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I just don't understand it. How in the world can Ford produce such drivel in the US, but such world-class cars outside of the US? The Focus is the perfect example. The Euro Focus is an outstanding vehicle. The US Focus is craptacularly attrocious. How many people does it take to make such terrible decisions?

Bring the Euro Focus to the US and you'll change the US car market, for the better. Hell, bring ALL of your Euro models to the US.

You say market studies don't support selling those cars here? I guess that's why you've continued to lose market share for the last few decades (not years, decades), because you've been producing what people want? Hmm...something tells me you're a bit off on your research.

The Focus, the Fiesta, the Mondeo, bring them all over here. And don't fark them up with what you think is American tastes. American tastes are not poor handling, poor riding, USSR era vehicles, as you've been producing for far too long now.

You need to fire the US design team, or their manager, or whomever approved the current Ford line-up of cars and bring over your brilliant "foreign" offerings.

I am in the market for a new car. Give me a legitimate reason to give you my money.

Wagon was discontinued because it didnt sell. I work at Wayne ISA and we were only making 12 or so Wagons an hour. Extra tooling and man power to produce this low amount was not practical.

Why is there no longer a wagon model?

I too was very disappointed to find that the Wagon had been discontinued. My 2003 has 105,000 miles on it and is still on the road. I needed something more reliable as my wagon was getting a little long in the tooth and was set to buy another just like it but could not. Ended up buying a Subaru Forester. It cost more but was the only suitable replacement. Shame on you Ford for loosing an American sale.

With huge losses just posted, I am hoping that Ford will reconsider manufacturing the Ford Focus Wagon. I owned two Escort wagons and now have a 2003 Focus Wagon. I was extremely disappointed to learn that this model has been discontinued. I would buy another Focus wagon in a heartbeat. Unless something changes, I will no longer be a Ford customer in the future.

I intended to buy a new Focus Wagon, How stupid of you to discontinue this wonderful vehicle! No wonder you are losing money! Must have a bunch of idiots running the company!

I just bought an '08 Focus and love it! The blue tooth and voice sync make it so easy for people like me who have to drive a great deal for their job and take calls while on the road. I got features in this car for a mere 16k that would have been 5 or 6k more in an import. Well done, Ford!

I waited for my ZX5 to come on the market. Four doors plus a hatch makes it the perfect vehicle for me to lug my often cumbersome load of work and play stuff around in. The '08 Focus' deck is way too narrow for me to even fit my small amp in. The two-door is a complete impossibility for me, unlike the 2000-2007 ZX3. After killing practicallity, Ford continues ruining a good car by giving it the look of an out-dated Saturn Ion, adding those revolting do-nothing chrome "louvers" on the front fenders and then assumes an economy car buyer will overlook the exterior for fancy (and quickly outdated) Sync technology inside.

Here's a tip for the top brass at FoMoCo. Stop telling me what I want and listen to what I want. My first car was an '89 Mustang LX. Simple, fun, surprisingly practical, reliable and tough. My next vehicle was a '95 F150. Good lugger and reliable too. As I mentioned my current car is a ZX5 Focus which has been the best of the bunch. Good on gas, fun to drive, roomy and accessible, reliable and, yes, tough. I drive through some real nasty stuff quite often so I should know. I AM a loyal customer, but when the company that NEEDS people like me more than ever decides to inexplicably cut good products out of their line-ups in exchange for trendy, gaudy, overly-complex garbage, it's like a kick in the teeth.

I will be doing my best to maintain my car with the hope that it'll last as long as possible. Should it need to be replaced, I hope it comes at a time when Ford's attitude has changed and its North American customers have dealership access to European versions of the Focus in all it's trim and body options, including but not limited to the ZX3, ZX5, and the ZTW wagons. How Ford let these cars go when all of it's competitors have them in the showrooms right now is beyond me.

Its a shame ford discontinued the focus 5 door with the sport package just as buyers are now moving to small cars.our escort wagon is so relible i put a fresh motor in it 7 months ago.good desision, with the current gas situation its a perfect car.it holds alot of junk.the original auto transaxle and drive axles per.form flawlessly.[197,500 miles]. ive decided to keep the car long term seeing they dont build them anymore.no electrical problems even though the car has a lot of electrical options. a well built car,that bodes well for future mazda platform dirivatives

Add me to the list of people frustrated that Ford discontinued the Focus Wagon. In the Seattle area, Escort wagons were everywhere, and are still extremely common. Mine is getting long in the tooth, and I've been intending to replace it with a Focus. Guess I'll buy a used one, and Ford can continue to blame other people for their continuing to lose money.
I don't care that much about styling, I want a practical, efficient vehicle that I can haul camping gear, or kids, or just commute in, and there was absolute nothing on the market that came close to the Escort wagon. It was kind of like the VW Rabbit in that regard.
I've thought for quite a while that car companies are more interested in pursuing an imaginary market with vehicles that mirror each other as closely as possible, so you can't tell a Ford from a Honda from a Chevy, than in actually providing vehicles that people WANT. It's as though the R

Okay, put Ford down, but ya know what? I enjoy the NEW FOCUS. It's cheap on gas and it's stylish. FORD, keep up the good work.

I agree with you guys, Asia brought in the europeon models assemble in Spain and the 2005 looks much bolder than the US 2008. The 2008 UK models should be in US as well.

I just bought a 2008 ford focus and love it. I am getting 42 mpg on the highway. Since I was forced to park my Dodge 2500 ram that was cost 280 a week to drive.
for 13689.00 including tax it is a nice throw away car no complaints

I test drove an 08 Focus the other day, and could'nt wait to get it back to the dealer, That car felt like a time machine back to the 80's, when most cars back then where crap, just throw away car's, Come on Ford can't you guy's give the American public what we whant, We whant style, quality, A more european and world desing, not the same old junk, ( You Can Do Beter) no wonder were loosing to the rest of the world.

I was planning on buying a NEW Focus wagon to replace our '96 Aerostar, but I guess that idea's shot to heck. I agree with everyone else that's complaining about this. I guess I'll have to look at another brand now. Thanks a lot Ford.

We rented a Ford Focus hatchback in Ireland last year and absolutely loved it! I wanted to buy one this year but found this model is not available in the U.S. I'm sorry to say that I won't be able to support the US car industry and will be buying a Honda instead.

No more Focus wagon? What dimwitted bonehead knucklehead decided this? Fire him. Thanks alot Ford. You just proved you are a dinosaur and deserve to die.

Just look at Honda. Ford is trying to copy the honda civic. They see how well honda took off with the civic hatchback, then the focus hatchback came out years later. The civic went to coupe and sedan a couple years ago, now ford is copying it again. However, Ford has worse quality and do not care about upgrades such as Honda. However with Honda you have way more options, even limited slip differential on the Si, even though ford has the parts they do not sell them preinstalled in their vehicles. I have a Focus and wish I had bought the Honda civic, so many more options and better build quality. and to top it off Ford puts the cheap plastic chorme parts on their vehicles. Since they pretty much use the same parts, I would go with the Mazda 3, disc brakes all around, better quality interior, and better build quality, better hubs 5 bolt vs. 4. About the same price also. The ford focus became popular as it was a easy tuner car, however Ford messed that up late in 2005, now again it changes in 2008. it will change again in 2-3 years. Too many changes, not any good ones. Often the aftermarket has better quality parts such as wheels, shocks, struts, etc. But with the frequent changes the aftermarket does not see much profit, so they are decreasing parts production. Ford is trying to force the customer to get only parts and service from them. That is why the Maggunson Moss warranty Act was established. Manufactures like toyota and nissan, have performnace parts that if a authorized dealer installs them they do not void the warranty, and the includes superchargers and turbos. Ford does not even offer parts warranty on their performance parts, and even say some are not lega for street use. Shocks with pefromance handling, not street legal, get real. does not do anything to make it illegal. They just do not have confidence in their products sometimes.