2009 Ford Focus
I like the new fog lights....more traditional Ford/SVT design.
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I must say. It's funny but every time I see a red American Focus I can't help but be reminded of my old '89 Tempo I used to own. I don't know but it seems to me like an evolution of that old design. God knows it doesn't look like a Focus.
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Imagine if Ford went the way GM did with the 1986 Eldorado, Riviera and Toronado... THIS would have been your T-bird, Cougar and Mark VII!
Say what you want the Aero designs lead by Jack Telnack were revolutionary for the time... I was just always disappointed the Mustang never properly adapted the having to make do with front and rear fascias on a square body until 1994.
My old 1985 Tbird...
Believe it or not when I first ever saw the Tbird design in 1982 the first thing I thought of was a 1949 Ford Coupe because of the greenhouse shape with rounded forms and thick pillars...
Last edited by watchdevil; Aug 9, 2008 at 09:38 AM.
Still the ugly agglomeration and clumsy execution of just about every current styling cliche extant. Except it seems they swapped the ghetto pseudo side vents for a 1984 Supra hatch wing.
The styling reminds me of an old sailing adage: "if you can't tie a good knot, tie a lot of them." Seems that Ford, incapable of coming up with a good design for the forlorn Focus has rather, come up with a lot of styling. The end result of this buffet table approach to design is: styling without any sense of an underlying style.
The Euro Focus can't get here soon enough.
The styling reminds me of an old sailing adage: "if you can't tie a good knot, tie a lot of them." Seems that Ford, incapable of coming up with a good design for the forlorn Focus has rather, come up with a lot of styling. The end result of this buffet table approach to design is: styling without any sense of an underlying style.
The Euro Focus can't get here soon enough.
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Still the ugly agglomeration and clumsy execution of just about every current styling cliche extant. Except it seems they swapped the ghetto pseudo side vents for a 1984 Supra hatch wing.
The styling reminds me of an old sailing adage: "if you can't tie a good knot, tie a lot of them." Seems that Ford, incapable of coming up with a good design for the forlorn Focus has rather, come up with a lot of styling. The end result of this buffet table approach to design is: styling without any sense of an underlying style.
The Euro Focus can't get here soon enough.
The styling reminds me of an old sailing adage: "if you can't tie a good knot, tie a lot of them." Seems that Ford, incapable of coming up with a good design for the forlorn Focus has rather, come up with a lot of styling. The end result of this buffet table approach to design is: styling without any sense of an underlying style.
The Euro Focus can't get here soon enough.
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Still the ugly agglomeration and clumsy execution of just about every current styling cliche extant. Except it seems they swapped the ghetto pseudo side vents for a 1984 Supra hatch wing.
The styling reminds me of an old sailing adage: "if you can't tie a good knot, tie a lot of them." Seems that Ford, incapable of coming up with a good design for the forlorn Focus has rather, come up with a lot of styling. The end result of this buffet table approach to design is: styling without any sense of an underlying style.
The Euro Focus can't get here soon enough.
The styling reminds me of an old sailing adage: "if you can't tie a good knot, tie a lot of them." Seems that Ford, incapable of coming up with a good design for the forlorn Focus has rather, come up with a lot of styling. The end result of this buffet table approach to design is: styling without any sense of an underlying style.
The Euro Focus can't get here soon enough.
Read the above out loud in a stuffy & smug "Masterpiece Theater" accent for full effect.
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all of the '09s I saw in the lot today still have the chrome grille?
