Nah not a Focus!!
You're correct about the mpg being good but the build quality is shocking. I used to work for Ford too so I know a little bit about their mechanics, they spend more time scratching their asses with spanners and creating weird shit out of various car parts by gluing them together than they do fixing the actual cars. What I have learnt from working for Ford is to NEVER buy one and if you do own one, NEVER get it serviced by a Ford mechanic!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 8 Sep 2009, 19:31, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I work
Directly for a motor manufacturer (not Ford!) in product development. I can say with absolute certainty that Ford are streets ahead of other European manufacturers when it comes to actual quality of engineering and reliability. VW group cars have a high perceived quality due to the nice materials used in the cabin and trim, but the mechanical bits are well below-par.

Don't confuse the quality of a manufacturer with the quality of one of its dealers (the manufacturers don't own the dealers). In terms of dealers, you'll get good ones and bad ones regardless of which manufacturer it franchises.
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 6:56, Reply)