Focus is small, I fit better to my 300, Focus has no feeling at steering wheel, only some spring like thing that pulls wheel to center with strenght that exceeds any other feeling from wheel so great that it seems like steering wheel is not connected to wheels at all.
Focus is cold at winter, it has bad performance but still it drinks a lot and what was idea of putting lock to hood so you need to open it with key?!?
Oh yes, also those bad seats and really annoying suspension, clutch and brakes has no feel at all, but are so sensitive that you would need to drive without shoes. Engine (1,8l zetec) is so weak that you need 2k rpm to get started or thing just stalls, between 2k-6k+ has no any difference in power, it goes as bad no matter what revs are, but under that it feels like moped engine, there is no low end grunt at all, except if you keep throttle floored, that make parking bit annoying.
Then you really can't see out from thing, firstly head is on roof, if you like to see traffic light above you need to lean forward, A-pillars block any size of truck to be seen so you really need some acrobatics to be able to really see what is happening around you, specially in station wagon you can't see where you are reversing, there is tiny peep hole at back which they call window, but you can see so little trough that, that you need to actually get out from car to see there is no poles anywhere near.
And mirrors, when they are turned so much that they will go, you see in corner of mirror bit of road behind you, but mostly it is car sides that you see, but nothing more.
So for woman which has technical ability of 0 and who is no taller than 160cm that car may be rather fine, but rest can stay away from it
I find my 300 much more pleasant to drive, only thing that is better in that ford is road noise, but wind noise was about same.
This experience is based to 1,8l Focus from 1998 only 97000km done, I drove it few thousand kilometers, roads had ice, snow, gravel, tarmac and seson was from spring to late autumn/winter. Car was equipped with traction control and A/C which seemed not to be too good either, front of cabin was cold so your hand and foot were freezing while you head sweating, this was after A/C was repaired, before it did not work at all, great quality.
It just was not car for me, sure there is users that find it fine, but not for me, it does not make car crap for everyone if I find it crap for me so same is with 300, if you don't like it stay away and enjoy you Ford, but STFU about 300 which won't clearly fit for you, you traitor
