For The Focus is the sweetest-handling of all small estate cars. It's well equipped, competitively priced and as practical as most rivals.
Against The low-speed ride may prove a little firm for some tastes and the interior quality is not in the same league as a Volkswagen Golf's.
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A superbly rounded family estate that's practical, well specified, competitively priced and great to drive.
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There are 15 Ford Focus versions available
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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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