10th Jan 2007, 11:23

Oh, please. Ford is the company that gave us the exploding Pinto, original Mustang (same gas tank issue), the rollover fun of the Bronco II, Explorer, and the death handling of the Crown Vic.

Ford designs its cars to kill because it is cheaper to do so (just look at the court records about the Ford Explorer, where the original engineer in 1989 said the vehicle was unsafe and they didn't correct it until 2003).

Only when safety became a marketing tool did Ford feign any interest.

10th Feb 2007, 07:27

I'm sorry, but if you bothered to do your research, you'd find that the Euro NCAP scores for the Golf are 81% front impact and 100% side impact, while the Focus scores 100% on both front and side impacts. Check for yourself at euroncap.com.