2012 FORD FOCUS MANUAL
2012 FORD FOCUS WINDOWS

The six-speed PowerShift transmission offers Sport and push-button SelectShift manual modes. The Focus is smooth and solid out the road, with class-leading ride and handling enabled by Ford’s electronic power steering and torque vectoring technology. We hope that Ford remedies this situation in the next model year, as the effective use of a Real-Time MPG display can save a significant amount of fuel. We were disappointed to find that the Focus lacks a real-time fuel-economy display to go along with its trip meters, driving range, average vehicle speed, elapsed time, and average fuel economy displays. Base S and non-sport SE models use 228-mm drums at the rear. Titanium, SEL and SE Sport Package models are equipped with a four-wheel ABS+ESC disc brake system with 278-mm (vented) front and 271-mm rear discs. The 12.4 gallon fuel tank delivers a good amount of highway driving range. The Focus is designed to run on regular unleaded gasoline. The four-door sedan weighs in at 2,907 and 2,935, respectively. The 2012 Focus hatchback has a curb weight of 2,920 lbs. While it’s no powerhouse the direct-injected 2.0-liter and fast shifting dual-clutch transmission delivered significantly faster zero to sixty times than the last Focus we tested (a 2008 automatic.)

2012 FORD FOCUS WINDOWS

Cruise control off, target speed 60-72 MPH, A/C off, windows up: 40.3 MPG.Cruise control set to 68 MPH, A/C off, windows up: 39.2 MPG.If you want a hatchback or manual transmission, you’re out of luck. While Ford markets the Focus as a 40 MPG (highway) car, only the automatic SE sedan is rated at 40 MPG by the EPA … and only when equipped with the SFE package, which includes 16-inch steel wheels with aerodynamic wheel covers, active grille shutters, a rear spoiler, low-rolling resistance tires, and four wheel disc brakes. The SE Sport and SEL are equipped with 16-inch alloy rims clad with 215/55R16 tires. The base S model is equipped with 15-inch steel wheels and 195/65R15 tires, while the SE wears 16-inch wheels and 215/55R16 tires. Our Titanium tester was equipped with 17-inch aluminum alloy wheels and Continental ContiProContact 215/50R17 tires, and was delivered with just over 3600 miles on the odometer.ġ8-inch alloys and 235/40R18 tires are optional on the Titanium. Interstate highway testing temperatures were in the seventies. We traveled nearly 500 miles in our automatic-equipped Titanium Red Candy Metallic review unit and inched past the official mileage estimates, scoring an average of 39.2 MPG on the Interstate highway and 31.3 MPG combined in temperatures ranging from the forties through the seventies. The Super Fuel Economy (SFE) Package raises the figures to 28 / 40. The official fuel economy estimates for the 2012 Ford Focus are 27 city / 37 highway MPG with the automatic or 26 / 36 with the manual transmission. The GDI DOHC ti-VCT (twin-independent variable camshaft timing) inline four can be mated to either a five-speed manual or six-speed PowerShift automatic transmission. The 2012 Ford Focus is equipped with a 2.0-liter four cylinder engine producing 160 horsepower (HP) and 146 foot pounds of torque. While it falls a wee bit short of the fuel economy claims of its rivals, the new Focus is truly world class. The 2012 Focus looks, feels and drives like a European car that just happens to be built at a Michigan Assembly Plant … because, in fact, it is. Remove their badges and you wouldn’t guess the two cars share the same name. When you compare the 2012 Ford Focus to the previous year’s model, the differences are remarkable. MPG-o-Matic 2012 Ford Focus Review Summary:

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