2008 Ford Focus and Microsoft Sync: Quicklook Review

Greg Cavanaugh, automotive writer for the GAllup Journey Magazine, reviews the new 2008 Ford Focus. This video supplements the written review in the April issue of Gallup Journey Magazine. www.gallupjourney.com

***please note this is an independent review and is in no way affiliated with Ford Motor Company***

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 2008
• Ford
• Focus
• auto
• review
• Gallup
• Journey
• test
• drive
• Microsoft
• Sync
• ipod
• bluetooth

[eightnotemusic]

I LOVE my 2008 Ford Focus,I have the 5 speed Manual and when driving around 37 miles every day on the express way I got around 37 MPG! That's going around 70 and mostly on the express way.

[gcavy1]

that's great, 37mpg is excellent.

[Austinjoke]

Hey man intresting review, this is where the car mags will be going soon I guess and I think thats a good thing. Where was this filmed by the way

[gcavy1]

In downtown Gallup, NM. In our "plaza," that's our courthouse in the background.

[wordsmith2007]

I'll give you the Civic, but Corolla's and Sentra's are crap. As for girls buying the Focus, I see just as many guys driving these things and considering that gas has hit $4.23a gallon where I live,I am seriously thinking about parking my truck and buying one.

[ZX2ManDave]

If you are looking for a "cool guy who knows cars car" and you think anything you listed fits into that catagory, well you dont know diddly squat about cars.

[vocalyzer]

I love how he parked in the Handicap space!

[Cambaudio]

You will lose out a little, but do like I did. I traded my Hyundai Elantra in for a new Focus SEL and am very happy so far. The Elantra is a nice car, but not fun at all. No tech really either. The Focus just made driving fun and interesting again. I also got a bizarre color, to add to the fun, amber gold.

[Cambaudio]

I agree. Love my 09 Focus SEL.

[DarkenedClarity]

I like the US focus I dont much like the Euro one but that is just me.

It s not a peice of crap and you never said what you dont like about it. Only how you don't like the interior and the front end. That dont make a car a piece of crap.

[fentonjd]

@RayHuskeh

The US focus is a piece of crap compared to the Euro... look at that horrible interior and the front end.

I hope ford brings euro models to the US for you guys.

[RayHuskeh]

And what's so bad about it? I've got one and I couldn't be happier. I love the interior compared to the older ones, the outside looks sharp and sleek. I do agree, they could've done a better job on the rear end, but it's not ugly by any standards.

[Betteryear2007]

This Ford focus sincerely is horrible and ugly the interiors of the car are very simple one notices that Ford cannot make good cars...

[davytyson]

subtle groove baby

[eightnotemusic]

Yeah, it depends on how you drive the car. I didn't use the air, and if I did it was only if I really need to. The other things is that I drove really long distences using the cruse, and filled my tank with the recamended BP gas. With this winter, I only get around 29.8 MPG b/c I use the heat,warm up my car, and I am only drive in the city. I really miss the 37 MPG I was getting this summer!