John Canfield Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Autoweek put the price thing into perspective... http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130325/CARREVIEWS/130329951 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheppd01 Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Well said. Ah, but only you and 500 of your comrades will share this experience. That's where the money is. $38,000 for a Focus? you may ask, again, after reading this diatribe. That's outrageous! Is it? The Volkswagen Golf R is $34,795, with four doors. The fastest Mini that they'll build for you is a $39,950 Mini John Cooper Works GP, which is fast and fun and shouty but only packs 211 horsepower. One could get a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution at $34,695, and we'd have no qualms about it. This is the rarefied echelon of hot hatches, however; it's the sort of $40,000 investment that only makes sense to Europeans who have just collectively spent that much for a Renault Megane Renaultsport 265 Trophy. And while that fine example of unobtainable yellow valet-sneering "punk rock" comes in at a U.S. equivalent of $41,500, it's still down by 10 horsepower. By those standards, the Shelby Focus ST is a bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Excellent! This article puts it out there like it is. The focus may seem over-glorified, and it sounds like a challenge to drive (of course it is if you've only driven it once.....). And they don't forget to question 'paying for a name', and putting it into the classic 'sandwich' format of good, bad, good. But that last paragraph lays it all out; the car is in fact extremely advanced, fast, controllable, and has nothing but quality parts made to go full-fill its niche and go up against contending cars built in a similar light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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