2003 Ford Focus SE Wagon review from North America

With the Astro? Well, there were 11 things broken on the '88 LT conversion van when traded. I only admitted to the water pump problem... That poor thing would break 2 items for every 1 repaired. Disastro Van was more like it.

Nothing wrong with the Ford Focus, yet, but I bought the ESP/TotalCare warranty for a whopping $1450...sans ZTW options. Boo I figure since I shelled out for all this warranty, this car will probably run flawless for 5 years, 70,000 miles before it starts to fail out. Will be traded by then.

The interior and exterior of the car are flawless. Good attention to detail and...well, this car was built in Wayne, Mi.: Michigan is home of Detroit, close enough for me, so the Detroit end had its hand in making this one. Good Deal! I have concerns about Hermosillo Mexico only because Pedro, well, Pedro dosen't always put Quality as Job #1, that's all I'll say. I'm glad mine came from the Stateside factory.

My only gripe is the gas Pedal is too far forward and I'm used to having a relaxed legspace to prop on. I constantly have to hold my knee muscle in a tense state to get the gas pedal proper, and this causes pain when walking after exiting the vehicle. This is a euro designed pedal position, but if I had any suggestion to Ford, get the pedal lower to the floor and longer in length to accomodate the big footed 12w 6 ft 205 lb man. The Taurus gas pedal is just right. There ya go.