2012 Thai Built Focus

[Nichol]

Hey everyone,

Check out this article i found from the 2012 Bangkok Motor Show.

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...2579CE001F5850

[4.0i OHC]

*sigh* Ford Sync? So they've found a way to make the new Focus even MORE American?

What on earth is wrong with what is offered in the Fiesta and Mondeo?

[jonohoang]

I just read more about the Ford Sync and saw some pictures.
I think Ford Sync is a more upgraded version of what is currently offered on the sports and titaniums.

I thought it was MYFord that was going to be offered, but by looking at the thai spec Focus, it dosn't look like it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fordapa...in/photostream

[Joe5619]

Originally Posted by 4.0i OHC

*sigh* Ford Sync? So they've found a way to make the new Focus even MORE American?

What on earth is wrong with what is offered in the Fiesta and Mondeo?

Becuase if you stand stil you end up very very very far behind!!!


Ford Sync should be in every car sold by Ford in Australia if you ask me. It has already taken too long to get here!!

[Franco Cozzo]

I agree, about time we got up to date with technology, why the hell didn't we get it earlier.

[dannyhilton]

According to the Thai website, we’ll also get Active City Stop and Blind Spot Information System along with SYNC. According to the ‘Features’ page, Bi-Xeon headlights remain, Active Park Assist, and pretty much all the current cars features. There is no mention of Satellite Navigation, though some pictures do show it, so it may not be an option in Thailand, but I see no reason why we wouldn’t get it as the Ranger WildTrac get’s the same unit.

Really good that pretty much all features appear to remain intact, so providing they get the quality right, this should be a ripper of a car that’s priced very smart. Well, hopefully they price is smart...

[Polyal]

So plant opens in May and cars due in June?

What difference will this make to the RRP?

[barra240t]

There a few cool new features coming in MKII which I can't say much about yet, but they will only make the Focus better!

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by barra240t

There a few cool new features coming in MKII which I can't say much about yet, but they will only make the Focus better!

Interesting.

So is a Thai focus going to be cheaper for the consumer or just Ford?

[jonohoang]

Originally Posted by barra240t

There a few cool new features coming in MKII which I can't say much about yet, but they will only make the Focus better!

Hi Barra240t - Is the Thai built Focus classifed as MK2, or did you mean later down the track?

[XR Martin]

Doubt they'll change the price. Ford will just claim that the extra features that they'll come with will offset the savings.

[warpsp33d]

Originally Posted by barra240t

There a few cool new features coming in MKII which I can't say much about yet, but they will only make the Focus better!

Good. I'm sitting firmly on my hands, waiting. Chiefly I want an 8 inch touch screen. But a reverse camera would also be nice. I want a white titanium diesel sedan.

[unida767]

Originally Posted by warpsp33d

Good. I'm sitting firmly on my hands, waiting. Chiefly I want an 8 inch touch screen. But a reverse camera would also be nice. I want a white titanium diesel sedan.

Reverse cam will be in the Thai built Titanium with SYNC.

Still 5" screen though not MFT

[dannyhilton]

Originally Posted by unida767

Reverse cam will be in the Thai built Titanium.

Can anyone confirm this? By the looks, the Thai-Build model is definitely worth waiting for tech wise.

[Foconatic]

Originally Posted by unida767

Reverse cam will be in the Thai built Titanium with SYNC.

Still 5" screen though not MFT

Dose anyone know how to remove the Sony unit? I need to see if it has a reversing camera input. Or does anyone know if it has one?

[SaCrow]

I was told by a friend who is after a Diesel Titanium Hatch with SE Pack in Vic (anyone seen one) that Ford are adding but also taking from this model when the Thai built Focus arrives
DRL's gone
Heated seats gone
Scuff plates gone
Full size spare gone
Plus a few others I can’t remember!

New stuff
City Stop
Blind spot warning
Sync
Colour coded bumper inserts

This is all second hand info so please don't take this info as correct.

If anyone in Melbourne has seen a new Diesel Titanium Hatch with SE Pack in Vic please let me know as he wants a German built one

[Matty4]

There's a demo one in Candy red at Binks Ford in Deer Park that I was going to look at before I found my white one last week. They are getting very rare now, the German ones.

[dannyhilton]

Originally Posted by SaCrow

?..when the Thai built Focus arrives
DRL's gone
Heated seats gone
Scuff plates gone
Full size spare gone
Plus a few others I can’t remover!

This is all second hand info so please don't take this info as correct.

I'd believe that, as a few things disappeared from the Thai Fiesta.

[Nichol]

The new features are going to set the Focus apart from the other cars in it's league.
I'd actually love to have colour coded bumper inserts.

Danny, your fiesta makes me drool. I seriously don't know why they dropped the 3dr when production shifted to Thailand as i prefer the look of the 3dr over the 5dr.

[unida767]

Which bumper inserts would be colour coded? The triangles?

[SaCrow]

Originally Posted by Matty4

There's a demo one in Candy red at Binks Ford in Deer Park that I was going to look at before I found my white one last week. They are getting very rare now, the German ones.

Thanks Matty4
He rang them! It's pre Nov 11 (no Satnav)
He looks like getting one without the SE Pack ! It may be the white one that you went to pick up

[SaCrow]

Originally Posted by unida767

Which bumper inserts would be colour coded? The triangles?

Don't know for sure but that's what i would guess.
He was told that they will have a couple of new colours too!

[unida767]

Originally Posted by Foconatic

Dose anyone know how to remove the Sony unit? I need to see if it has a reversing camera input. Or does anyone know if it has one?

+1
Check this out http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/s...versing+camera
Old thread but it shows the parts.

[dannyhilton]

Originally Posted by Nichol

Danny, your fiesta makes me drool. I seriously don't know why they dropped the 3dr when production shifted to Thailand as I prefer the look of the 3dr over the 5dr.

Thanks mate! She’s a little ripper of a car. But I don’t believe they sold many 3-Doors so I guess they deemed the volume not high enough sadly.

So the opportunity has arose to collect the Focus I ordered a few months back. With the promise of SYNC, and more technology, and hopefully a cheaper buy price, the Thailand spec Focus is very tempting. Though I have Siri on my iPhone, and it does most of what SYNC does plus more, as it works really well with the Ford Audio in my Fiesta. Will wait for some more information first before making a decision...

[AG3]

Originally Posted by SaCrow

I was told by a friend who is after a Diesel Titanium Hatch with SE Pack in Vic (anyone seen one) that Ford are adding but also taking from this model when the Thai built Focus arrives
DRL's gone
Heated seats gone
Scuff plates gone
Full size spare gone
Plus a few others I can’t remember!

Are the DRLs the LEDs at the upper part of the headlights?
This Thai-built Focus has LEDs.

"Joe Hinrichs, president, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa, with the all-new Ford Focus following the ASEAN reveal."
- Ford APA

[Nichol]

i doubt they'd take off the DRL's. it'd be good if they made it standard for the titanium models though, with the xenon lights aswell.

[dannyhilton]

Can confirm Ford are removing the DRL from the LW MK II Focus (Yep, it’ll be known as this). Quite a bit of extra things, like full leather on the Titanium and a reversing camera on the Sport & Titanium, though I was told no BLIS (Blind Spot Information System) which appears to be an odd miss. The range will also shrink, so while the four models remain (Ambient, Trent, Sport & Titanium) the variants of each model have been reduced (Example: No Diesel Titanium Sedan). The Sport & Titanium also get a new body styling kit, which I’m to assume is like the Focus Zetec S offered in the UK. And for the badge lowers, Trend, Sport and Titanium will all now feature badge models on the tail.

Regardless of all this, I’ve decided to accept my 2012 German-Build Focus Titanium. Pick-up this afternoon!

[Nichol]

Originally Posted by dannyhilton

Regardless of all this, I’ve decided to accept my 2012 German-Build Focus Titanium. Pick-up this afternoon!

Woohooo!! Welcome to the club. Make sure to get them pics up.

[csv8]

Dannyhilton"And for the badge lowers, Trend, Sport and Titanium will all now feature badge models on the tail." and so the badges should be back..how do you know what model is which ?? on the road, when following one ???? DRL's should stay..sets the Titanium apart.. full leather should have been standard . '

[Foconatic]

Originally Posted by csv8

DRL's should stay..sets the Titanium apart.. '

DRL's are not Standard on the Titanium but are part of it's sports executive pack. Titanium w/o the SEP don't have DRL's, static cornering lights,sunroof (moon roof), adaptive cruise control.