And the Titanium comes with some of the active safety features that are optional on other cars: city-speed auto braking (Active City Stop), blind-spot warning, and rear cross-traffic alert. You get front parking sensors, and a semi-automated parking system. The driver’s seat is power-adjustable, and all seats are trimmed partly in leather. Spend more again on a Titanium and the wheels grow to 18 inches, and are fitted with significantly wider tyres of a lower profile, adding grip and sharpening steering response. A smart key allows you to unlock and start the car without removing the key from your pocket or bag. Headlamps switch on automatically when it’s getting dark, and the windscreen wipers also operate without you thinking about them.
#Focus 2015 driver
The Sport also has dual-zone climate control (which allows the driver and front passenger to choose different cabin temperatures), and a better sound system that receives digital radio. Spend more for the Focus Sport and you get bigger and arguably more stylish 17-inch wheels, and firmer suspension for more stable handling. The least expensive Focus is the Trend, which rolls on 16-inch wheels and has cloth seat trim.
What key features do I get if I spend more? Both are driver-focused performance models.
#Focus 2015 manual
The Focus ST and RS Limited come only with six-speed manual gearboxes. The Focus Titanium is available only as an auto. The auto is now a conventional design that moves off fluidly from rest, shifts smoothly and makes city driving easy. They switch off the engine when you come to a halt, and restart it when you press the accelerator to drive away.įocus Trend and Sport models come with six-speed manual or (optionally) six-speed automatic gearboxes. The 2.3-litre, four-cylinder turbo-petrol in the all-wheel drive Focus RS supplies you with roughly twice as much go as the 1.5 engine, while using about 40 per cent more fuel on the official test – and you have to run it on premium petrol.Īll three Focus engines have stop-start systems that cut fuel use in the city. The 2.0-litre, four-cylinder turbo-petrol that drives the Focus ST produces about half again as much thrust as the 1.5 engine in the less costly cars, and uses about 25 per cent more fuel. They are restricted to the very sporty Focus ST and RS hatchbacks. Two other engines are available in a Focus, both bigger and much more powerful again. It’s smaller than the non-turbo engines it replaced, but it feels more powerful - and it is.
#Focus 2015 update
This turbocharged engine arrived with the model update of October 2015. (The Trend was also among the quickest of them.) However, the figure for an auto Focus Trend driven in Wheels comparison testing was 10.5 litres/100km – making it the most thirsty of the 12 hatchbacks reviewed for the January 2017 issue. The 3000km average for a manual Focus Sport on the long-term test fleet of Wheels magazine was 8.0 litres/100km.
In the real world, you can expect it to use quite a bit more than that, depending on how hard you drive it. The turbocharged, 1.5-litre four-cylinder that powers the Focus Trend, Sport and Titanium models uses least petrol, consuming as little as 5.8 litres/100km on the official test (city and country combined).That’s with a manual gearbox – autos use slightly more. Which engine uses least fuel, and why wouldn't I choose it? The Focus is covered by a three-year, 100,000km warranty.
(For more on Focus safety systems, please open the Safety section below.)
Usually it comes in an extra-cost Technology Pack that adds other active safety aids also, and active cruise control. On all but the Focus RS Limited, six airbags: two directly in front of the driver and front passenger one alongside each front occupant to protect the upper body and side-curtain airbags that protect heads front and rear from side impacts – the Focus RS has only four airbags: frontal, and full-length side-curtain.Īutonomous emergency braking is available on every Focus except the very high performance Focus RS. Hill launch assist, which controls the brakes automatically to help you start from rest on a slope.Įlectronic stability control, which can help control a skid. Wheels made from aluminium alloy, which look nicer than steel wheels with plastic covers and usually are lighter (and hold the road better).