For Every Focus comes with electric front windows, a DAB radio and Bluetooth connectivity, while this Ford Focus 1.6 125 Zetec Estate adds sports seats, alloy wheels and a Quickclear heated windscreen.

Against Some of the plastics on the centre fascia look rather cheap. The engine needs to be worked hard, and even then it’s hardly lively.

Ford Focus Estate

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3 out of 5 stars

The Ford Focus 1.6 125 Zetec Estate is reasonably priced, but the engine feels past its sell-by-date, so we’d spend a bit more and get the turbocharged 1.6-litre petrol or a 1.6 diesel.

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Key facts

0–60mph
11.7 secs
Top speed
120 mph
Average mpg
44.1
Tank range
534 miles
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There isn't a bad engine among the ones in the range that we've tried, but we reckon the best is the 148bhp turbocharged 1.6 Ecoboost. It's smooth, gives you the sprightly pace with which to exploit the car's brilliant handling, and keeps running costs reasonable.

The 1.6 turbodiesel will be popular, too, because it's impressively pokey but incredibly efficient.

Similarly, all the trims are pretty generously specified, so there's no bad choice there, either. All versions come with air-conditioning, electric windows, DAB radio and Bluetooth. We prefer Titanium trim, though, thanks to the posher-looking stereo that gives the cabin a real lift.

Blind-spot monitoring, adaptive cruise control, and lane-departure warning with built in lane-keeping are all available as options. As is Forward Alert, which warns of an impending crash, buzzing up a visual and audible alert. It can even apply the brakes to help minimise an impact.

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