Finally compromising with the market? The Ford Focus returned to the four-cylinder era with a 1.5T engine
All along, the Chinese people have opinions on the three-cylinder machine, which can be described as a three-cylinder machine on the "discoloration", after all, the three-cylinder machine has certain defects in its own structure, so it is easy to shake during the driving process. Many engineers have worked hard to make up for the shortcomings of the three-cylinder engine, and the current three-cylinder model has greatly alleviated the jitter problem, but consumers still have no way to accept the three-cylinder machine, so in order to better meet the needs of consumers, many three-cylinder models return to the "four-cylinder era", Ford Focus is so.
As a classic model of Ford, the Focus has achieved very good sales results after entering the country, and the monthly sales volume is easy to exceed 10,000, which is definitely a best-selling model, but until 2018, this situation was broken. Monthly sales plummeted directly to about 2,000 units, or even lower, the main reason is that the current Focus is equipped with a 1.5T three-cylinder engine, consumers naturally do not want to pay for it, the brand must also know this.
At present, at the time of Fox's mid-term redesign, in order to attract more consumers and return to the past "glory", the new Fox will return to the four-cylinder era, equipped with a 1.5T four-cylinder engine, compared with the previous three-cylinder engine, there is not much improvement in data parameter performance, which may also be a compromise made by the brand in order to meet emission regulations. The new Focus also launched two models, hatchback and sedan, and consumers have a wealth of choices.
As can be seen from the few pictures currently exposed, the new Focus adopts a new design language, less calm and introverted, more lively and fashionable. The main changes are concentrated in the front face, and the new Mondeo, Ford EVOS belongs to the same design style, the hatchback and sedan design method is similar, the overall body is low down, the polygon front grille is located down, the surface is a diamond-shaped cutout pattern, and the sharply shaped headlight group is connected.
The deflector and lower heat sink are joined together by a chrome metal strip to form a through-through design that provides greater visual integrity while helping to widen the front face transverse visual effect. The side of the body also has a more intense sporty atmosphere, the waist line is not a straight one, the upper waist line is hedged left and right, the lower waist line is in an upward posture, and the wheel shape has a certain flowing beauty.
Compared to the old model, the body size of the new Focus has been improved, but it should have little impact on the actual driving space. There is a certain difference in the rear shape of the hatchback and the sedan, the rear shape is full, there are not too many design highlights, the irregular tail lights are close to the morphological changes of the rear, and the brand logo is added in the middle position.
The sedan added a raised "ducktail" to the surface of the trunk to further enhance the rear layering, but nothing else. Overall, the body shape of the sedan is more fluid and generous, as for the interior design of the new Focus, the brand has not released pictures, and should also use the latest design language of the family. Similar to the new Mondeo, it is mainly practical and equipped with a wealth of technical configurations. In addition, the interior materials should also be more exquisite, and the driving space performance is similar to that of the old model, which is a daily family car.
In recent years, you may have found that many three-cylinder models have returned to the "four-cylinder era", after all, consumer preferences are the most important. Buick Yinglang is the "lesson of the past", after changing from three cylinders to four cylinders, sales have naturally increased, but it seems that it is difficult to return to the "glory" of the past. For Fox is also facing a lot of challenges, although now back to the four-cylinder machine, but also missed the most precious years, to return to the past "sales king" era, it seems to be some difficulties, such as four-cylinder models will still face great challenges after the listing, Fox this car consumers can look forward to the official listing of the four-cylinder model.