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Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Ford
- Production
- 1998–2025
- Model years
- 2000–2018 (North America)
- Class
- Small family car / Compact car ( C )
- Body style
- 3/5-door hatchback 4-door sedan/saloon 5-door estate 2-door coupe (US) 2-door coupé-cabriolet (Europe)
- Layout
- Front-engine, front-wheel drive , Front-engine, four-wheel-drive (Mk 3 RS Only)
- Predecessor
- Ford Escort (Europe, North America and Argentina ), Ford Laser (Asia and Oceania)
- Successor
- Ford Kuga (indirect)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Ford Focus is a compact car (C-segment in Europe) manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1998 until 2025. It was created under Alexander Trotman's Ford 2000 plan, which aimed to globalize model development and sell one compact vehicle worldwide. The original Focus was primarily designed by Ford of Europe's German and British teams. Production of the fourth generation Focus began in 2018 in Germany and China. In 2025, Ford announced that the Focus will no longer be built, in line with an announcement made in 2022.
Naming
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ford Focus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.