Comments on: 2011 Ford Focus http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2010/01/10/2011-ford-focus Design From the Mouths of Designers. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:54:20 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: george http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2010/01/10/2011-ford-focus/comment-page-1#comment-5196 george Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:03:26 +0000 http://www.cardesignfetish.com/?p=4159#comment-5196 I like the car and of course is more interesting than the ford focus mk 2.The interior is fantastic i also love this new rear lights but i am not sure about the front.Some car magazines said that the front of the new focus would be exactly the same as ford focus iosis max concept but this doesnt.If the car had ford focus iosis max face then the car should have been amazing! I like the car and of course is more interesting than the ford focus mk 2.The interior is fantastic i also love this new rear lights but i am not sure about the front.Some car magazines said that the front of the new focus would be exactly the same as ford focus iosis max concept but this doesnt.If the car had ford focus iosis max face then the car should have been amazing!

]]> By: Quick Thoughts: A small car in a big car’s pants: the new Ford Focus | DownsideUpDesign http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2010/01/10/2011-ford-focus/comment-page-1#comment-5090 Quick Thoughts: A small car in a big car’s pants: the new Ford Focus | DownsideUpDesign Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:25:10 +0000 http://www.cardesignfetish.com/?p=4159#comment-5090 [...] and it’s already generating substantial comment in the sphere of the blogs. Ed Stubbs and Dustin Shedlarski have both written interesting critiques of a design that I, personally, find a little [...] [...] and it’s already generating substantial comment in the sphere of the blogs. Ed Stubbs and Dustin Shedlarski have both written interesting critiques of a design that I, personally, find a little [...]

]]> By: sf http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2010/01/10/2011-ford-focus/comment-page-1#comment-5088 sf Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:20:54 +0000 http://www.cardesignfetish.com/?p=4159#comment-5088 I don't really understand the small aperture (can't really call it a grille) for the badge at the front. It seems so restrained and out of place with the rest of the exterior. While this up-spec model looks modern and 'confident', I wonder how those surface details (fusiness) will translate on lesser-trimmed variants with smaller wheel sizes and plastic hubcaps. The execution of the taillights reminds me of the Renault Megane 5-door, somehow forced but ordinary. They work a bit better on the sedan though. Interior looks good but I'd like to see lower-spec models, and of course the quality of materials and fit can't be discerned from photos alone. I don’t really understand the small aperture (can’t really call it a grille) for the badge at the front. It seems so restrained and out of place with the rest of the exterior. While this up-spec model looks modern and ‘confident’, I wonder how those surface details (fusiness) will translate on lesser-trimmed variants with smaller wheel sizes and plastic hubcaps.

The execution of the taillights reminds me of the Renault Megane 5-door, somehow forced but ordinary. They work a bit better on the sedan though.

Interior looks good but I’d like to see lower-spec models, and of course the quality of materials and fit can’t be discerned from photos alone.

]]> By: KiTech http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2010/01/10/2011-ford-focus/comment-page-1#comment-5085 KiTech Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:52:15 +0000 http://www.cardesignfetish.com/?p=4159#comment-5085 The 2nd generation Focus is SO much cleaner and nicely surfaced. In the new one the front seems too flat (it looks as if it was glued onto the rest), the feeble verticals in the grille make it look like a toy and the taillights in both versions are way too big and amorphous. The hatch's rear end looks as if it was designed by the same person who designed the 2009 Subaru Legacy Concept - too much, too big, too complicated. The only thing that looks definitely professional are the proportions and the stance. I really liked J Mays' influence on Ford design, he made everything elegant and well-resolved. Ever since 'kinetic design' took over, the designs are bulbous, overcomplicated and look like plastic toys (well, maybe apart from the Fiesta). The 2nd generation Focus is SO much cleaner and nicely surfaced. In the new one the front seems too flat (it looks as if it was glued onto the rest), the feeble verticals in the grille make it look like a toy and the taillights in both versions are way too big and amorphous. The hatch’s rear end looks as if it was designed by the same person who designed the 2009 Subaru Legacy Concept – too much, too big, too complicated.
The only thing that looks definitely professional are the proportions and the stance.
I really liked J Mays’ influence on Ford design, he made everything elegant and well-resolved. Ever since ‘kinetic design’ took over, the designs are bulbous, overcomplicated and look like plastic toys (well, maybe apart from the Fiesta).

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