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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Focus / September 2005Autotrader search results
I was curious as to what percentage of Focus sales each bodystyle makes up in the US, so I searched autotrader and found this. Just as I guessed the sedan is the most popular followed by the 3dr hatch, then the wagon and 5 door hatch: 3dr: 4,955 4dr: 14,470 5dr: 1,625 wgn: 2,508 I find it interesting how you hardly ever see sedans in Europe (I went to Italy back in 2003 for about a week and din't see any) but over here the sedans are the most popular bodystyle. > I was curious as to what percentage of Focus sales each bodystyle makes > up in the US, so I searched autotrader and found this. Just as I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > to Italy back in 2003 for about a week and din't see any) but over here > the sedans are the most popular bodystyle. 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  SignatureRemove prejudice to reply The Focus Saloon (Sedan)is also seen by many in Europe as > ugly. I aggree.. It is ugly! Thats why I got a wagon and love it very much.. Ahmet Turkey '01 Focus wagon 1.6 liter > The Focus Saloon (Sedan)is also seen by many in Europe as ugly. >> > I aggree.. It is ugly! Thats why I got a wagon and love it very > much.. So if a sedan is a saloon, what is a 'wagon'? An estate? Or a hatchback? SignatureChris Game Logic: The art of being wrong with confidence... >> The Focus Saloon (Sedan)is also seen by many in Europe as ugly. >>> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > So if a sedan is a saloon, what is a 'wagon'? An estate? Or a > hatchback? 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 SignatureRemove prejudice to reply > > So if a sedan is a saloon, what is a 'wagon'? An estate? Or a > > hatchback? > 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/ Here's another page about the history of "station wagons". > > So if a sedan is a saloon, what is a 'wagon'? An estate? Or a > > hatchback? > 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/ Here's another page about the history of "station wagons". http://www.stationwagon.com/history.html > I was curious as to what percentage of Focus sales each bodystyle makes > up in the US, so I searched autotrader and found this. Just as I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > to Italy back in 2003 for about a week and din't see any) but over here > the sedans are the most popular bodystyle. 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). SignatureBill R Remove "not_for_spam_" to reply by e-mail In alt.autos.ford.focus toycars26@hotmail.com: > I was curious as to what percentage of Focus sales each bodystyle makes > up in the US, so I searched autotrader and found this. Just as I > guessed the sedan is the most popular followed by the 3dr hatch, then > the wagon and 5 door hatch: > 3dr: 4,955 > 4dr: 14,470 > 5dr: 1,625 > wgn: 2,508 > I find it interesting how you hardly ever see sedans in Europe (I went > to Italy back in 2003 for about a week and din't see any) but over here > the sedans are the most popular bodystyle. Exactly, whenever you have the luck seeing one of those, it's likely the owner is 70-80 years old. ;) SignatureMichael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94) mail: echo zvpunry@urvzvat.qr | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/' #bofh excuse 54: Evil dogs hypnotised the night shift >In alt.autos.ford.focus toycars26@hotmail.com: >> I was curious as to what percentage of Focus sales each bodystyle makes [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >Exactly, whenever you have the luck seeing one of those, it's >likely the owner is 70-80 years old. ;) 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. |
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