2012 Ford Focus

Introduced several innovations in the arena Focus 2012 passive restraint. , driver air bag, front side airbags can be optimized to compensate for inflation pressures for a new feature of adaptive ventilation system of any car on the first chest and ribs to help decrease pressure levels in a "pocket" to create a custom system uses a chain. Both for the size of the seat position and its occupant.

There's little doubt some will carp that Ford has compromised the Focus's "edge" whatever that means. They're wrong, but it is massively more refined, almost eerily so. The NVH drone that plagues the outgoing car is consigned to the past.

This is the best twin clutch transmission I've driven in an affordable car. Hill hold curtails the alarming roll back that characterises such things. More impressive is way in which the low speed abruptness and jerkiness in reverse (the curse of VW's DSG) has been overcome. It's a bit sluggish when booted off the mark, but otherwise you'd swear this was a conventional auto. Most punters won't spot the difference.

2012 Ford has already announced that the U.S. Focus lineup will add both a cool green and a red hot member within the next 12 months or so. First up is the battery-powered Focus Electric model that goes on sale late this year. Sometime in 2012, hard-core performance fans will see their patience rewarded with the arrival of the Focus ST -- a purpose-built performance variant motivated by a 247-horsepower/2.0-liter EcoBoost four. At least one other powertrain alternative also might be in the cards. The new soon-to-launch 2012 Ford C-MAX crossover that shares C-platform architecture with the Focus will offer both a 2.5-liter naturally-aspirated four and a 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine; either of which could be tweaked for duty here, should the need/desire arise.

Amercian TV viewers can see a prototype of this Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) on The Jay Leno Show’s “Green Car Challenge” celebrity racing stunt. Leno’s BEV uses the body and platform of an outgoing-generation European Focus. Specifications for the production Focus BEV will be similar to the prototype, which takes 6-8 hours to charge from a 230-volt outlet and has a range of 75 miles per charge. The prototype’s electric motor has 141 horsepower and 235 pound-feet of torque. Its top speed is 85 mph.