I typically lean Asian vehicle (honda, toyota, Mazda, etc.) but I was really tempted by the Focus Hatchbacks when I bought a car a few years ago. The salesman straight up told me don't buy one with an automatic (I was planning on a 6 spd anyways) but I test drove a few and then I remember watching some youtube video's on the Focus RS engines being a total engineering failure with heat gasket, cylinder wall, and head/block warping issues. I was just curious what became of these? I settled on a Mazda 3 because of a good deal but I still think about that baby blue Focus Hatch that I drove.
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