FYI thought this was interesting... They don't really mention anything about EVs though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31SrVNtEut4
Nothing is as ugly as the Pontiac Aztek! LOLtriangles wrote:When the Flex came out I thought it was as fugly as the Honda Element. Then everyone else decided it was a game of one-upmanship to see who could build the fugliest vehicle. Suddenly the Flex wasn't so offensive to the eyes....
Nissan Juke? It's definitely as ugly....jmueller065 wrote:Nothing is as ugly as the Pontiac Aztek! LOL
LOL! Well you're getting close to Leaf territory there...triangles wrote:Nissan Juke? It's definitely as ugly....jmueller065 wrote:Nothing is as ugly as the Pontiac Aztek! LOL
jmueller065 wrote:Don't know if the new Focus will have that transmission. For all we know it will be some other crappy thing--maybe a CVT like the one's in the 500's that failed left & right..!triangles wrote:Pearl wrote:The Focus Active or a Subaru Crosstrek?
Seriously Ford? So raise the ground clearance by an inch or two, add some roof rails and the Focus hatchback magically becomes a crossover? If I were in the market for such a beast I'd take the Subaru unless the Focus was way way cheaper. Mainly I don't want the crappy DCT trans that ford put in the ICE focus. Who wants to sped 4 figures every 20k miles getting new clutches? That's literally how long they last in my sister in law's focus and she by no means beats on it. A MTX version I would take more seriously.
I dunno, from that article:cutler03gt wrote:The new Focus will have an 8 speed torque converter transmission.
https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedi ... ected.html
Note that an old school torque converter transmission also has clutches, just in a different spot (tq converter trans has clutches that grab the outside of the planetary gearset for each gear).triangles wrote:I dunno, from that article:cutler03gt wrote:The new Focus will have an 8 speed torque converter transmission.
https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedi ... ected.html
"Adaptive Shift Quality Control, which assesses vehicle and environmental information to help adjust clutch pressures for consistently smooth gearshifts"
Sounds like an 8 speed dual clutch setup to me, not an old school torque converter slush box. For me it doesn't really matter either way because I won't be buying another ICE vehicle. Also I won't buy a Chinese car. I've spent a couple months in a Chinese automotive factory. I'll just say it was an eye opening experience.
Sounds like they are getting the Chinese factory up and running early. Last I heard it wouldn't be producing cars until late 2019 yet Europe and China get the new Focus later this year.