Ford Focus Sedan caught testing in Chennai

esteem_lover · 24th July 2007, 09:05

Certainly a test car. Great scoop Landcruiser. D segment is hotting up.

tushky · 24th July 2007, 09:08

wohaaa... what a scoop landcruiser... atlast ford focus is coming to india. but why not Hatch?? because skoda fusion/SRV is already here and fabia is on way. so they should think about focus hath too.

GTO · 24th July 2007, 09:22

Awesome find, Thanks Landcruiser! It looks so much like the Mondeo on the road.....The Civic better watch out as Ford has some excellent (read fuel-efficient) diesels on the Focus.

LandCruiser · 24th July 2007, 09:42

At the first glimpse I had mistaken it for a Mondeo, but then the tail lamps didnt match the pics of Mondeo that all over the web. They had the name of the car stickered out.

This car looks too close to the Focus in Ford's chinese website!

tushky · 24th July 2007, 09:47

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Originally Posted by 1100D

However going by the tight secrecy they maintained during Fiesta launch and the different camouflaging they had for Fusion (when one could easily get its pics from the net), its highly unlikely that Ford will test something that isn't covered! But maybe this time they decided not camouflage it, so that we think otherwise.

yes it is a test car, look even Skoda Fabia,Chevrolet Captiva were found Uncovered..

ajmat · 24th July 2007, 09:57

Great car but alas Ford's service will make me think elsewhere

benbsb29 · 24th July 2007, 09:59

Excellent find, Sateesh (LandCruiser) !!
Looks very Mondeo-ish, i must say, atleast from the rear.
I just hope they price it right, and eat away the Civic's sales.

Should be a test car, as Vid pointed out; the badging is masked.

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I hope they are planning to put the 1.4 TDCi.

John, all i can say is

esteem_lover · 24th July 2007, 09:59

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The Civic better watch out as Ford has some excellent (read fuel-efficient) diesels on the Focus.

I hope they are planning to put the 1.4 TDCi.

madan80 · 24th July 2007, 10:17

wow - thats like total reverse psychology from ford - dont camouflage it - so it does not attract any attention.
IMHO it looks like a smaller / shorter mondeo.

Karandeep81 · 24th July 2007, 10:29

the second set of pics by anant kamath made me think again which car it is, as it isnt the 2007 focus sedan sold in the europe. infact it is the 2008 - to be launched - focus sedan for the states
had seen the pic before so struggled a bit thinking ' kahan dekhi thi yaar ', but found it .. here u go Ford Vehicles: 2008 Focus - Gallery

nice 2 see ford getting aggressive in the indian car market !!! whoaa

Karandeep81 · 24th July 2007, 10:36

the second set of pics by anantkamath are of a different vehicle, atleast not the 2007 ford focus sold globally. i had seen this pic couple of months ago and was ' kahan dekhi thi yaar '. bingo found it, that's the 2008 - to be launched - ford focus sedan for the states.
good to c ford getting aggressive with the indian market
here u go Ford Vehicles: 2008 Focus - Gallery

PS - guys my previous post(s) dint appear and so m writing again .. it it does then m sorry for posting the same thing 3 times :(

rangaraj · 24th July 2007, 11:09

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indivic · 24th July 2007, 12:35

I guess if the vehicle is not going to be mass market or if the modifications will not be deep they will not bother with masking it too much.

Honda seemed to have done the same thing when they were testing the Civic

esteem_lover · 24th July 2007, 13:59

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Originally Posted by esteem_lover

I hope they are planning to put the 1.4 TDCi.

That should have been

I hope they are not planning to put the 1.4 TDCi.

LandCruiser · 24th July 2007, 15:00

Got pretty excited about my first set of spy pics and sent it to AUTOCAR this morning. To my dismay I come to learn from them that these pictures were sent by another reader too!

What is the point in watermarking the pics? Some one wants to benefit from others work!!!

24th July 2007, 09:05	#16
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 502 Times View My Garage	Certainly a test car. Great scoop Landcruiser. D segment is hotting up.
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tushky Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pune Posts: 1,233 Thanked: 2,702 Times View My Garage	wohaaa... what a scoop landcruiser... atlast ford focus is coming to india. but why not Hatch?? because skoda fusion/SRV is already here and fabia is on way. so they should think about focus hath too.
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24th July 2007, 09:22	#18
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,546 Thanked: 300,788 Times View My Garage	Awesome find, Thanks Landcruiser! It looks so much like the Mondeo on the road.....The Civic better watch out as Ford has some excellent (read fuel-efficient) diesels on the Focus.
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24th July 2007, 09:42	#19
LandCruiser BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 712 Thanked: 51 Times View My Garage	At the first glimpse I had mistaken it for a Mondeo, but then the tail lamps didnt match the pics of Mondeo that all over the web. They had the name of the car stickered out. This car looks too close to the Focus in Ford's chinese website!
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24th July 2007, 09:57	#21
ajmat Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 14,866 Thanked: 27,981 Times View My Garage	Great car but alas Ford's service will make me think elsewhere
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madan80 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 1,360 Thanked: 80 Times View My Garage	wow - thats like total reverse psychology from ford - dont camouflage it - so it does not attract any attention. IMHO it looks like a smaller / shorter mondeo.
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Karandeep81 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK/Ahmedabad Posts: 192 Thanked: 0 Times	the second set of pics by anant kamath made me think again which car it is, as it isnt the 2007 focus sedan sold in the europe. infact it is the 2008 - to be launched - focus sedan for the states had seen the pic before so struggled a bit thinking ' kahan dekhi thi yaar ', but found it .. here u go Ford Vehicles: 2008 Focus - Gallery nice 2 see ford getting aggressive in the indian car market !!! whoaa
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24th July 2007, 10:36	#26
Karandeep81 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK/Ahmedabad Posts: 192 Thanked: 0 Times	the second set of pics by anantkamath are of a different vehicle, atleast not the 2007 ford focus sold globally. i had seen this pic couple of months ago and was ' kahan dekhi thi yaar '. bingo found it, that's the 2008 - to be launched - ford focus sedan for the states. good to c ford getting aggressive with the indian market here u go Ford Vehicles: 2008 Focus - Gallery PS - guys my previous post(s) dint appear and so m writing again .. it it does then m sorry for posting the same thing 3 times :(
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24th July 2007, 12:35	#28
indivic BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 837 Thanked: 195 Times	I guess if the vehicle is not going to be mass market or if the modifications will not be deep they will not bother with masking it too much. Honda seemed to have done the same thing when they were testing the Civic
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24th July 2007, 15:00	#30
LandCruiser BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 712 Thanked: 51 Times View My Garage	Got pretty excited about my first set of spy pics and sent it to AUTOCAR this morning. To my dismay I come to learn from them that these pictures were sent by another reader too! What is the point in watermarking the pics? Some one wants to benefit from others work!!! Last edited by LandCruiser : 24th July 2007 at 15:02.
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