Fox originally created a brilliant performance in China, in the past a long period of time in the monthly sales of 20,000 or 30,000 vehicles is the norm, the most exaggerated time in 2013 for several consecutive months dominated the first position in the car sales list, even if the Langyi at that time can only be left behind. However, since the change of Fox, it has slowly withdrawn from the hot sales ranks, and the monthly sales can reach 4,000 is already an unprecedented achievement. Ford, naturally, was not willing to let the Focus fall, and took advantage of the mid-term redesign of the car to prepare for a major update. Recently, overseas media exposed the relevant information about the mid-term modification of Fox, let's take a look.
Judging from the exposed spy photos, the appearance of the new Fox will also have a lot of changes. The front grille shape is becoming more and more square, the lights on both sides are more flat and sharp, and the three LED light groups are arranged in an orderly manner. The front surround is still a three-stage design, and the entire front face is very sharp.
The design of the hatchback version is also not much different, but there are subtle differences in the interior of the grille and the front surround. The rear taillights and reflective strips have been adjusted to a certain extent, and the double-sided double-output exhaust hole design is used. As far as the appearance value is concerned, the evaluation given by netizens is not too optimistic, but whether this set of designs is completely true still needs to be examined.
According to the information exposed, the new model has a length, width and height of 4612/1820/1448mm, and a wheelbase of 2700mm, which is a certain reduction compared with the current model.
However, the most critical thing is the change of power system, the current Focus uses a full range of three-cylinder power, which is why it is controversial in the market and sales have plummeted. It is reported that the new model will be fully switched to a four-cylinder in the future, equipped with a 1.6L and 1.6T turbocharged engine, and the parameters have not flowed out for the time being, which should not be lower than the three-cylinder version.
It is not uncommon to change from four cylinders to three cylinders, and then from three cylinders to four cylinders. In addition to Fox, Yinglang is also the first in the country to apply the three-cylinder engine of the first batch of models, and there is no accident, equipped with three-cylinder power after the Yinglang sales are also falling, although not as miserable as Fox, but the sales are basically maintained by the huge discount of the terminal, and finally the manufacturer had to add a four-cylinder version, Yinglang began to return to the hot list.
Fox's wave of operations is also estimated to have been learned from Yinglang, and even more thoroughly than Yinglang, replacing rather than adding. However, in the end, whether Fox can return to the hot list is also unknown, after all, the current compact car market pattern has undergone a lot of changes, large space, fuel saving and cheap Xuanyi has become the favorite of consumers, domestic also rushed out of a lot of dark horses, Ford brand today's market position has not been the same as the day at that time, in addition, the new Focus of this set of design there is also controversy, but how to wait for the official to further determine, we will also keep an eye on.