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  28. Sic22l No man,u r not getting to the point,back in 2006 Focus had just the Golf and Astra as comprtition,Hyundais,peugots,citroens,renaults etc were worse,but by 2010 all the other brands started improving interior space and interior quality and for a layman SPACE IS LUXURY,and Focus with mk3 made a big mistake it became more comfy but it dosent have the effective space inside compared to competition,also quality and feature list on competition were so high that it was compelling. See the mk3 focus is one of best selling car in the world currently in 3 rd place,and if this improvement over mk2 wasnt made it would have failed hard in almost all other markets and Focus wud have been an EU only car with constant sales and no improvement. Focus is still a good car but Golf is better with lighter MQB and Audi rivaling interior quality its common sense for most Eu people to buy Golf over Focus,just take an entry level 1.6 TDI or 1.2,1.4 tsi and it made lot of sense over Focus,also if space is important Golf again comes in form of Octavia and if handling is important again Golf comes in its 3rd avatar Seat Leon,so basically Focus got attacked from all angles, also in lots of countries where people preferred AT cars Fords powershift is no where near as good as VWs Dsg so that too impacted,also just see how good the new i30,ix35, i40 models from hyundai are they too just raised the quality bar equal to the Focus,so the Focus was under boat load of pressure. Also can u explain why Mondeo sales dipped hard and Fords Mondeo plant in Spain too was closed,Mondeo even till 2014 is best handling car but sales declined drastically naa,its just not handling but quality,comfort,space,luxury too are what people care more about nowadays,in these aspects Ford isnt a highlight anymore,thats why Now as told before Ford will launch mk4 focus and mk7 Fiesta by 2017 until then sales need to be kept constant,for that the facelift,by that time Fors too will reach a highly Golf competetive level still having a fraction of edge on handling department over Golfs,
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  32. Well I cant argue,from Europeans sales chart its pretty much clear that Focus when launched in 2011 the mk3 had a huge spike in sales by december 2011,by 2012 december Focus became one of worlds best selling car and Europes 4th best seller,mk7 golf got launched by 2013 and thats when Focuses sales started declining heavily not only in Europe but in Australia,and with Mazda 3 etc in Usa there too sales decline,whereas for the worlds biggest market China the sales are increasing at like 200% rate,I bet if Focus was as hardcore as the one in Europe this would have never occoured in China,Malaysia,australia,etc What u shud understand is its not easy to combine refinement with quality with handling,and as of now Golf does it better Sure Focus has gone a couple of notches below in terms of handling but the number of modern new customers who desire quality,luxury,comfort is more than people who desire for handling,thats a truth even for Europe, Focus face lift will again raise Focus interest quite a bit because the poor interior design was a deal breaker for a lot of people,now its solved,also a touch screen too comes as standard,different tune for electric power assisted steering too,evn tho the face lift dosent seem significant according to media reviews I find it a MUST for Focus and this will increase sales of Focus cuz luckily with face lift no price hike like the hike in price of mk7 golf, Also addition of DCT auto with paddle shifters at higher trims too will keep keen drivers thinking,like shud I buy DSG or DCT,cuz of paddle shifters. There is a lot of things going on for Focus,its all about integraring everything into a single package,I am sure a stiffer susoension setup and a electro mechanical steering would have made Focus much more appealing in Europe but,the extra cost they spent for these developements only fir Europe wont give global Ford any significant gains, Also new 1.5 tdci has sorted out a lot of Dpf issues and emits less than 100g co2,so its got cleaner while providing more power,so Focus will strike back but not with the same force as it used to be,but will make up a respectable sales number.
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