Euro NCAP | Ford Focus | 1999 | Crash test

http://www.euroncap.com/tests/ford_focus_1999/34.aspx Frontal Impact takes place at 64 Km/h, 40% of the width of the car striking a deformable barrier. In the side impact, a mobile deformable barrier impacts the driver's door at 50 km/h. In the pole test, the car tested is propelled sideways at 29km/h into a rigid pole.

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[MrTR500]

its a 4 star you tool.

[kajman87]

four stars...

[Annihilator1111]

the engine on the 1998-2004 Ford Focus EU

Engine

1.4 L I4 Zetec-SE

1.6 L I4 Zetec-SE

1.8 L I4 Zetec-E

1.8 L I4 Diesel TDCI

1.8 L I4 Diesel TDCI

2.0 L I4 Zetec-E

[SammSammmm]

@voiceofreason2008 Different people buy cars based on different things; I actually own a Focus, it hasn't gone wrong, but I find it incredibly boring. I would trade it in for an Alfa Romeo purely because when I buy a car I look at the beauty of the car, and whether the car has a beating heart. A Ford Focus doesn't have a beating heart, it's just a machine. You might not understand what I'm talking about but I promise I'm not mentally ill!

[Annihilator1111]

the 1998-2004 (Europe) 1999-2007 (North America) Ford Focus was assembled in

Saarlouis, Germany

Wayne, Michigan, United States

[voiceofreason2008]

@pelewi im not saying that EVERY single Citroen, Peugeot, Renault, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia etc... will go wrong it is just that a higher percentage of them compared to other makes

ford focus's has problems mine may have problems, but on the whole fords and focus's for that matter have a track record of having above average reliability and that is what i mean in customer satisfaction surveys all the cars i listed in this reply had below average satisfaction and reliability and that is a fact

[pelewi]

@voiceofreason2008 we have Citroen Xantia (model year 2000) and still no problems with electrics :) its a really great car

[voiceofreason2008]

@Zerolagg well my brother is a motor mechanic he works in a small town called bacup in rossendale lancashire which in the north west of the united kingdom and he has had plenty of people with issues relating to fiats electrical gremlins this is from older fiats and newer fiats

[Zerolagg]

@voiceofreason2008 Its curious i never heard anyone owning a Fiat complain about problems with the car's electricity, to the opposite as you say i have heard a lot of complaints regarding to electronics from Peugeot and Renault. Fiats are not known for this issue. Im sure if you have had any problems with it, you must be one of the few who did, because so far from all the complaints i've heard from Fiats, electricity is the least common.

[voiceofreason2008]

@Zerolagg mechanically fiats have always quite good

its the electrics that have always gone crazy, its the same with french cars like renault, citroen and peugeot (both part of PSA) mechanically they are pretty good but electrics can prove to be a headache!

im sure you beloved fiat is providing you with all the car you need but im afraid its a reliable car in amidst of several that arent with a reputation for gremlins to creep in and reak havoc with your sanity and your wallet!

[Zerolagg]

@voiceofreason2008 Fiat is one of the most reliable brands in the market nowadays, specially when it comes to mechanics.

[voiceofreason2008]

@Zerolagg glad to hear that your car is working out for you and yes ill admit cetain models of fiats and alfas are better now than they were but i still say they arent as reliable as they can be