The new Focus will re-activate the four-cylinder engine, and it is expected to turn around with sales
Text/Su Jin Ji
The three-cylinder engine may indeed have the advantage of fuel saving, but its drawbacks are also irreversible, and the congenital genetic defects make the three-cylinder machine even if it has a direct fuel saving highlight, it cannot make people truly accept it from the heart. After all, the costs that people have to pay are really valuable, and in the process of getting along with them later, the value or not is unknown.
Therefore, many models that have switched to three-cylinder engines in the middle of the road are "overturning", including Ford's Focus. This model has not been in the country for a short time, even our "old friend". It once rushed to the leading position on the domestic automotive stage, regardless of sales and word of mouth, until Ford used a three-cylinder engine for it.
After the three-cylinder engine, The Fox sales fell from the top of the mountain to the bottom, and its chances of turning over with the three-cylinder engine were very slim, so for Ford intended to re-introduce the four-cylinder engine for this model. Among the latest declared models of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is the new Fox after the mid-term redesign, and there is an engine information display of this model.
From the declaration information revealed the power parameters of the model, the new model will use a 1.5T displacement four-cylinder engine, and the current model currently equipped with the full range of three-cylinder engine may stop using, or will remain after the 1.5T four-cylinder engine, but as long as the four-cylinder engine is re-enabled, then the sales of the four-cylinder engine will most likely become the "turnaround" breakthrough point of Fox.
At the same time, in the declaration information also shows that the new Focus 1.5T four-cylinder engine model is CAF479WQ6, this model for Mondeo owners or Wing Tiger owners may be no stranger, the two models of 1.5T engine models are CAF479WQ4 and CAF479WQ5, so the new Focus 1.5T engine and the 1.5T engine of these two models are the same series of products.
The new Fox 1.5T displacement gives a maximum power of 130 kilowatts, which is slightly lower than the power of the Wing Tiger and Mondeo. Although the new Focus will change in terms of power, it should continue the configuration of the current model in terms of transmission system, and the 8AT gearbox will still be equipped. A 6-speed manual transmission may also be retained, but only for entry-level models.
After the mid-term redesign of the new Focus, there will be a difference in appearance and details from the current model. The new Focus's mid-mesh is still a honeycomb mesh structure, but the grille coating is made of high-brightness materials. And the new Focus will also adopt the new LOGO design of the Ford family, and the enlarged LOGO will be embedded in the middle net.
The headlight group connected to the grille has also changed in terms of shape, its design and grille are connected into one, and the headlight profile will be narrower and sharper. Including the lower part of the front face of the model, the lower part of the face has also been changed, and the trim at the gills or the removal of chrome trim strips has been removed, thus enhancing the overall youthful atmosphere of the model.
In the same layout as the previous model version, the new Focus provides a hatchback structure in addition to a sedan structure, but the body length and size may be increased a little more than the current model. At the design level, the model will generally move closer to the style of the current sedan model, with youthfulness as the design theme, thereby enhancing the attractiveness of the model.
summary:
The Focus, which has undergone a mid-term redesign, will mainly change the engine of the model, followed by the small details of the model's appearance. At present, the interior of this model has not been announced, so it is necessary to wait for the subsequent announcement results. With the lessons of Yinglang's predecessor, even if the new Focus re-enables the four-cylinder engine, the sales volume of the model may still not be able to reach the previous heat, after all, this model has missed the golden stage of development, in the process of it being gradually squeezed out of the A-class family car market, there are constantly new cars born, so this model wants to stand out in it is still difficult, but at least it can bring a certain guarantee to the sales of the model, so that this model can continue to survive in the domestic market.