Looking to get a the wife a Focus (couple of years old), and understand there is a new model due, secondhand ones (old model)usually drop in price when the new model arrives so need to know when this is gonna happen..

 

Had a look in Autocar but no date listed I'm afraid. Probably late 2004/2005 so it's a while off yet!

 

Im looking at getting one now and 2nd hand prices arent exactly steep anyway. My mate just got a 1.6 LX 52 reg, 4k miles, air con, alloys etc for £7k private.

Simon.

 

Thanks guys, I'll start looking now then,

 

From Top Gear website:

Ford Fiesta ST - Summer 2004
Ford Focus 2nd generation - 2004
Ford Focus C-Max - September 2003
Ford Focus MPV - Autumn 2003
Ford Fusion Plus - June 2003
Ford GT - Late 2004
Ford Mondeo facelift - July 2003
Ford Sportka - June 2003
Ford Think - Autumn 2003

[Edited by Witchfinder - 6/16/2003 12:28:43 PM]

 

Talking of Focus's, anyone know much about the tdci engines - up with the VAG lot or something to steer clear of?

Simon.

 

Got the 115 TDCi Ghia and other than not being desperatly fast off the line the car is great. I do 80 miles of dual carriage way a day and get 50-55mpg. It has a lot of torque so very rarely comes out of 5th even when traffic speeds drop.

Steve

 

i have the 115 zetec tdci
handles well
has a nicer spread of torque over the VAG engines IMHO

 

My brother has the 1.8 - i drive it quite a bit.

its quite a lively car with a brilliant chassis