Nice power and decent handling but crappy components.....usual Ford stuff I guess. I love hearing them try to tell me the car is better than my type R!!

 

Better than an R..i think not...better than the other focus' for sure...props to SVT for making it...a big to whoever told you that

 

wtf! Were they really telling you that the svt focus was better than the type R.

 

Take them for a ride...and find out how quickly they shut up

 

Yep...they were trying to more or less. Them main one they used on me was "Focus has sold more than Acura in the past three years". lol

 

LOL, I have wanted to drive one of those for a while now. I'll have to stop by the local ford and see if they can make it happen.

 

The car is good but would be great if it weighed 2400 lbs or so. Ford needs to learn about power to weight ratio. I don't know what made Ford decided to put big heavy rims and brakes on a car that doesn't have that much power to begin with.

I give them a big for making the car

I'm sure the next revision of it will be much better.

 

Didn't they have to stop making them because of safety issues? Like they started on fire or something?

 

i use to work at a ford dealership around me ,an we had 2 svt focus's an they are slower than ****, the shifter feels like *** , it sounds like a ******* weedwacker, it sounds so hollow it weighs a ton with its power, heated seats 2 amp 2 sub 6 speaker sound system and its horribly designed transmission , an it costs as much as a type r with the dealer markups the dealerships are putting on the svt's, at my old dealership they had the smallest an it was 5 grand on top of the 19,999 sticker price that was almost non negiotable, on the focus svt, go buy a real car

 

lol

But can they claim the Focus is the "most stolen vehicle?" I think not. (It has to be good for something.)

 

The SVT focus is definately not a Type R. But i think it waxes the overall competition in all round performance. Even the Nissan Spec V, which I thought dominated that segment (~20kUSD) was outlapped by the SVT in a head to head shootout by Road and Track.

So mad props for SVT for making it...probably one of Fords Best products, although I would put my money on the Mazdaspeed Protege now. (we're only talking new cars now right?)

Btw, just our of curiosity, how do you guys think the Spec V, SVT Focus, Mazdaspeed Protege, RSX-S, and GTS celica would compare performance wise?

 

My dad has a SVT Focus for a commuter car........... he says its ok. He wants to get a WRX tho........

 

Its a ford. Who cars.

jk

 

want a car with an excellent suspension and speed...get a spec v. i would love to have one over a wrx or svt focus (maybe even a type r).

 

hmm... from Ford, i'd take SVT Lightning

 

you my friend, need to put down the crack pipe.

Sentra Spec V= not groovy

WRX, ITR **** on spec v's when properly driven

rob- who would definately rock a Lightning or 03 Cobra, despite the Ford name

 

I haven't driven the Mazdaspeed Protege, but have driven the rest and the RSX-S is clearly the better car of the bunch (excluding the Protege which I haven't driven yet).

 

Yeah....pretty much the only SVT or Ford product I would have would be the '03 Cobra. But the mark up on those is about 5-6k over the sticker which is pretty much ridiculous being that hmmm....well let me see...it's a FORD!!! LOL

 

yes........i would sell my first born for a 03 cobra, and **** all over everyone....including type r's.

 

But dude, hype r's are the greatest car in the world... nothing can beat them, cept something from jdm land with boost, but thouse car's don't handle as well as the arrrr.... I mean hell, look what vt3c does for me

 

lmao! dude, move your engagement up.......powerband looks perfect otherwise

 

What is the spec of this svt focus - In the UK we have the ST170 and soon the Focus RS which is a turbo'd 2 ltr Zetec (200+bhp) with LSD etc. They sound quite good but I've not read enough impartial media coverage yet

http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/020806/4/104z5.html

http://www.focusrs.net/ford_media.htm

(the medias first impressions of these new car's is always good so they can get hold of a long term test car )

 

Euro fords

cosworth, rally spec foci OWN

 

NO..we certainly dont get that focus....i wish we did

 

This Focus here may very well spank a stock ITR.