Ford Focus: Autotrader search results

com wrote:
 

I would guess that cars the size of the Focus are mainly used as second cars
in the US. Most households then have access to a larger vehicle for
transporting bulky items. Even as a Sedan most US cars can carry large
loads.

For a number of reasons cars in Europe are much smaller. For example the
Focus is the third from smallest Ford on sale here in the UK. If you only
have one smallish car in the household, it needs to be versatile enough to
do many things. The Focus Saloon (Sedan)is also seen by many in Europe as
ugly.

Chris

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com wrote: 


Very interesting. In my area (Ohio valley in the U.S.) I
see just as many 3 door as 4 door models. When I started
looking for a ZX3 (3 door) my local Ford dealers had way
more 3 door models in stock than any other model (and this
was before the Ford Family plan pricing for everyone started).
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In alt.autos.ford.focus com: 
 
 

Exactly, whenever you have the luck seeing one of those, it's
likely the owner is 70-80 years old.

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The Focus Saloon (Sedan)is also seen by many in Europe as 
I aggree.. It is ugly! Thats why I got a wagon and love it very much..

Ahmet

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'01 Focus wagon 1.6 liter

dragon wrote:
 

So if a sedan is a saloon, what is a 'wagon'? An estate? Or a
hatchback?

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Chris Game wrote:
 
An estate car. The full term is "station wagon", as in a vehicle useful for
collecting people and their luggage from a railway station.

This is useful:

http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/

Chris

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On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:36:45 +0200, Michael Heiming
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Have to agree. The new Focus Saloon is more appealing it looks like a
mini Mondeo to me and much more integrated than the old one where the
boot section just looked like it was an afterthought.

Chris Whelan wrote: 
 
 

Here's another page about the history of "station wagons".