Are we finally going to get the real Focus?!: Grassroots Motorsports forum: Grassroots Motorsports Magazine

July 20, 2008 8:23 a.m. fastEddie Dork

Report: Ford to retool plants for European cars Troubled car giant plans to make small, fuel-efficient passenger vehicles

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July 20, 2008 8:42 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

hmmm... that sounds even cheaper than having two compleatly seperate production lines and production designs for the same car.
July 20, 2008 10:43 a.m. neon4891 HalfDork

it's a start, I guesse
July 20, 2008 12:34 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

well, at the moment Americans want small cars.. and not the small cars of yesterday, but small cars of substance.. expensive small cars that pack luxury, style, performance, and even fuel economy into a smaller chassis.

Hopefull we will finally be over the Bigger = more expensive
July 20, 2008 1:19 p.m. ValuePack HalfDork

Mondeo, eh? Nice car... hopefully it's not dumbed down for Americans too much. I've heard the Fiesta is slated for US production... that'd get my money.
July 20, 2008 2:10 p.m. Ryan9118 HalfDork

Hopefully they'd bring the new Focus RS to the States. I want one of those really bad.
July 20, 2008 3:46 p.m. billy3esq Dork

I'd love to have either a Focus RS, Focus ST, or Fiesta ST for me and a diesel Mondeo wagon for my wife.

Although, unless the U.S. refineries are reconfigured to optimize diesel production, I might be better off with that 2.3 litre gasoline engine in the Mondeo.
July 20, 2008 4:14 p.m. mattmacklind PowerDork

The Fiesta is cool, I'm down for one myself.