I've never cringed in my life as hard as I did when he said that, like it made me angry trying to figure out whether he had an italian in the back that was smelly or italian food, we still can't know for sure
Coming from an actual 1.0 Focus (125hp) owner, I can tell you this engine does really good mpg numbers. The best I've gotten was around 72 mpg on an 86 mile trip (Mixed interstate, City and 2 lane paved Farm roads of Illinois) and only used 1.2 Gallons. I usually average on road trips about 45-50 mpg doing 1-2 mph over the speed limit on the highway. I will say it's not fast but it does get out of its own way and I'm confident on passing people and the sound of the engine is much more rewarding than a 4 Cylinder.
We've got one of these at the dealership I work at. At one point I could hear the turbo start to spool on a spirited test drive. Then absolutely nothing happened. 10/10 would get passed by a moped again.
truantray I understand why they do it... Its just absolutely sickening imo... Guess you know the XBOX 360 generation is starting to drive now... Help us lol
Ari Cohen the Geo metro is a non turbocharged naturally aspirated engine developed by Toyota. The closest thing to it, today, is the Mitsubishi Mirage.
I guess I am choosing death? I am buying one today brand new for $9,250. With a stick, it is a downright decent car. I got 50.1 MPG on the freeway during a test. I don't trust Ferd long term, and the MPGs are not even close... plus it would cost a min of $3000 more.
You can't even begin to compare the Fiesta to the Metro. The Metro was a cheap bag full of assorted plastic pieces and fasteners with an engine thrown in. The Fiesta is cheap, but a real car that'll last.
+_Husky Ugh older ones sucked, my first car (A Vauxhall Corsa 1.0 3cyl) sounded horrendous and sounded like it was misfiring all the time, plus had zero power. I believe they have dampened the cockpit from the awful sound a lot more and the turbo makes up for the power loss.
+SE43 Oh god, I drove the same car as you did. Terrible, terrible piece of junk. The only did it ever do for me was get totaled by some dude who was speeding so I could collect insurance on it.
BMan100 what turned me onto L3's were the triumpth speed triple, favorite bike. After that, a friend showed me a video, a geo metro with a fart can, and it actually sounded pretty nice.
@@truantray It doesn't work out that well in practice. I test drive one of these when I bought mine. There's no low end torque and all the power is at upper RPMs when boost builds.... But if you rev it to build the boost, your fuel economy goes in the dumper quickly and it becomes difficult to match it's rated economy. I settled on the naturally aspirated engine instead and I regularly matched EPA ratings without even trying and got 47 highway with plenty of hills the one time I tried hypermiling it.
My boyfriend had a normal Fiesta 5 speed and it was a fun little car to drive. With the little turbo, I'm sure a small retune would net a little extra power and some suspension mods would make it a great corner carver.
+Doctor Ferdinand To be fair, he jumps in and out of cars from 30 years to 30 days ago. I doubt it's easy to shift smoothly when you can't really get used to anything
Peter Schmidt I get it, its definitely hard to get in and out of a bunch of different cars all the time, but I really cant imagine its very hard to shift a 3 cylinder focus smoothly, you can see the keys jangling as the car lurches each shift.
Jacob Mahoney My 20 year old n/a 2.0 liter car can get 35 mpg highway. This is half the displacement, 1 less cylinder, turbocharged, more aerodynamic, more power, and better gearing for highway. No, I am not stoned. 40 mpg is not very good for what it is.
+Jacob Mahoney considering Toyota made diesel engines in the late 1970's that got 76 mpg , people who believe what ever their told are the stoned ones .
Simon Coles I doubt that, '95 Geo Metro with a 1l 3cyl engine gets 40mpg with a 85% aggressive city driving, 10% full throttle freeway driving, 5% conservative city/causal highway
I think cars like this are cool. It's worth remembering what they are for I guess. If people want performance get the ST. These are still supposed to be fun for what they are and I think the 3 cylinder motor sounds cool, in a tiny gruff sort of way.
+rockinchimp I would assume that it's only the rear brakes that will be drums. The discs aren't expensive but the calipers are more expensive/complicated.
Kane H Yh I know its only for rear but would of thought a piece of technology that is outdated would of been phased out of most vehicles by now. No idea if drums on the rear are standard as well over here in Europe though, that would be even more surprising.
+rockinchimp If it saves a few hundred or more, then that looks good to get a thumbs up from the reviews when compared against rivals. The only new car I thought of was the new Smart ForTwo. They actually styled the rear drums. Huh, they look nice! Anyway, other than price, I presumed for a car that short, that rear disks would have some undesirable affect when in an emergency maneuver.
+Hammer Smith Be careful with those comments, not everyone is like me haha. Well, 3 cyl have to work quite hard to move the heavy cars of today so they might be a bit more unreliable than bigger engines. They do have a lovely exhaust note since is very similar to an inline six exhaust note.
This little 3 cylinder engine won engine of the year three times in a row by the way. In Europe you can even get the Mondeo (= Fusion) with this engine, which makes a ton of sense. Normally there would be a 1.4 or 1.6l 4 cylinder engine with similar power, but now 3 cylinder engines can do the same job more cheaply and economically. There are even examples from the other end of the spectrum. The BMW i8 has a 1.5l turbo-charged 3 cylinder with 228 hp in addition to its electric motors. We'll see many more in the years to come. Expect cars of all shapes and sizes to come with smaller, more efficient engines.
I have a 2016 Focus Hatch with the 1.0 . They made the EcoBoost Package available for the Hatchback that year and it came with Fog lights, gloss black styling pieces under the fog lights (instead of the cheap black plastic or chrome) tinted headlights, a blacked out Ford Fusion grill disc brakes all around, different wheels the auto start/stop feature and digital dual climate. The package required an automatic transmission but it was the Select Shift instead of the Power Shift.
My 2015 Focus ST has the Eco leaves too! They keep me focused (ha. FOCUSed.) on being efficient and keeping my 19 year old self out of trouble. The "Eco pro" and "Eco champion" trophies are oddly satisfying when you get them, too.
I learned on my sister's Mazda 3, and now drive a 2.7L Tacoma. I totally agree with your argument that a truck is good to learn in. Good bottom end, and everything is exadgerated.
I think Ford cracked the nut to finally get people to drive Eco friendly ;). Achievements! :D. "Buy the new Ford Electric and you're score will go to...." ;).
+DehnusNorder And that shit would completely work on me. I would work endlessly to see if I could find some kind of score cap or something that no normal driver would get by accident.
Americans acting surprised you can put 4 people in a 125HP car with modern car ammenities (even if the powerband is limited, you have a shift knob for a reason). It's nothing like the "bliss" of 5 grown men and swimming bags canned in a Daewoo Matiz with a 800cc i3 making 50HP (talking about razor-thin powerbands), climbing the winding roads of Andros. With air-conditioning running.
There's something weirdly satisfying about driving an extremely underpowered shitbox. I kind of got one, a 1998 ford laser 1.6 manual. Makes around 110hp, but I'm pretty sure it's closer to 85-90 nowadays. With the ac on, it really doesn't like hills lmao. I do also have a 2012 giulietta qv with an ecu flash, around 275hp. Not bad from a 1.75.
It's a very convenient feature! I mean, think about it... how often do you get to brag about your car using the same fuel/oil mixture as your weed-whacker, lawnmower, and leaf blower?
I have 2013 Focus SE and I feel that the steering in the Focus is one of the better ones in the class. One day, I pulled my friend's Corolla up for him and the steering feel in it was COMPLETELY numb. No weight to it at all. Thank goodness the car in this video is only available with the 6-speed manual and not that craptastic DCT that makes me want to get rid of mine sometime this year.
Mr. Regular, I taught my family friend's daughter to drive stick on a '99 f350 dually diesel truck, it is the perfect learning vehicle, you can dump the clutch without touching the acceleration pedal in the first 3 gears and not risk stalling.
I own one of these and use it for work. Always have cardboard displays in the back and put on 3-5k a month. If I did it again I would get the 2.0, honestly. My 2.0 rentals got same fuel economy and were much faster but the 1.0 sounds a million times better. It's a momentum car that you can commute with but is still fun in the twisties
+Unbearable Pain What do You mean? He have diesels (1.9TDI from VAG or 1.5/20HDI from French makes) not 1 liter 3cyl turbo engine in midsize car compact (it might be lesser size for You, US guys)
+Unbearable Pain Most of the europe's poeple cars are 4cyl diesel like the 2.0l from vw but here we know how to make power with 4 cyl, having a correct noise and fuel efficiency. They even have done a 4cyl porsche boxter :D
+Unbearable Pain Haha, yeah. The largest displacement car I've ever owned was a 3.0L V6 Peugeot. Currently I have a 1.1L car, no turbo or anything! Just 60hp of unbridled Frenchness!
Had a focus st. Pretty damn fun daily that was fast, handled great and still averaged 29 mpg. Its major flaw was (as you mentioned) that it always felt like a rental car on the inside. It literally smelled like a rental car right out off of the assembly line
Kyle Morgese the ST is a great car. But the 1.0 can make the same power with just a reflash. Put some disk brakes on the rear and you have a budget ST that can get 40 mpg easy
More or less, yeah, but the ST is practically a true euro ford brought to the states, and handles amazingly and has a modification following... I think the extra few grand is well worth it. Not even just the fact that its a faster car, it just looks amazing.
+Tiberius Hrafn-Úlfur The ST is just a much better package with far more room for improvement. Especially when a base model Fiesta ST is what, $21k USD out the door?
Damn, you Americans make such a big deal of driving manual transmissions. Driving schools in Europe are already using the 1.0 Ecoboost Fiesta and Focus to teach regular people to drive. I've driven many different cars, including a few 3-cyl turbos and the Focus Ecoboost feels a lot more like some of the small diesel engined cars we have here, it doesn't feel like the other 3-cyl petrol turbos that you guys don't get in the US.
Super Vitz its a big deal because itt is becoming less and less common to find manual vehicles new it the us most models dont even offer the option anymore
@@cleverkitsune4302 manuals? Automatic? It dont matter, get to point A to point B. Manuals, yes they are good in FAST cars but a ford focus? Or a lil honda? Jesus just get a auto.
@@averythepanda7004 gonna agree with default daniel on this one. The difference between my 97 integra LS auto and 97 integra GSR 5spd is huge. my 0-60 time is down by a second just because of the 5spd and then some because of VTEC and the higher limiter. but I reckon you haven't owned a manual car, otherwise you wouldn't have had the audacity to say "just get a auto" lmfao
yeah, standard transmissions make you feel more connected to the car. although, the autos nowadays are coming with more gears. like 10 speeds. the computer/trans shifts best for fuel efficiency or performance. so you're faster with a auto
I taught people how to drive stick on a 24' 5 ton and that was the easiest way to learn for them. Cars don't have the broad strokes to need to really get a hold of it
Own one of these for the comfort & fuel eco for uni here in the UK. Ford are geniuses with their little engine tech, it's not a fast car but you could argue it has potential (turbo reliant power always calls for potential) and imo due to the larger wheelbase it feels more grounded in the corners than my brother's 1.25L fiesta.
I find it so weird to listen when people say "People should learn to drive a stick" when the only thing you have ever driven in your life is a stick :D
This is why new cars suck. I had a 01 Focus ZX3 5 speed. I averaged 36mpg mixed driving. I always got 36mpg average. It was awesome. An older Honda will easily do 40 even 50mpg.
I learned stick on that car. It wasn't until I drove a jeep and a brz that I realized how different the focus clutch and transmission was. Still I will say that I love that car.
tarqsharq my understanding is that the 3 cylinder turbo actually has more torque... But really, silly little systems like that with achievement thing, and hill start assist, and the golf cart engine turn off when you stop, with a stick shift no less, is utterly preposterous and unnecessary, its a base commuter vehicle, don't put unnecessary crap in it lol. Thats all I'm saying, its obviously not quick, and it would actually probably be pretty fun if u trimmed the fat a bit lol
+Kyle Morgese Yeah, the Fiesta EcoBoost is what you want if you want real miserly econobox, and it's more fun. The auto-off can yield significant fuel savings if you're stuck at lights all the time in your commute, which as we've established is the whole point of this engine setup.
MindBlowerWTF exactly that's why I maintain that the St Fiesta is really the only one worth having it is a cool little car.. I personally cannot stand fords, but the ST Fiesta is awesome
Jeezus! A Focus with a smaller engine than my Chevy Spark?! Wow... Also, Mr. Regular, you really should check out the Chevy Spark. Drive the base model with the stick shift. It's basically the most spartan "regular" car you can buy today.
When I moved to Sweden from the US, I had to retake my driver's license from the beginning. On the practical test, I got one of these, and AT NO POINT did they tell me the motor would shut down without warning at every stop. I thought I'd stalled the engine about five times and was on the verge of tears before the tester told me about the engine shut-off feature.
I have a standard 11 Fiesta SE Sedan with a 5-speed. It's very good fun to drive, relatively quiet, but the seats are just okay. The regular 4-cylinder revs very freely. My only complaint is that it NEEDS a 6th gear. 70MPH on the highway leaves the car at 3300 RPM.
The problem with an Auto-stop system is that there is an extra lead-acid battery that, like the regular battery, will fail every 2-5 years with similar costs. The results of the dead extra battery vary from car to car. Some have just an error light requires a scan tool and a diagnosis before it is known that the extra battery needs replacing rather than there is something else wrong with the car. Will be a bigger deal when the car is aged.
I bought one of these brand new for $13,000 (no trade in) off the lot with a protection package from a dealer. I NEVER would have paid the $19,000 sticker price for a Focus. I will say that it depends on how you drive it, I average around 38 mpg on my daily commute which is about 50% city, 50% rural highway without the auto start/stop turned on. Best mpg I have gotten is 47. Overall, decent car. You can get a new/used car that gets better mpg at the same/lesser price, but you can't get a quieter car that is fun to drive while still maintaining acceptable mpg at the same price. Also to everyone saying that "my 1990s X-car gets better mpg", you are probably right; I love my Honda Insight but I would probably die if I got in a wreck at highway speeds.
i dont think so dude... he's test driving the muppets car. would be pretty rude to test drive a car and tell the owner to stfu but it would be funny as hell.
I just bought a 2012 Focus SE over a 2010 Mazda 3 because the mazda's clutch had zero feeling and the Focus's clutch felt amazing. Mine has the 2.0 I've been happy with it.
I learned to drive on a Vaz 2109, better known as the Lada Sputnik. Has all the learning characteristics you search for: floppy stick, obvious bite point. Also rattles at 20mph and above, keeps you on your feet :D
Hammer Smith I've driven them on many occasions, living in Moscow, but have NEVER owned a single one, all my cars have been either American, either true JDM
+Hammer Smith I've actually owned one, it was another 2109. I would've liked to own a classic 2101, but they're hard to come by in decent condition for a sane price these days.
I have a 2014 Focus ST, and I agree with you about it being not a very good car to learn stick on. My first car was an 83 Civic, and it was a great car to learn stick on, you could feel everything.
Best vehicle to learn to drive stick shift on is a 4x4 truck or jeep. Take beginner in a field put in 4 wheel drive - low range and they pretty much can't stall it out. And unlike a Corvette the danger of the vehicle getting out of control from too much horsepower and launching too fast makes for a safer easier way for a beginner to learn the clutch feel and shifting.
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Someone is going to own this in 10 years and be like "wOw so RaRe this is one of only a few that were ever made with disc brakes all around"
No they're not. Because that 1.0 EcoBlow isn't gonna survive 10 years with an OIL BATHED OIL PUMP BELT.
You crushed this dude when you fucked up his leaves.
"Why couldn't you leaf my score be? One more of them lost and you're going to need to leaf my car! You couldn't just leaf well enough alone!?"
"Actually, to be fair, I had Italian in the back last night."
Shit. This dude is pretty awkward.
In the BACK. Like, what? Was he fucking someone and they just remembered leftovers afterwards or what?
Jānis Bērziņš Yea lmfao I cringed so hard
i just assumed that she was italian
I've never cringed in my life as hard as I did when he said that, like it made me angry trying to figure out whether he had an italian in the back that was smelly or italian food, we still can't know for sure
SterrShow fucking lel
Coming from an actual 1.0 Focus (125hp) owner, I can tell you this engine does really good mpg numbers. The best I've gotten was around 72 mpg on an 86 mile trip (Mixed interstate, City and 2 lane paved Farm roads of Illinois) and only used 1.2 Gallons. I usually average on road trips about 45-50 mpg doing 1-2 mph over the speed limit on the highway.
I will say it's not fast but it does get out of its own way and I'm confident on passing people and the sound of the engine is much more rewarding than a 4 Cylinder.
Meanwhile in my Raptor........
@@drowssapma You’re looking like a D-bag and using excess gas.
We've got one of these at the dealership I work at. At one point I could hear the turbo start to spool on a spirited test drive.
Then absolutely nothing happened.
10/10 would get passed by a moped again.
A car that "scores" you on how it thinks you're driving....
I'd punch that car so hard in the grill.
My 2014 Escape has the same thing.
all newer Fords have this.
for real... is this really what cars are being reduced to?! sad...
+Kyle Morgese They do this to stop idiots who don't know how to drive from bitching about the fuel economy.
truantray I understand why they do it... Its just absolutely sickening imo... Guess you know the XBOX 360 generation is starting to drive now... Help us lol
1.0L Fiesta. The Geo Metro for the Modern Man.
Ari Cohen the Geo metro is a non turbocharged naturally aspirated engine developed by Toyota. The closest thing to it, today, is the Mitsubishi Mirage.
I guess I am choosing death? I am buying one today brand new for $9,250. With a stick, it is a downright decent car. I got 50.1 MPG on the freeway during a test. I don't trust Ferd long term, and the MPGs are not even close... plus it would cost a min of $3000 more.
Suzuki made the Geo.
You can't even begin to compare the Fiesta to the Metro. The Metro was a cheap bag full of assorted plastic pieces and fasteners with an engine thrown in. The Fiesta is cheap, but a real car that'll last.
This is a focus not a fiesta.
Yeah, selecting the ecoboost package in the hatch deletes manual option if you want the discs. You got a bit of a unicorn there I think!
Can't believe I'm writing this but I love the growl of that little three. Reminds me of a sportbike. Gives the car a little character too.
This guy.
glad it wasn't just me lol...
Michael cera?
He seems to be a nice guy, but he's fairly awkward.
if he had say, a SUPER JDM TWIN TURBO 240Z WITH HELLAFLUSH CAMBER$$ i bet he'd talk more enthusiastically..
+linglingjr Well I mean he owns a Ford Focus 1.0L, what did you expect?
I love the sound of 3 cylinder cars. This focus is no exception.
+_Husky Ugh older ones sucked, my first car (A Vauxhall Corsa 1.0 3cyl) sounded horrendous and sounded like it was misfiring all the time, plus had zero power. I believe they have dampened the cockpit from the awful sound a lot more and the turbo makes up for the power loss.
+_Husky yeah ! it sounds great 3 grand and up. reminds me like a straight 6!
+SE43 Oh god, I drove the same car as you did. Terrible, terrible piece of junk. The only did it ever do for me was get totaled by some dude who was speeding so I could collect insurance on it.
+MarcoZ yes they are total pieces of shit. Didn't even have mine a year
BMan100 what turned me onto L3's were the triumpth speed triple, favorite bike. After that, a friend showed me a video, a geo metro with a fart can, and it actually sounded pretty nice.
When you get all the leafs, you win the CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HATE CARS! Trophy.
I had one for a month as a rental. Quite fast, 400 miles per tank sometimes more, engine growls, it really is an amazing car
This engine on a fiesta is aceptable but not on a focus. I think it is too small for it
Agreed
150 ftlbs torque, and much lighter than an i4. Science.
@@truantray It doesn't work out that well in practice. I test drive one of these when I bought mine. There's no low end torque and all the power is at upper RPMs when boost builds.... But if you rev it to build the boost, your fuel economy goes in the dumper quickly and it becomes difficult to match it's rated economy. I settled on the naturally aspirated engine instead and I regularly matched EPA ratings without even trying and got 47 highway with plenty of hills the one time I tried hypermiling it.
@@truantray the turbo setup makes the 3 cylinder heavier than an NA 4 cylinder
I would rock a Fiesta with this motor.
I learned to drive in the fiesta ecoboost it's good and really nippy
+Matthew Hutzell Yeah, more low end torque and straight horsepower than the standard Fiesta engine.
+tarqsharq great fucking car.
My boyfriend had a normal Fiesta 5 speed and it was a fun little car to drive. With the little turbo, I'm sure a small retune would net a little extra power and some suspension mods would make it a great corner carver.
+Matthew Hutzell the ecoboost has 120 hp it's pretty good
Damn, he reminds me of Mc'loving
Mr. Regular, you're my best friend. But your clutch work always makes me cringe.
+Doctor Ferdinand To be fair, he jumps in and out of cars from 30 years to 30 days ago. I doubt it's easy to shift smoothly when you can't really get used to anything
Peter Schmidt I get it, its definitely hard to get in and out of a bunch of different cars all the time, but I really cant imagine its very hard to shift a 3 cylinder focus smoothly, you can see the keys jangling as the car lurches each shift.
+Peter Schmidt Its even easier when you jump in and out of different cars because you don't get used to just one.
He isn't revmatching whatsoever on the downshifts either, that just hurts me :(
+Doctor Ferdinand "mr regular you're not perfect." wahh wahh wahhh. call the fucking wambulance
40 mpg doesn't seem very good for what it is...
are you stoned
+Jacob Mahoney a well driven yaris gets 40+. And that's with a 1.5 n/a motor.
+Jacob Mahoney a 1990 Honda civic gets 45 all this new technology for 40 is ridiculous
Jacob Mahoney My 20 year old n/a 2.0 liter car can get 35 mpg highway. This is half the displacement, 1 less cylinder, turbocharged, more aerodynamic, more power, and better gearing for highway. No, I am not stoned. 40 mpg is not very good for what it is.
+Jacob Mahoney considering Toyota made diesel engines in the late 1970's that got 76 mpg , people who believe what ever their told are the stoned ones .
I maintain a 1 litre Focus will use more gas than a 1.5 because you have to floor a 1 litre
ALL THE TIME to get the car to move out of its own way.
Simon Coles I doubt that, '95 Geo Metro with a 1l 3cyl engine gets 40mpg with a 85% aggressive city driving, 10% full throttle freeway driving, 5% conservative city/causal highway
it has 123 hp, with atleast 140 lb/ft torque. in a car that small its a decent amount of power
Simon Coles Actually, full throttle is more efficient to the engine than a non-full throttle, since you have pumping loses.
The 2L Focus SE gets 40mpg.
Michael Marquardt I get 28 mpg from my 2.0L focus
I think cars like this are cool. It's worth remembering what they are for I guess. If people want performance get the ST. These are still supposed to be fun for what they are and I think the 3 cylinder motor sounds cool, in a tiny gruff sort of way.
I'm amazed that modern day cars are still sold with rear drum brakes, surely can't be that expensive to put discs on all round?
+rockinchimp I would assume that it's only the rear brakes that will be drums. The discs aren't expensive but the calipers are more expensive/complicated.
Kane H Yh I know its only for rear but would of thought a piece of technology that is outdated would of been phased out of most vehicles by now. No idea if drums on the rear are standard as well over here in Europe though, that would be even more surprising.
+rockinchimp If it saves a few hundred or more, then that looks good to get a thumbs up from the reviews when compared against rivals.
The only new car I thought of was the new Smart ForTwo. They actually styled the rear drums. Huh, they look nice! Anyway, other than price, I presumed for a car that short, that rear disks would have some undesirable affect when in an emergency maneuver.
toyotaprius79 Price being low is all well and good up until the moment you need your brakes in an emergency.
+rockinchimp my sister has one and were in the uk, can confirm there drums on the rear!
"I had an Italian in the back last night, so I had to use some febreeze" WTF does that mean???
Its just the food smell
Garlic
@@charlessawallich1870 pussy
shouldn't multiples be calls foci and not focuses?
Yes, same with Lexus and Lexi ;)
Not of its a proper noun as in the those cases.
Very profound
+Geek Army In the 80's, the proper plural for everyone's favorite computer peripheral was "mouses".
+Geek Army or Multiples are called focus and one is called foci ? haha
The Focus ST even has the eco award thingy. Got eco champion once.
I like the little 3 cyl, it gives it a bit of character.
+Hammer Smith Not in my plans right now, but thanks for the suggestion.
+Hammer Smith Be careful with those comments, not everyone is like me haha. Well, 3 cyl have to work quite hard to move the heavy cars of today so they might be a bit more unreliable than bigger engines. They do have a lovely exhaust note since is very similar to an inline six exhaust note.
This little 3 cylinder engine won engine of the year three times in a row by the way. In Europe you can even get the Mondeo (= Fusion) with this engine, which makes a ton of sense. Normally there would be a 1.4 or 1.6l 4 cylinder engine with similar power, but now 3 cylinder engines can do the same job more cheaply and economically.
There are even examples from the other end of the spectrum. The BMW i8 has a 1.5l turbo-charged 3 cylinder with 228 hp in addition to its electric motors. We'll see many more in the years to come. Expect cars of all shapes and sizes to come with smaller, more efficient engines.
4:25 biker instinct takes over
What u mean
Can't resist checking out the motorcycle on the side of the road *****
+kolby4078 oh
+shut up u idiot ダチ theres a motor bike behind the red car :P
+shut up u idiot ダチ Bikers will short shift a lot and will always end up in 3rd or 4th gear when most people will be in 2nd.
TWO EPISODES IN ONE DAY THIS IS MADNESS
Wow, riveting
lmfao, my sentiments exactly lol x,D
+maximus9401 I was on the edge of my seat the whole time...
When he was talking about the disk breaks I was like ohh boy.
No kidding!
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I have a 2016 Focus Hatch with the 1.0 . They made the EcoBoost Package available for the Hatchback that year and it came with Fog lights, gloss black styling pieces under the fog lights (instead of the cheap black plastic or chrome) tinted headlights, a blacked out Ford Fusion grill disc brakes all around, different wheels the auto start/stop feature and digital dual climate. The package required an automatic transmission but it was the Select Shift instead of the Power Shift.
"Drive a slow car fast and you'll learn to keep your momentum up."
My 2015 Focus ST has the Eco leaves too! They keep me focused (ha. FOCUSed.) on being efficient and keeping my 19 year old self out of trouble. The "Eco pro" and "Eco champion" trophies are oddly satisfying when you get them, too.
feels like i'm listening to a funeral service
I learned on my sister's Mazda 3, and now drive a 2.7L Tacoma. I totally agree with your argument that a truck is good to learn in. Good bottom end, and everything is exadgerated.
I wish my Polo had a 6-speed, now I've driven it on the Autobahn for >500km
We wont even stalk these at my dealership. It was nice to see one of these in action.
Thanks for the vid
Say what @1:33? "I had an Italian in the back there last night, so I sprayed febreze this morning"
what I was thinking
" I had Italian " as in the owner had Italian food in the back of his car last night
Italian food I assume
+GoatHornz Giggety giggety!
it's an Italian sub
a car that encourages me to drive more efficiently? no. i'm good.
"nah i dont care" ... ("nah i totally do")
"It's going to take me weeks to get my leafs back."
+Mark M mpg ocd troubles
I think Ford cracked the nut to finally get people to drive Eco friendly ;). Achievements! :D.
"Buy the new Ford Electric and you're score will go to...." ;).
+DehnusNorder
And that shit would completely work on me. I would work endlessly to see if I could find some kind of score cap or something that no normal driver would get by accident.
this guy has considered his focus purchase from every single angle imaginable
Americans acting surprised you can put 4 people in a 125HP car with modern car ammenities (even if the powerband is limited, you have a shift knob for a reason). It's nothing like the "bliss" of 5 grown men and swimming bags canned in a Daewoo Matiz with a 800cc i3 making 50HP (talking about razor-thin powerbands), climbing the winding roads of Andros. With air-conditioning running.
+ferongr what were you driving a golf kart?
There's something weirdly satisfying about driving an extremely underpowered shitbox.
I kind of got one, a 1998 ford laser 1.6 manual. Makes around 110hp, but I'm pretty sure it's closer to 85-90 nowadays. With the ac on, it really doesn't like hills lmao.
I do also have a 2012 giulietta qv with an ecu flash, around 275hp. Not bad from a 1.75.
Do you mix regular 2 cycle oil with the gas, or is is special Ford stuff?
+AustrianAnarchy It's a 3 cylinder, not a 2 stroke...
+Raven Crow Jokes and jokes and jokes abound.
It's a very convenient feature! I mean, think about it... how often do you get to brag about your car using the same fuel/oil mixture as your weed-whacker, lawnmower, and leaf blower?
4:15 Mr Regular's Face
+Jaylon Patterson hes revealed his face multiple times now
+Nicks Customs oh ok
+Captain Rizza Yeah, just the other week he had a full face reveal. While tearing down the new Falcon V8
+Captain Rizza Should be Part 4
+Jaylon Patterson @2:20 as well
I have 2013 Focus SE and I feel that the steering in the Focus is one of the better ones in the class. One day, I pulled my friend's Corolla up for him and the steering feel in it was COMPLETELY numb. No weight to it at all.
Thank goodness the car in this video is only available with the 6-speed manual and not that craptastic DCT that makes me want to get rid of mine sometime this year.
Forgot the "P.O.V" in the title.
Mr. Regular, I taught my family friend's daughter to drive stick on a '99 f350 dually diesel truck, it is the perfect learning vehicle, you can dump the clutch without touching the acceleration pedal in the first 3 gears and not risk stalling.
"it drives like a rental car" highlight of this video
When he put his sunglasses on in the beginning, for a split second I expected the screen to darken.
Owner looks like Michael Bolton.
From office space.
I own one of these and use it for work. Always have cardboard displays in the back and put on 3-5k a month. If I did it again I would get the 2.0, honestly. My 2.0 rentals got same fuel economy and were much faster but the 1.0 sounds a million times better. It's a momentum car that you can commute with but is still fun in the twisties
So this is what it feels like to drive in Europe...
+Unbearable Pain What do You mean? He have diesels (1.9TDI from VAG or 1.5/20HDI from French makes) not 1 liter 3cyl turbo engine in midsize car compact (it might be lesser size for You, US guys)
+MindBlowerWTF what
+Unbearable Pain Most of the europe's poeple cars are 4cyl diesel like the 2.0l from vw but here we know how to make power with 4 cyl, having a correct noise and fuel efficiency. They even have done a 4cyl porsche boxter :D
+MindBlowerWTF Focus is avaible with this engine in Europe -> new Astra has 1 litre engine as well.
+Unbearable Pain Haha, yeah. The largest displacement car I've ever owned was a 3.0L V6 Peugeot. Currently I have a 1.1L car, no turbo or anything! Just 60hp of unbridled Frenchness!
Love how alien this is for the US when Europe and many other parts of the world have been rocking turbo'd small displacement forever.
ford sell a car with all drum brakes in the 21st century?
Rear drums.
My sister in law has a fiesta sedan it has rear drums i was like what the fuck... When i noticed. And hers is a 2017
I saw a toyota with 4 lug today
Tbf you probably don't need 4 way discs on a car this size and with such a modest power output do you?
@@grayfox9503 The only fiesta to get 4 wheel discs is the ST
The owner really had to defend himself of purchasing this car and he didn't need to do that, it's a neat car for what it is.
They still make cars with drum breaks?
Only in the rear, not all round
Most cars have drum rears. How many economy cars have 4 wheel disc brakes? They still make cars with ignitions, too. Not just Push Button.
I have a 17 fucus 1.0L it has rear disc.
djkenny the fucking yugo had 4 wheel disc brakes. There is no excuse to have rear drums on a car.
Had a focus st. Pretty damn fun daily that was fast, handled great and still averaged 29 mpg. Its major flaw was (as you mentioned) that it always felt like a rental car on the inside. It literally smelled like a rental car right out off of the assembly line
I'm probably going to get the fiesta with this engine when I get my next car.
that 1.0 has some serious tuning capability for its size
the only fiesta worth owning is the ST ....get the ST , please lol
Kyle Morgese the ST is a great car. But the 1.0 can make the same power with just a reflash. Put some disk brakes on the rear and you have a budget ST that can get 40 mpg easy
More or less, yeah, but the ST is practically a true euro ford brought to the states, and handles amazingly and has a modification following... I think the extra few grand is well worth it. Not even just the fact that its a faster car, it just looks amazing.
Kyle Morgese only real difference is the grill material and the minor ground effects
+Tiberius Hrafn-Úlfur The ST is just a much better package with far more room for improvement. Especially when a base model Fiesta ST is what, $21k USD out the door?
98 Ford Ranger 4 speed was how I learned manual. That was pretty solid.
"aaah, kielbasas, pierogis"
Love it.
"Oh I wouldn't have guessed to do that, I'm always doing this" *Finger Blasts*
Damn, you Americans make such a big deal of driving manual transmissions. Driving schools in Europe are already using the 1.0 Ecoboost Fiesta and Focus to teach regular people to drive.
I've driven many different cars, including a few 3-cyl turbos and the Focus Ecoboost feels a lot more like some of the small diesel engined cars we have here, it doesn't feel like the other 3-cyl petrol turbos that you guys don't get in the US.
Super Vitz its a big deal because itt is becoming less and less common to find manual vehicles new it the us most models dont even offer the option anymore
@@cleverkitsune4302 manuals? Automatic? It dont matter, get to point A to point B. Manuals, yes they are good in FAST cars but a ford focus? Or a lil honda? Jesus just get a auto.
@@averythepanda7004 no, manuals are more fun to drive but a simpleton like yourself that doesnt understand car cultire will never get it
@@averythepanda7004 gonna agree with default daniel on this one. The difference between my 97 integra LS auto and 97 integra GSR 5spd is huge. my 0-60 time is down by a second just because of the 5spd and then some because of VTEC and the higher limiter. but I reckon you haven't owned a manual car, otherwise you wouldn't have had the audacity to say "just get a auto" lmfao
yeah, standard transmissions make you feel more connected to the car. although, the autos nowadays are coming with more gears. like 10 speeds. the computer/trans shifts best for fuel efficiency or performance. so you're faster with a auto
I taught people how to drive stick on a 24' 5 ton and that was the easiest way to learn for them. Cars don't have the broad strokes to need to really get a hold of it
You should also drive the new Ford Focus RS since its almost released.
I learned to drive stick in a 2010 Toyota Tacoma, that my dad owns, and it felt so easy to learn to drive.
"All the other focuses"?
foci?
goose, geese
moose, meese
+Red Comet moose, moose*
Bladsmith ox, oxen
Moose, moosen
Own one of these for the comfort & fuel eco for uni here in the UK. Ford are geniuses with their little engine tech, it's not a fast car but you could argue it has potential (turbo reliant power always calls for potential) and imo due to the larger wheelbase it feels more grounded in the corners than my brother's 1.25L fiesta.
"kielbasas, pierogis, chili fries" :D
These standard compact cars are so freaking high tech these days... Damn I`m feeling old ^^
We need like a tiny mid engine car with this engine.
I find it so weird to listen when people say "People should learn to drive a stick" when the only thing you have ever driven in your life is a stick :D
rear view mirror. i now know what this guy looks like!
Diogo DaCunha The face censorship has ended about a month ago mate..
+Diogo DaCunha The old, old, old, old, old, old, old RAV4 review. Watch the mirror. it was never a real mystery if you paid attention.
+tarqsharq Oh man I just watched it again. I miss when RCR was more dark and less about cars. It's still good, just not the same.
Also, disc breaks are standard with the 1L turbo. Not an option. Has discs all around and upgraded suspension... Standard. Don't ask me why.
BoredKnife I don't think that became standard for 1.0l until 2016.
This is why new cars suck. I had a 01 Focus ZX3 5 speed. I averaged 36mpg mixed driving. I always got 36mpg average. It was awesome. An older Honda will easily do 40 even 50mpg.
Ian Thompson Yeah but what do you sacrifice in terms of literally everything in that old Honda.
I learned stick on that car. It wasn't until I drove a jeep and a brz that I realized how different the focus clutch and transmission was. Still I will say that I love that car.
that car is like almost too idiot proof, especially for a stick shift... and a car with achievements, really? im done lol
+Kyle Morgese It's supposed to be a miserly commuter car. Not a go fast fun car. Pretty sure 0-60 is noticeably faster with the base NA engine.
tarqsharq my understanding is that the 3 cylinder turbo actually has more torque... But really, silly little systems like that with achievement thing, and hill start assist, and the golf cart engine turn off when you stop, with a stick shift no less, is utterly preposterous and unnecessary, its a base commuter vehicle, don't put unnecessary crap in it lol. Thats all I'm saying, its obviously not quick, and it would actually probably be pretty fun if u trimmed the fat a bit lol
+Kyle Morgese Yeah, the Fiesta EcoBoost is what you want if you want real miserly econobox, and it's more fun. The auto-off can yield significant fuel savings if you're stuck at lights all the time in your commute, which as we've established is the whole point of this engine setup.
+tarqsharq It is so dumb on turbo engines. You are going to kill the turbo in decent, daily traffic.
MindBlowerWTF exactly that's why I maintain that the St Fiesta is really the only one worth having it is a cool little car.. I personally cannot stand fords, but the ST Fiesta is awesome
I had a 2001 Z28 and it was also a really easy stick to learn on.
Fiesta seems better suited for the 1.0 ecoboost
Can confirm
love these little 1 liter ecoboost! lots of low end power
Jeezus! A Focus with a smaller engine than my Chevy Spark?! Wow...
Also, Mr. Regular, you really should check out the Chevy Spark. Drive the base model with the stick shift. It's basically the most spartan "regular" car you can buy today.
You haven't heard of Dacia, now have you?
+Mikael K Not available on the US market.
When I moved to Sweden from the US, I had to retake my driver's license from the beginning. On the practical test, I got one of these, and AT NO POINT did they tell me the motor would shut down without warning at every stop. I thought I'd stalled the engine about five times and was on the verge of tears before the tester told me about the engine shut-off feature.
Stock drums? WTF year is it
I have a standard 11 Fiesta SE Sedan with a 5-speed. It's very good fun to drive, relatively quiet, but the seats are just okay. The regular 4-cylinder revs very freely. My only complaint is that it NEEDS a 6th gear. 70MPH on the highway leaves the car at 3300 RPM.
Turbocharging a 3-cylinder 1L car: like adding a freeflow muffler to a moped.
What? It just makes it more efficient and gives it more power.
most exciting ford focus review EVER! -- says no one ever .
Still sounds better than an F80 M3/M4.
everything sounds better than the M4 :p
+flyingphoenix113 Implying the M4's sound is real
The problem with an Auto-stop system is that there is an extra lead-acid battery that, like the regular battery, will fail every 2-5 years with similar costs. The results of the dead extra battery vary from car to car. Some have just an error light requires a scan tool and a diagnosis before it is known that the extra battery needs replacing rather than there is something else wrong with the car. Will be a bigger deal when the car is aged.
drums in 2015?
+Tom Jacobs 2016*
+guifrakss 2015 Ford Focus 1.0L Turbo
Tom Jacobs
Yeah, but they're still used in 2016 :)
I bought one of these brand new for $13,000 (no trade in) off the lot with a protection package from a dealer. I NEVER would have paid the $19,000 sticker price for a Focus. I will say that it depends on how you drive it, I average around 38 mpg on my daily commute which is about 50% city, 50% rural highway without the auto start/stop turned on. Best mpg I have gotten is 47. Overall, decent car. You can get a new/used car that gets better mpg at the same/lesser price, but you can't get a quieter car that is fun to drive while still maintaining acceptable mpg at the same price. Also to everyone saying that "my 1990s X-car gets better mpg", you are probably right; I love my Honda Insight but I would probably die if I got in a wreck at highway speeds.
can you pre screen your guests if thy sound like a muppet ask them to keep it to a minimum
Lmaoo
i dont think so dude...
he's test driving the muppets car.
would be pretty rude to test drive a car and tell the owner to stfu but it would be funny as hell.
I just bought a 2012 Focus SE over a 2010 Mazda 3 because the mazda's clutch had zero feeling and the Focus's clutch felt amazing. Mine has the 2.0 I've been happy with it.
next f1 engine
I leaned to drive stick on my dad's ford focus. Then I got a Honda Accord with a 6 speed manual. The difference was fucking insane.
The owner makes me feel awkward. He's got that very insecure personality.
I learned to drive on a Vaz 2109, better known as the Lada Sputnik. Has all the learning characteristics you search for: floppy stick, obvious bite point. Also rattles at 20mph and above, keeps you on your feet :D
Hammer Smith I've driven them on many occasions, living in Moscow, but have NEVER owned a single one, all my cars have been either American, either true JDM
+Hammer Smith I've actually owned one, it was another 2109. I would've liked to own a classic 2101, but they're hard to come by in decent condition for a sane price these days.
Last time i came this early my girlfriend left me.
Wow you're so original
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Learned to drive stick on my '02 Saturn SC three years ago. Love it!
2:21 saw youre face 😁
He looked douchebaggy with the shades and hat
I have a 2014 Focus ST, and I agree with you about it being not a very good car to learn stick on. My first car was an 83 Civic, and it was a great car to learn stick on, you could feel everything.
the fuck is ford even doing ?
Brian Ross They haven't fucked with it because they still have it lol
Best vehicle to learn to drive stick shift on is a 4x4 truck or jeep. Take beginner in a field put in 4 wheel drive - low range and they pretty much can't stall it out. And unlike a Corvette the danger of the vehicle getting out of control from too much horsepower and launching too fast makes for a safer easier way for a beginner to learn the clutch feel and shifting.