Test drive Ford Focus sedan since 2010 sedan

Ford Focus 6100 km

So spring came. For our long -term dough, it is significant in two things. Firstly, by transition to Michelin summer tires. Secondly, global cleaning of the car from winter dirt and dust. Yes, even according to the old Zigulevsky habit, we decided to change candles by car. At the same time, the medical examination at the company service at the mark of 5 thousand kilometers of relapses in the health of our Focus did not find.
 
Journalists of one friendly auto publishing aircraft complained that in the Focus salon there are too many bold sweeping lines formed by the interfacing of different surfaces. And that it will not be easy to clean such a salon from dust. Well, I already experienced this and boldly can answer: dear Misha, the entire interior is vacuumed with a bang, and in just a few minutes the front panel again sparkles, like a new one.
 
By the way, many colleagues are rather bold design of the salon annoying. They say too sophisticated. Let me disagree. Yes, at first glance it is very unusual. But you get used to the new, indeed avant -garde design of New Edge quickly, then the reverse reaction occurs - all the other autoers seem boring and monotonous.
 
Moreover, the ergonomics of the driver’s workplace is perfectly thought out on Focus. With the onset of almost summer weather, speeds are growing, and more and more attention has to be paid to the road, not the controls. All auxiliary buttons and displays are conditionally divided into certain sectors with these most daring and sweeping lines, and the eyes or hands always find the desired button or screen.
 
On dry asphalt and with a rather aggressive driving style, you have to use brakes much more often. And I have already listened to a lot of complaints from my colleagues about the drum design of the brakes on the rear wheels. With such a brisk nature of the car, I would like to see them disc. And I can assure everyone: the brakes on Focus are the same frisky, to match the character. At a speed of 100 km/h, the car is braided to a standing position very quickly and without any problems associated with the absence of ABS system on this model. The only complaint can cause excessive biting the nose at the time of emergency braking. But it already depends on the suspension settings in the Russian way. Let me remind you that the springs in Russian Focus are one and a half rounds longer than in the European version. As a result, the center of gravity of the car is also slightly higher than it was originally conceived.
 
The design in the New Edge style undoubtedly gives Focus an exceptional charm. But it can turn into unforeseen expenses in the event of a body repair. In our case, it happened - in the last fleeting thaw from the roof of the ID Kommersant, a huge language of snow moved to the hood. As a result, the hood was wrinkled like an old cardboard. And, as luck would have it, according to the ribs of stiffness. As a result, the verdict of the masters is not subject to Richtovka, it must be changed assembly. What it will cost - see below.
 
(-) I sincerely want to complain to one annoying trifle-with the onset of warm days, everyone begins to wear light jackets and T-shirts. If there are at least a little synthetics in the clothes, then even after a short trip from the keyhole, it hits the current at the time of locking the doors. Let the upholstery of the seats look a little cheaper, but the rag needs to be changed.
(+) Correspondence of fuel consumption by the declared manufacturer. For the purity of the experiment, we did not flood the 95th, but continued to use the 92nd manufacturer. At the weekend, when you have to make throws out of town, fuel consumption is noticeably lower below 10 l/100 km. In the last Week-End on 36 liters, 385 km were passed.
(-/+) It seems that manufacturers got excited when they declared the maximum speed of this particular car in 198 km/h. On dry asphalt on the Moscow Ring Road on new good tires, I easily untwisted Focus to 165 km/h. The stroke of the pedal remained, but it was a little scary. The weight of the car with one driver is small, and the sensations are such that you are going to take off.
 
Text Nikolay Kachurin, photo Alexey Ilyin
       
List of additional options (salons)
Central Castle with a remote control $ 150
Central locking with automatic closing windows (with DU) $ 430
Security alarm with a double central lock, volume sensor, perimeter protection and automatic closing of windows, trunk and hatch (C) $ 700
Pillow for the front passenger $ 250
Fog lights $ 140
Metallic body painting $ 200
       
Our costs. March 28 - April 28
Mileage city/highway 2832 km. Gasoline consumption 294 liters
AI-92 gasoline ($ 0.29) $ 85.3
Replacement of the hood (with painting) $ 450
Candles Bosch $ 32
In just a month $ 567.3
       
The Ford Focus car is provided for a long -term test by the Moscow representative office of Ford Motor Company.

 

Source: "Autopilot"