroom]

I'd guess the coupe to be part of the makeover, the other pictures to be the MK III. Or how about the coupe as part of the plan to hand us the MK II while the rest of the world gets the MK III, again, despite the current plans?

[ndwariga]

I see alot of Verve in this concept