Unless you step up to the 252-hp turbocharged ST or the bonkers RS boasting 350 horses and all-wheel drive, the only other Focus engine is the mileage-minded 123-hp 1.0-liter turbo three-cylinder. The Mazda 3’s 2.0-liter is rated at 155 horses and the Honda Civic’s makes 158. The other three engines in the inventory are all turbocharged, but the 2.0 is the mainspring of the Focus clockworks, an oversquare four-cylinder (increasingly rare among contemporary engines, which tend to be long-stroke designs) with some willingness to rev to its 7000-rpm redline and respectable output compared with competing non-turbo engines of similar displacement: 160 horsepower at 6500 rpm.
Propelled by a naturally aspirated 2.0-liter four-cylinder, this test car with the base powertrain doesn’t rank at the absolute what’s-your-hurry slow end of the Focus lineup, but neither can it be considered as spirited as the driver-oriented ST and RS variants. It’s been three years since the Ford Focus made our 10Best Cars list, but it remains a solid compact-class contender, with offerings that range from ho-hum frugality (including even an electric model) to hot-hatch torrid.
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