New 2023 Ford Focus deals

2023 Ford Focus deals

Full length Ford Focus video review with market value analysis

Range videos
Ford Focus Active
Ford Focus Estate
Ford Focus ST
Ford Focus
Ford Focus RS
Ford Focus
Ford Focus ST

It's actually quite hard to know where to start when trying to explain the Focus model range to an unfamiliar buyer. It is, after all, so vast. Still, we'll do our best. The simplest aspect is the availability of just two bodystyles, a five-door Hatch or, for a model-for-model premium of around £1,100, a smartly-styled Estate option.

Most of the mainstream Petrol variants offer the option of automatic transmission too. It's the under-the-bonnet issues though, that require Focus buyers to really know the ropes when it comes to the selection process.

Let me explain why. Ford's approach with new generation engine technology is to gradually introduce it, keeping older-tech powerplants in the range as price-leading models there to generate showroom footfall.

So, even though this improved third generation model was launched to showcase the freshly-developed 1.5-litre Petrol and diesel engines that have slotted into the range above the sophisticated 1.0-litre EcoBoost Petrol unit most choose, the old-tech 1.6-litre Petrol and diesel powerplants from the previous line-up were still very much a part of this updated Focus range at its launch in late 2014.

That approach allows customers to get themselves into this car at list pricing which can begin from as low as around £14,000, provided they can be satisfied with a Hatch bodystyle and the feeblest 85PS version of the old 1.6 Ti-VCT Petrol engine.

You get a choice of Hatch or Estate if you opt for this unit in pokier 105PS guise, but by that point, you'd be up towards the £17,000 list pricing point that really represents the proper starting point of the range.

All the main modern era Focus engine choices sit in the £17,000 to £21,000 bracket where most family hatchback segment sales are made. To be honest, buying this car with anything less is a bit like buying an ultra-high def LED TV and then using it to watch VHS videos on..