Pretty epic was the presentation of the new - fourth generation Ford Focus 2019 model year. Epicity is that two presentations of the car took place in one day - at the European and Chinese exhibition. It is noteworthy that the manufacturer's company represents a new generation model not as an updated, but as a completely new version of the world-famous car.
new versions of Ford Focus 2019
According to the Creators, they created something more than we saw in the Ford Focus cars of the past years - now it is embodied by advanced modern technologies, a new level of comfort and enviable characteristics. After such statements, I want to get acquainted with such a car closer.
Design of a new model
Before proceeding with the description of the car's appearance it is worth noting that the restyled Ford Focus is available in three variations of the bodies - sedan, hatchback and wagon, and the cross-version is also provided. Another important point is to move the model to a completely new platform, which made it possible to strengthen the new Ford Focus Body and put it on an independent active suspension.
new Hatchback Ford Focus St-Line 2019
Now, with regard to the appearance of the model - here we will get a car with a really catchy design for your market niche. Ford Focus 2018-2019 model year received a rapid front part with new LED headlights, inside which designers have placed LED brackets, which looks incredibly cool! The falseradiator grille has the same form for all types of bodyworks, but its drawing is different - the sedan and the wagon are horizontal lines, and the hatchback has a cellular grille in their place. The front bumper borrowed stylish brace-like niches on the sides, where fog lights and small ducts are located.
Ford Focus Active 2019
The most interesting feed is presented at the new generation hatchback - bright geometric strokes of the ribs smoothly poured into the body body. The base of the rear bumper is defiantly raised and decorated with plastic protection, in the right part of which the dual exhaust pipes are located. On the sides of the bumper, small niches for dimensional lights fit in deepeners under the corner protrusions. The main rear lights, creating the contrast of the geometry of the ribs, got smooth patterns inside. Cross version of Ford Focus looks like a Ford Hatchback Focus.
universal Ford Focus Wagon 2019
The universal, on the contrary, has more comfortable features and lines in the body: there are no such sharp smears of ribs, a single exhaust pipe, less daring front headlights. The sedan is a cross between both of these bodies: headlights, rear bumper - from hatchback, a falseradiator grille, anterior bumper, a single exhaust pipe - from the station wagon, the strokes of the lines on the body are not so catchy, like the first, but not so smooth like the second. Thus, we received one car with several characters in which each owner will find its reflection.
new Ford Focus Vignale
ford Focus salon - what change
Having found out in the cabin of the new model of the fourth generation, you understand that, compared with the previous version of the car, this has increased the spaciousness - the place has become significantly more. Also immediately, an improved modern salon with functional and optional diversity is thrown. The top of the center console is marked with a vertical touchscreen display, under which the music system management buttons are located (as an alternative to control from the display) and large air deflectors.
salon new Ford Focus 2019
For the comfort of stay inside the new focus, convenient seats meet (front - with deep fit and side support) with ventilation and heated.
The driver will delight a high-quality color information panel and a comfortable chubby steering wheel with a multifunctional car control system. For models with a manual box in the cabin, a stylish gear shift lever with a spherical end is placed on top, and for cars with automatic transmission - a control washer, like the jaguar models.
In view of the change of the cart, the body also changed its overall dimensions of the Ford Focus (hatchback / wagon):
- length: 4380/4670 mm;
- width: 1827 mm (in all bodies);
- height: 1455/1480 mm;
- the magnitude of the wheelbase: 2700 mm.
The owners are invited to equip their car with wheelbarges - to choose from 17-19-inch.
At the automotive exhibitions in which the new Ford Focus participated, information about the proposed equipment did not sound. But, given the fact that on sale in the European and Russian markets, they will arrive this fall, you should expect the publication of this data in the near future.
Specifications Ford Focus 2018-2019
For a new generation, Ford Focus provides four power units:
- 3-cylinder gasoline liter engine with power in 86, 101 and 124 hp;
- 4-cylinder petrol 1.5-liter motor, outstanding 151 and 180 hp;
- 3-cylinder turbocked diesel engine with a volume of 1.5 liters and with a capacity of 96 and 121 hp;
- 4-cylinder 2-liter diesel turbo engine with 150 hp
Complete cars will be 6-speed mechanics and 8-speed automata.
Price Ford Focus New Model 2019
The minimum price in Germany is 18,700 euros (at the rate of 1,428,000 rubles). The cost of the new Ford Focus on the Russian market will start from 1.460.000 rubles.
Video Test Ford Focus 2018-2019:
Photo of an updated Ford Focus 2019:
In early 2018, the updated Ford Focus 4 was officially announced in the markets of Europe and China. This time, the German division of the company was engaged in the development of the car. Despite similar features with previous versions, the model was subjected to significant changes, and this time not only technological, but also ideological. The beginning of sales Ford Focus 4 in Europe was scheduled for September 2018.
In the review we will try to tell about all significant innovations, we will describe the first impressions of the model, and also try to predict whether Ford Focus 4 will be successful in Russia. As a bonus, in the end we compare with previous versions of the car, we will analyze their advantages and disadvantages.
General impressions of the test drive
But we will be honest. To say that the company's specialists managed to achieve some outstanding indicators. Car Ford Focus 4 will be successfully sold, but will not go to the history of the automotive industry.
Designers and the marketer had to go to a number of compromises to create decent competition in the market. But about all more details you will learn further.
Appearance car
With each new version, the car was deprived of rounded forms, increasingly leaning towards chopped and more rapid lines. In Ford Focus 4 generations, this decision has reached its apogee. If the profile can still catch continuity with previous versions, then there are completely different cars from another price category.
The appearance of the new Ford Focus 4 added in aggressiveness and high cost, based on the fact that this model will be popular with youth. To achieve such striking changes to the company's specialists managed to thanks to the new exclusive C2 platform. It presents several modifications at once: sedan, station wagon, 3 and 5 door hatchback, as well as a cross-version.
The front of the car underwent huge changes. You can see them in the photo Ford Focus 4. Designers retained the idea of \u200b\u200bseparating the radiator grille into two parts, but it has been radically recycled. Instead of a small slot with chrome inserts, a massive rhomatic false lattice is installed in the upper part. It should be noted that the drawing on it may vary, depending on the body type you chose. So, in the versions of the sedan and the wagon closed the lattice long horizontal chrome-plated bands (as it was in previous modifications), and the hatchback and cross-version instead there are hundred-shaped cells (a previously similar solution could be found at the ST-R racing modification), and premium Vignale equipment received wave-like chrome stripes.
Also on the presentation of the car was given quite a lot of attention to the lower air intake of the bumper. Now it does not only act as a decorative element, but also performs the function of the aerodynamic shield. It distributes a counter-stream of air, preventing the rear in the rear axle and the tunnel, thereby improving passive noise insulation, and also improves the cooling of the front calipers, which reduces their wear and increases efficiency with active ride.
Inspecting photos of Ford Focus 4, you can see how strong changes are the bumper itself. Outwardly, it has become more massive, but designers have attached maximum effort to improve its streamlining. Instead of familiar forms, we see complex bends and rapid lines. On a general background, sections for fog lamps are distinguished brightly, along the edges of which real air intakes are located, and not doubt, as often can be seen in this price segment.
The last Ford Focus 4 actively supports a new direction in the design, namely the refusal is abundant chrome elements. Therefore, on the front of the car it can only be found in the exclusive configuration of the Vignale, sedan and universal. But even so, it will be insignificant elements, in the form of a chrome-plated bands on the grille of the radiator or edging of the fog headlights.
Separately, it is worth mentioning optics. In its appearance and functionality, it is almost similar to the one that is installed on the last Volvo hatchbacks. Perhaps this is not original, but the two-storey headlights of the headlight fit perfectly into a common sport design, but more importantly, perfectly perform their function.
The appearance of Ford Focus 4 in Afas has undergone a much smaller number of changes, but they also rush. Designers tried to visually expand the arches and add sports "muscularity". It is more than succeeded. On the side of the car looks no less aggressive than in front. Also changed the glazing line. She got a drop-shaped form, which visually narrows the roof as they approach the trunk. Thus, the car seems lower that again should emphasize it near the sports orientation.
Surprise fans and new discs on Ford Focus 4. First of all, they are large: 17 inches in the database and up to 19 inches in the maximum configuration. Looking at them, it is immediately clear that their development, like a car as a whole, was engaged in a German unit. In terms of its design, they largely repeat the popular BMW discs of preceding models with minor models.
Now that it is waiting for us in the "Fileyna" part of the car. Pursuing the overall stylist, it became more "pumped" and received many aerodynamic bends. The rear window has decreased noticeably, in particular, due to the increased visor of the spoiler. Except, except that the version of the sedan is where the glazing line has been sustained.
The rear optics instead of a smooth drop-shaped form received a strict, sport design, with the same angular backlight pattern. Such a solution can be found almost all of the competitors of the segment and it looks really good. The bumper became wider, and almost completely lost smooth transitions. Most of it is closed with matte plastic and powerful splitter. At its edges, additional stop signals of the trapezoidal form are installed. On the right there is a split tip of the exhaust system.
In general, the design of the novelty was successful. The car though has lost the tolik of the former originality, but it is quite interesting and not boring looks in its price segment.
Salon and interior
To say that the Salon of the new Ford Focus has changed, will be in the root incorrect. It was completely redesigned for many, the innovations will come to taste. Earlier, motorists, including the fans of the model, cried the previous generation for the Kinetic Design salon, or rather, for its inappropriate bulkiness and futuristicity. To change, he came popular today minimalism.
Central panel and console
The most notable change was the front panel and the central console. So, they have become much smaller and no longer take out so much free space, at least visually. The front panel itself is divided into three conventional levels. At the top top there is a classic instrument panel, large (maximum complete set of as 8 inches) multimedia screen and a minimum set of keys responsible for controlling multimedia system.
By the way, the latter acquired support for Apple Car Play and Android AUTO. The joy of orthodox drivers, the instrument shield is classic, the company's engineers are not yet ready to offer electronic analogs in this price segment. Instead, you can be content with a projection screen.
At the second level of the front panel, now the minimum of the elements: control of electric glass lifts along the edges of the door, the classic adjustment set of headlights and a small climate control panel with two analog displays.
Well, at the very bottom you will find a miniature, compared with the previous generation, the central panel. Now there is enough space on it to arrange the phone and the mass of other necessary things. The most familiar ABS selector was replaced by a puck. To this decision, perhaps you will have to get used, but it looks very stylish and organically. In addition to the washer in the panel, the electronic helper control buttons are located (when descent, when lifting and even off-road), a set of necessary connectors (AUX, USB, wireless charging for a smartphone), as well as an electronic handler. In all this update, the only untouched element was the steering wheel.
Decoration Materials
After the Korean car, Ford Focus 4 will seem a sip of fresh air. And no, there is not talking about design, just in this matter is a complete copy of the modern Hyundai and Kia, talk about the materials used.
All salon elements with which you interact are made of high quality plastic. It is pretty soft and has a pleasant texture. In some sets, the upper part of the central panel is stylized under the skin with a line. Without looking at the details, it will be difficult to distinguish such a duvene. And in the case of an expensive package of Vignale, some salon elements are really covered with genuine leather, and decorative inserts are made of aluminum.
The new Ford Focus 4 generation boasts premium materials finishing of soft elements. Here you are available to choose from: high-quality fabric, manufactured by branded technology, combination of materials (fabric + leather), fully leather finish, Alcantara (only in the Vignale configuration). It should be noted that the "soft" elements in the car much more than we are accustomed. In addition to the seats, such inserts can be found on the armrest, door cards, and even at the edges of the central console.
Ergonomics and visibility
As mentioned above, the company refused the old design of Kinetic Design, and the development of the new they entrusted German engineers. Therefore, it is expected, the result satisfies all the modern requirements of consumers.
Controls are now divided into several groups: multimedia, climate control, suspension and transmission, optics and ESP. It is impossible to get confused in them, but more importantly, they are all on their usual places and a couple of hours a ride to get used to them.
The new body Ford Focus 4 received a more extensive glass line. Noticeably thinned the front racks and the central console decreased. All this has a beneficial effect on visibility. Now the car has become even easier to control.
As for the seats, Ford again borrowed the design of the VOLVO, setting the "innovative" head restraints and special backs of the chairs. How did it affect them? Reliable side fixation, the right landing, the presence of all adjustments that are already with an average configuration become electronic, made them only better.
Innovation will notice not only to the driver, but also passengers. Due to the new platform, the car has become noticeably spacious. Behind the passengers appeared as much as 50 mm of additional space in the legs and 60 mm in the shoulders, as well as 30 mm in height. The tilt of the back is noticeably increased, as well as the length of the "pillows" under the feet.
Well, at the end it is worth talking about the luggage compartment. In classic versions of the sedan and hatchback it remained almost unchanged, but for Ford Ford Focus 4 wagon is waiting for a small refinement. The trunk was higher, wider and longer than a couple of centimeters, but more importantly, the loading height decreased almost 5 centimeters. Regarding the equipment, then it has everything you need: 12V connector, a curtain, optional mesh for dogs. Not without innovations. Rear seats are now equipped with Easy Fold. According to developers with its help, it is possible to faster and easier to fold the rear row.
Management and Comfort
Due to the tough competition in the segment, it becomes increasingly difficult to stand out by design or equipping. But in this case, American marketers and German engineers focused on handling and comfort. The old platform fully exhausted himself and a new body of Ford Focus 4 came to shift with the C2 marking. In comparison with the predecessor, its wheelbase increased by 54 cm, and the rigidity has improved by as much as 20%. How did this affect the car?
The car has become tougher. This is especially noticeable on the Ford Focus Focus Model 4 Hatchback. Controllability has improved. The response to the steering action occurs almost instantly. This is certainly not an indicator of sports-karov, but significantly surpasses the competitors of the segment. In turns, the car enters virtually any adequate speed. Significant assistance in management is provided by electronic stabilization systems.
With regard to the smoothness of the stroke, then it can be fed to Ford Focus 4 sedan and wagon. There the running system is less compressed and much better worries small irregularities. In addition, an enlarged wheelbase play a huge role. You will still feel strong irregularities, blocking and "lying police". In the remainder situations you can move with relative comfort.
Noise isolation in the car and with its function it copes almost perfect. Perhaps it will be lacking in winter, while driving on studded rubber, but such drawbacks are found in more expensive cars.
At Ford Focus 4, the universal can be safe to ride long trips. A huge trunk and pickup engines contribute to this. As mentioned above, landing in the car is thoughtful. The driver can safely drive not one hundred kilometers of a way, not feeling fatigue. But the rear row can disappoint lovers to ride a large company. The rear sofa has pronounced side support, in connection with which the third passenger will have to sit on the resulting hillock. But for ride in the four-way car suitable as it is impossible.
In general, if you read the Ford Focus 4 from European motorists, you can easily understand that the car rose to one step above and now, much better associated with the European C-class.
Test Drive Ford Focus 4 on off-road
Many will probably surprise that the typical city car is tested on off-road. The reason for this decision is the new equipment of Ford Focus 4 Cross. It has been completed according to all popular trends: Bodybuilding ABS plastic, increased clearance, front-wheel drive and a wide range of various electronic helpers. What is the result of such a transformation?
We will be honest, the car is not suitable for real off-road. But with such tasks, as a trip to the cottage or nature on a country road, he is more than good. Non bad car copes on a snowy road, which is quite weight in the context of the Russian climate.
Such indicators are not surprising. German engineers were not easy raised by the car, and really worked on his chassis. The improvements touched the springs and shock absorbers, in the maximum version they received electronic adjustments, the chassis received reinforced elements, and electronic helpers modified functionality.
If you summarize, then the clearance of Ford Focus 4 in the cross version is as much as 185 mm. Also, the car has good ramp angles and almost flat bottom closed with all sorts of plastic protection. Such indicators have enough to compete with front-wheel drivers, with which this model is perfectly coping with.
Specifications
Every year, modern cars are becoming more and more, and the sizes of Ford Focus 4 are the next confirmation. This time, the engineers did not stretch the old "trolley" and increase the plastic parts, as many in this segment do, and completely changed the platform. According to the engineers themselves, the new modular design of C2, has become the most advanced brand development, and in the future it will be possible to meet in other models. What has changed? Let's deal with.
- Length - 4379/4670 mm, which is 18 mm more than the predecessor;
- Width - 1825 mm;
- Height - 1454/1480 mm;
- Curb weight - 1383 kg, which is 88 kg less than the predecessor;
- Wheel base - 2701 mm, which is 53 mm more than the predecessor;
- Trunk volume - 375/1354 L hatchback, 608/1650 Universal;
- Volume of fuel tank - 50 liters;
- Tire size - 205/60 R16 (only for Europe), 215/50 R17, 235/40 R18, 245/30 R19;
- Clearance - 155 mm in the basic version, 185 mm in the configuration Active and 145 in the Vignale / St-Line version.
Other equally important indicators include the windshield coefficient. At the sedan, it is only 0.250, and Ford Focus 4 wagon, hatchback and cross version 0.273.
The new body uses modern aluminum alloys, steel, as well as composite materials. In total, this made it possible to increase the rigidity of the body by 20%, and the reliability of the fastening of subframes to incredible 50%. Also, the Ford Focus 4 sedan model managed to pass the crash test. Indicators, in comparison with the previous generation, improved by 40% with a frontal collision and 35% in the side. All thanks to the addition of new ribs of rigidity and predicted fermented zones.
Ford Features Focus 4: Transmission and DVS
As already known, together with the C2 platform, the novelty received a number of new power units, as well as a fully recycled automatic transmission. It did not cost without innovation, but let's start in order.
Motors Ford Focus 4:
- 1.0 ECOBOOST - Gasoline Three Cylinder Motors 1 liter. Power will vary within 85, 100 and 125 hp depending on the configuration and sales country;
- 1.5 ECOBOOST - petrol four cylinder power units of one liter. Power may also vary within 150 and 182 hp;
- 1.5 Ecoblue - diesel four-cylinder 2.5 liter cylinder. Depending on the configuration, the maximum power will be 95 or 120 hp. A more powerful version has a torque of 300 nm and it is achieved at 2000 by 2 / s. Junior under the same conditions can offer only 250 N.M.;
- 2.0 Ecoblue - diesel four cylinder DVS with a volume of 2.0 liters. Maximum power 150 hp and 350 NM with 2000 rev / s.
All the above presented engines have from one to two turbines. Gasoline models are also equipped with a system for changing the phases of the gas spare mechanism. The most younger version of 1.0 EcoBoost received a unique, company and this segment, cylinder deactivation technology. It allows you to turn off one of the cylinders when there is no need for full power. Enable and shutdown occurs for 14 milliseconds.
Now regarding diesel power units. They are equipped with new steel pistons and low-energy turbines. Also, they use AdBlue technology familiar to the European market (urea additive in fuel). That is why there will be no models with diesel engines to the Russian market.
It is worth expecting that an atmospheric engine of 1.6 liters and a capacity of 85 and 120 hp will be added for the CIS countries and the capacity of 85 and 120 hp, which we have already met last generations.
Now about the transmission. Due to the numerous complaints of buyers, the company's engineers decided to temporarily abandon the Robotic PowerShift gearbox. To shift, it came to the 8-step hydraulic transformer automatic transmission of the ZF brand. Good news for fans of mechanics. It can be found in many grades, excluding the maximum. The company's engineers offer a 6-step mechanic from corporate production with a fork mechanism.
If you explore the latest Ford Focus News 4, then you can find out that now the car will be equipped with a rear multi-dimensional independent suspension, but only in rich equipment and cross-versions. The rest will have to be content with the classic beam behind and MacPherson in front.
Prices and equipment
The model is sold for some time in Europe and China, and prices for Ford Focus 4 are already known in Russia. So the fans of the model can already rub the handles.
Feeding Ford Focus 4 (euro prices):
- basic version with mechanics and engine 1.0 l. - 18,700;
- intermediate version of Special Edition with automatic transmission and engine 1.5l. - 25 300;
- sports equipment St-Line with automatic transmission and 1.5 liters. - 29,700;
- focus Active crossover with 1.0 engine and mechanic - from 25,400;
- premium version Vignale with 1.5 liters. DVS and automatic transmission - from 32,000.
Now, with regard to other versions. Basic Ford Focus 4 Wagon begins with a mark of 19,900 euros, and in the version of Special Edition, the price will grow 24,900. But in both cases you get a liter engine and automatic transmission. The sedan in the same configuration will cost 500 euros cheaper. Models with a 1.5 liter power unit begins from 26,000 and 26,500 euros, for a sedan and station wagon, respectively. The price for Ford Focus 4 with diesel engines begins from 22,000 euros. But it is not worth counting on their appearance in the domestic market. At least those declared in European and Chinese specifications.
Selection of used car
To evaluate the new Ford Focus 4, and predict its further advantages and disadvantages, you can take a look at the past generations of the car. Especially already known the date of sales Ford Focus 4, and many Russian motorists who have previously been the owners of previous generations, are waiting for new items. Therefore, a lot of interesting cars will appear on the market, which can be considered to buy.
First generation. These are quite affordable and simple options. When purchasing them, first of all it is worth paying attention to the body's condition. Many cars for more than 15 years, corrosion and accidents did their job. With the engines everything is much easier. It is not recommended to consider the purchase of diesel versions, as well as 1.4 liter gasoline. The optimal option will be models with 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 liter motors.
Second generation. One of the most popular on the secondary market. Choose a good option will not work. Just like in the last case, start from the body. Local subcasses are small. But the car after serious accidents is better bypass. With engines as well. Little volumetric and diesel versions are better not to consider. Optimal power units begin with 1.6 liters. The best option will be 2.0 liter gasoline engine. Regarding transmission, the mechanics and automatic transmission are reliable here, but the robotic versions have bad fame.
Third generation. It is divided into dorestayling and restyling. First, as a result, much more in the market. But they have the same problems. More precisely, it is only one - preselative robotic PowerShift gearbox. Cars with her can only be taken on a small run and only if you know the history of the car. In other cases, it is better to avoid such modifications. Otherwise, the car does not have critical problems.
Now you know the weak points of previous generations of focus, and you can safely pick up a good option, or just buy Ford Focus 4 in a new body.
If you want to learn more about Ford Focus of past generations, read the reviews of the owners presented below.
conclusions
How to understand whether the car is interested in buyers? As soon as the release date of Ford Focus 4 was announced in Russia, thousands of drivers were already interested. And it is not surprising. The novelty has lost many shortcomings and has absorbed innovations that we have seen competitors. But in this case, all changes went to her benefit. What is only a premium and off-road version.
It only hopes that the price in Russia for Ford Focus 4 will not grow strongly, as well as that all the same modifications will appear with a reliable atmospheric power unit. But you can learn about this no earlier than the summer of 2019.
The platform for the presentation of the focus in the body "Universal" was the auto station in Germany in the spring of 2018. Restyling seriously walked through all the parameters of the machine. The new model will be able to boast a significantly converted design, which is obliged to please many, high-quality and convenient salon, trimmed by good materials, and will also receive decent technical characteristics for its class. Ford Focus 4 (Universal) 2018 is perfectly suitable for family people of any age, which is important not only how the car looks, but also how she rides.
One of the main advantages of the car is the appearance. The new body is very different from past generation. In the photo you can find a fully converted face and the back, which have acquired new relief, optics, air intakes and other elements, and on the sides are now decorated with all sorts of wave-like protrusions and deepening.
The front of the car has become somewhat more. She grabbed both in length and height. The hood lid is now located under a slight tilt to the road, and closer to the center begins to close. Under the hood you can find a new massive radiator grid, having a polygon shape. There are several horizontal bands inside it, which, like the perimeter, is separated by chrome. On the sides of the air intake, there are quite large drop-like headlamp headlights, which will be xenon.
For body kit, there are not so many places, but it still has a lot of interesting things. Its central part is filled with a small air intake strip, which increases the amount of cooled air entering the subcontrol space. At the edges of the body, you can find small recesses containing fog-optics. Also there are many embossed protrusions.
Very much car was transformed on the sides. Immediately in the eye rushes an abundance of wave-like relief, most of which is located on the doors. The windows area increased noticeably, so that each passenger will now have the best overview for everything that happens around the car. The glass themselves take interesting forms here and can be framed by either chrome or black gloss. A little more began to fly off the archer, and the wheels are now decorated with stylish disks of quite large sizes.
Most aggression machine exudes from behind. Like many similar cars, the roof ends with a wide visor, complemented by stop signals. Under it is a highly relief door of the luggage compartment, which also can also find long bands of overall optics. It will noticeably pierces the kit, consisting of fog, a small plastic layer and only one, unfortunately, the cutout for the exhaust pipe.
Salon
Many changes got a car and inside. The new Ford Focus 4 (Wagon) 2018 model year can boast the trim of the cabin made of natural or artificial leather, a variety of fabrics, plastic and even metals. The multimedia snap-in noticeably improved. Now the driver will be noticeably less tired on the way, as the car got a huge number of modern assistants.
The central console of the machine is made very neat and stylish. At the very top of the torpedo there is a sufficiently large display of the multimedia system with sensory control, in which almost all functions of the machine are collected. The analog control elements of the functionality are located just below the panel made in the form of a thin strip. Here you can find several buttons and washers that are responsible for setting up climatic installation and various heated. Then there was a place for neat deflectors, and the console finishes the shield console with holes for accessories and several more buttons.
A pleasant appearance got a tunnel. It begins with a large deepening, in which you can store a different manual sting, as well as charge the phone using a wireless charging technology. In the center of the tunnel, you can find either a handle to switch gear, or a special washer to select a ride mode, several buttons and a row of massive cupcakes with the possibility of cooling. Ends all the huge armrest, inside which there is a large compartment for things capable of cooling the contents.
The quality of chairs has improved noticeably. The car, though large, the seats are only five there, so there will be enough space for each passenger to enjoy a comfortable trip to any distance. They will be discontinued either leather or tissues, depending on the configuration. Also, the seats are complemented by all sorts of equipment to improve the level of comfort. Front you can find heated, a lot of electroreglines, excellent side support and comfortable headrests. The rear triple sofa boasts heated seats adjustable by the back, armrest with holes for glasses and its own climate system in a rich configuration.
Impressive and size of the trunk of the car. The wagon can carry things up to 1650 liters. Later, the test drive will refute or confirm this information.
Specifications
Ford Focus 4 2018 in the "Universal" body will move both with diesel engines and with gasoline. The first includes aggregates whose volumes vary from 1.5 to 2.0 liters. Their capacity may vary from 95 to 150 horsepower, which is not so little. The gasoline row is represented by engines from 1 to 1.5 liters, outstanding 85-182 forces. In the database, each device works in a pair with a six-speed mechanic that transmits efforts to the front axle. For surcharge, the car can be equipped with an eight gear machine.
Configuration and prices
Unfortunately, the price, as well as a set of options for Ford Focus 4 (wagon) 2018 not yet disclosed.
Release date in Russia
At home, the car will go on sale already at the end of 2018. Start of sales in Russia, as well as many European countries, is expected closer to the spring of 2019.
A new fourth-generation hatchback, known worldwide as a budget "killer" VW Golf, was finally shown without a hint of camouflage. The sharp lines of modern design and updated technologies give him a new chance in life.
Meet the new Ford Focus 2018! One of the most beloved family hatchbacks worldwide, which was anewed in the current year. By the way, the renewal of the car is timed to the round date -20th anniversary of the first model of the Focus line model. The continuity of a new generation is noticeable to the unarmed look, while the designers gave the novelty a completely new style, a new look, a new appearance and applied very, very many technologies, much more than ever before.
Here it is what is the best Ford Focus
Competition for the new focus of the fourth generation at least debugs. The company rivals got serious, one of the other better. Among the main competitors in the world ranking, Chevrolet Cruze, updated by several years earlier, the second American model is represented by Hatchback and Sedan. German Volkswagen golf, class founder, and that says it all!
Also, competitors were not bad - and. Models, maybe not so externally attractive as the new Focus (although we will not argue about tastes), but definitely in the world more affordable.
Many of the listed models have been updated, but "Blue Oval" lagged behind. Therefore, now the company had to play on the advance expectations, to make a truly unexpected exterior design, of course, backing up a beautiful wrapper worthy internal content.
Take a look at the new focus and you will immediately understand that we are in front of us, the design of which was not painted with a clean sheet, as it wants to show. In the model of a new generation, the continuity of generations is clearly traced, the features of the old model are visible, although not clearly. But there is nothing wrong with that, even, on the contrary, well. Why invent the wheel, if you can, based on high-quality start, make even better continuation?
"In proportion to the focus is largely ripe- explained Jordan Bennett design manager. "The salon shifted further back compared to the old car, the front racks also leaned toward the rear fifth door."
"Add to this a longer hood and a more powerful appearance, - he said. - This effect is enhanced on cars in expensive equipment. If you take Focus with big wheels, the car will look more suppressed and squat. Also he will look wider" In general, Fordovtsy was able to achieve large sizes, without spoiling an appearance. Rare combination.
If you look at the new hatchback on the side, you can easily treat athlete athlete in it, which is preparing for a jump.
"We played with concave forms using very clear, as if carved lines. The topic of the exterior is simple - one line starts from the bumper, which reaches back and disappears in the rear door. We tried to reproduce the traditional sports car - squat, athletic. "
Look at the focus from behind, and in it you will find a reflection of more expensive models, unlikely competitors American - - and. Sizes and appearance coincide.
On the back door, Focus is written in large chrome letters, that's all you need to know. The main thing is the main one. Even in the inscription is calculated to a millimeter. What does it say about? Yes, that everything is calculated to the smallest detail. Each detail!
Ford still believes that the first generation focus has become a reference model among the hatchbacks of the early 2000s. The design was sorry to part, at some stage of development, even wanted to make the taillights as on the first model, but thought on time.
Internal architecture
While the appearance is not like the original focus, the Ford tried under the metal "skin", the Ford tried to save part of the old car DNA. The fourth generation was built on the new Ford C2 platform, in which the model differs from the previous generation of an independent rear suspension - as on the original car model - also, it has the Continuous Controlled Damping system (automatic system of continuous adjustment of the stance of shock absorbers).
This system controls the suspension, the body, affects controllability, braking and of course adjusts shock absorbers for a safe and comfortable ride.
New driving modes (Normal, Sport and ECO) and torque vectorization function appeared on the car. Ford also claims that the new steering with the electric drive is clearer and responsive, not a couple of previous versions.
Consider the fact that the new car is 20 percent a tougher body. All of the above hints to us that Ford wants to regain their crown and the title of the manufacturer of the best hatchback of the family.
Security System Ford Focus 4th Generation
As expected, the Focus security arsenal was expanded, otherwise with rivals like VW Golf, the American hatchback could simply be able to cope on a competitive field.
The opponent is now the owner of such technically advanced systems, that only a few years ago we could see them only on expensive premium brands. Today, important technologies are available on budget models.
You can order a focus with an autonomous second-level autopiloting system, which has become available for the use of Ford Co-Pilot360 technology, which includes adaptive cruise control with the saving fuel in the city of Stop & Go, Sign Recognition (sign recognition) and Lane-Centring ( Centering on the traffic strip) is included in the set.
Other driver aids include:
E.vasive Steering Assist (Assistance Turning Technology)
B.lind Spot Monitoring (track tracking) with Cross Traffic Alert (Cross Transport Warning) and Wrong Way Alert (warning about the departure of the counter movement)
Pluce to the list is added by Ford MyKey (allows parents to block some functions in the car when transporting children), belts with built-in security pillows and a braking system that works at the moment when the collision still happened, preventing the car moving.
AND Finally, in the new car it will be possible to detect an improved generation of Active Park Assist (Parking Assistant) and Pre-Collision Assist working in close collaboration with pedestrian detection technology and cyclists.
Other innovations in the cabin
For the first time, customers will be offered matrix LED headlights. Smart lighting devices will prevent the blinding of other participants in the movement. Lighting devices will also receive technology that allows you to briefly expand the lighting area, to improve visibility.
Focus can be ordered with super-bright head-up display projected on the windshield. The company says that this is the only market in the market, which is so bright that information from it is easy to consider even in sunglasses.
Fourth-generation models will receive the latest Ford Sync 3 information and entertainment system, which includes an eighty-lifted touch screen with Apple CarPlay and Android AUTO support, as well as Bluetooth data transfer technology.
But what was not exactly on the previous model - the FordPass Connect system, the new technology in which an access point for 10 devices and satellite navigation with the Live update.
If the driver boosts the application for his FordPass smartphone, it will be able to find, block and unlock your car, and if the focus is equipped with an eight-adjusted automatic transmission, it can even be removed. Wireless charging phone also appears for the first time in Hatche.
Salon Ford
The interior design causes a resistant sensation to the form and it is absolutely logical. Many interior elements we have already seen in the last generation. As is customary in modern automotive, the whole composition is built around a large central touch screen. The quality of the materials used by the pre-production vehicle, which you see in the photos, was quite high. If we talk about the differences of the third and fourth generations, the last position of the driver and passengers was lower.
The models, depending on the configuration, are equipped with manual six-speed or new eight-speed transmissions with a buzzer performed in the style of Jaguar. The new electrical handbrake (which goes in the standard on cars with automatic machine and high-complete setting models with manual gearbox) also increases the space inside.
There is nothing surprising in that inside there is more space for passengers and baggage. The dashboard was moved further from the driver forward, in order to give more space to people. Rear is full of space for knees and shoulders of passengers, due to an elongated 53 mm wheelbase.
Paul became flat, it directly affects the convenience of passengers in the middle of the rear seat. There is one question, how do engineers implement rear-wheel drive with such a low field? For example, on RS models? It has yet to find out.
The wagon will be available since the start. With folded rear seats, it will offer a 1.650 liters in the trunk, a little more than on the VW Golf Estate or Opel Astra Sports Tourer, however, also give way to the Czech Universal Estate on this indicator.
Extended engine ruler in 2018
Under the hood, each Focus offers the usual, quite a standard set of gasoline and diesel engines - all are equipped with start / stop systems in standard design. Basic gasoline engine will be a micromotor on 1.0 liter EcoBoost. in 84 , 99 and 123 hp Small power - a small consumption. The power unit is quite eco-friendly, CO2 emissions are only 108 g / km.
New 1.5-liter EcoBoost will womb and get 148 or 180 hp A number of new ones will also enter the line Ecoblue Diesels - two 1.5-liter on the 94 or 118 hp and powerful 148-strong 2.0-liter power unit . New automatic box will go as an option on 123-strong 1.0-liter and 148-strong 1.5-liter gasoline engines Also, it will be possible to aggregate with 1.5 and 2.0 liter Diesels.
Required 2018 Ford Focus
Complete sets will be a lot. Each can be easily distinguished by certain improvements. Budget, clearance, pre-installed alloy wheels. The rear and various daytime running lights will also be included in the equipment.
Moving in the footsteps of Fiesta, Focus will receive an all-terrain version of Ford Focus Active with an additional plastic body cover and increased by 30 mm clearance.
The top version of Vignale has become the owner of leather seats and a mesh radiator rash.
Sport versions of Focus are coming, but we will tell you more about them the next time.
Ford submitted an updated version of one of its bestsellers - Ford Focus 2018-2019. The 4th generation car was presented on April 10 at once in two parts of the world - in Europe (German Cologne) and China. The new model, built on the modern global platform C2, acquired a lighter and rigid body, absolutely new appearance with a number of interesting design solutions, spacious and comfortable salon, an extended set of options, rich gamut of different power plants and a revised suspension that promises almost a non-reference controllability.
Family FOCUS 2018-2019 will please the variety of all sorts of performances. The model will be available in sedan bodies (in demand, first of all, in China), wagon (Wagon) and, of course, five-door hatchback. In turn, the last classic format provides for the presence of several special versions - sports St-Line, luxurious Vignale and "cross-line" Active. The production of new focuss will be put on factories in Germany (Saarlus) and China. In the European market, a novelty will go on sale in the second half of 2018 approximately at a price of 19 thousand euros. In Russia, according to the statements of the local representative office of the company, until the end of this year, the current plant will stand at the plant conveyor in Vsevzhsk. The deadlines for the beginning of the local assembly of the new generation machines will be known later.
Before moving to an annual acquaintance with the new Ford Focus, we note the incredible popularity of previous versions of the model. For 2017, in three main markets - European, Chinese and American - more than 500 thousand copies were implemented. In general, the total sales of Focus from the moment of the first generation debut (1998) exceeded 16 million units (of which almost 7 million found buyers in Europe). Against the background of global figures, Russian indicators look quite modestly, although a few years ago focus occupied the leading position among foreign cars of his segment. Today, the model is sold worse, for example, in 2017, only 15,086 of our compatriots took their choice. But we can not go past the new items. In this review, we study photos, configuration and prices, specifications of the new Ford Focus 4 generation.
New body design
Moving to a new C2 platform marked changes in the size and proportions of the car body. The largest correction has undergone a wheelbase, increased by 53 mm (up to 2701 mm). The external dimensions were corrected not so much. Hatchback Ford Focus from now on has a length of 4378 mm, width - 1825 mm, height - 1454 mm. Wagon wagon at the same inter-axis distance stretched at 4668 mm, while width and height accounted for 1825 and 1481 mm, respectively (height, taking into account the roof rails). Along with the change in size, a quality improvement of the body structure occurred. It has become easier (reduced by weight to 88 kg) and tough torsion (increase to 20%).
Photo Ford Focus 4 2018-2019 St-Line version
Hatchback feed
Externally, Ford Focus 4 almost from any angle looks stylish and attractive, although some automotive experts insist that the model has lost its individuality and contact with their predecessors to some extent. On the front part, we find a new radiator grille, widely spaced headlamp headlights with bright LED filling, a neat bumper with the original design of the fog and a small slot of the central air intake.
Ford Focus Vignale
On the feed of the novelty, large overall lights are divided into two sections, between which the "Focus" inscription is lined with satin letters. The lower zone is given to the deposit of a solid bumper with imitating diffuser insert and several embodiments of the exhaust pipe configuration.
Ford Focus Active.
The silhouette of the "fourth" focus pleases the sporting outlines and harmonious proportions. The developers slightly increased the length of the hood and shifted back the front racks of the roof, and the sidewalls endowed with an expressive relief of the ribs forming athletic front and rear wings. The image is complemented by large cut-out wheel arches, in which 16, 17 and 18-inch alloy wheels with rubber dimensions 195/65 R16, 205/60 R16, 215/50 R17, 235/40 R18 are supplied.
Universal Ford Focus Wagon
Much attention in the design of the body was paid not only to its design, but also aerodynamic characteristics. In order to optimize the movement of air flows behind the grille, active blinds were installed, and under the bottom - special protection, excluding the formation of unnecessary densities. As a result, it turned out to achieve good Cx indicators: the sedan has a coefficient equal to 0.25, at hatchback - 0.273, at Sarahi - 0.286.
Ford Focus Sedan 4
Completing the conversation about the exterior, we list the shades of body enamels available to the new Ford Focus. The model can be painted in one of the 13 colors: Blazer Blue, Blue Metallic, Caribou, Dark Mulberry, Desert Island Blue, Diffused Silver, Frozen White, Magnetic, Moondust Silver, Orange Glow, Race Red, Ruby Red, Shadow Black.
Interior and equipment
In the cabin of the updated focus, little reminds of the machine of the previous generation. The front panel received a fundamentally different architecture with a simple and concise combination of instruments sticking over the console display of multimedia systems, convenient audio and climate control blocks. The central tunnel was also revised, which appeared a platform for wireless charging with a USB port and an electrical "handler" button. On modifications with a 8-speed automatic box with them, a round gear selection selector, replaced by a familiar lever. The version with the manual transmission is equipped with a classic handle with a large round knob.
Interior
New central tunnel
The list of equipment offered for Ford Focus has replenished previously inaccessible options. Especially delight buyer "Senior" configurations, providing for the presence of a multimedia SYNC 3 system with an 8-inch touch screen (Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, voice control, navigation, Wi-Fi), two-zone climate control, heating steering wheel, electric drive adjustment, The retractable projection display, the widescreen rear view camera, the drive door of the trunk with the opening system "without hands", a panoramic roof with a hatch, binary acoustics with the 10th speakers (power 675 W).
Dashboard and projection screen
Display Multimedia
The set of electronic assistants in the New Ford is also extremely wide. Helping the driver will be adaptive cruise control with the STOP & GO function, automatic switching of light headlights, warning of frontal collisions, storing stripes of motion, recognition of road signs, automatic parking machine and a number of other systems.
The second row of seats
Platform change, which caused the increase in the wheelbase, made it possible to organize a more spacious interior. The stock in the width at the level of the shoulders increased by 60 mm (up to 1421 mm in front and 1395 mm from behind), an additional 50 mm of free space appeared in the legs of the rear passengers. The trunk also added to the capacity: the maximum amount of the Hatchback cargo branch reached 1354 liters, the wagon was 1653 liters. In general, the new Focus Wagon turned out to be the most practical car - the widest opening of the rear door, low loading height, easy transformation system Easy Fold Seats seats.
Trunk.
Specifications Ford Focus 2018-2019
The new Ford Focus will enter the market with a large assortment of gasoline and diesel engines. The line of gasoline aggregates includes:
- 1.0-liter three-cylinder ECOBOOST engines with recoil options 85, 100 and 125 hp;
- 1.5-liter "four" EcoBoost with forcing 150 and 182 hp
Gamma Diesels is represented by 1.5-liter (95 and 120 hp, 300 nm) and 2.0-liter (150 hp, 370 nm) turbo units of the Ecoblue family.
Automatic box with 8-steps believes only Engines 1.0 EcoBoost 125 hp, 1.5 EcoBOOST 150 hp, 1.5 Ecoblue 120 hp, 2.0 Ecoblue 150 hp The six-speed mechanical transmission is combined with any of the listed motors.
As for the suspension, it in front of it in all modifications of the model is the same, but the rear is used two possible schemes - a semi-dependent torsion beam and an independent multi-dimensional design mounted on the subframe. The first option is intended for low-power aggregates 1.0 EcoBoost and 1.5 Ecoblue. In the event of a multi-dimensional equipment, the Continuously Controlled Damping (CCD) adaptive shock absorbers are installed, the rigidity of which can vary with the interval of only 20 milliseconds. The presence of such shock absorbers adds two more modes of the Motion of Comfort and Eco-Comfort for the Drive Mode selector. It also has only three positions - Normal, Sport and Eco. Each mode involves its accelerator settings, automatic transmission, electric power steering (EPAS) and adaptive cruise control.
Road clearance of Ford Focus will depend on execution. For example, the Sport version of the ST-Line is underestimated relative to the base for 10 mm, and the aligning variation of Active, on the contrary, has an increased 30 mm clearance.
Photo Ford Focus 2018-2019
