I found following article at Autohome:
http://club.autohome.com.cn/c/364/?mainurl=http%3A//club.autohome.com.cn/070228/263818.html%3Fbbs%3Dc%26bbsid%3D364&ref=http://www.autohome.com.cn//

Can someone please translate the text for me? Is Ford preparing a facelift for Focus? And is it just for Chinese market or for Europe also?

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-8-foto_4219952_17371519_17412869.jpg


Current Chinese Focus:
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-21-foto_4219952_17405980_18168596.jpg
http://img.autohome.com.cn/upload/spec/2451/u_2451674858645.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-21-foto_4219952_17405980_18168595.jpg
http://img.autohome.com.cn/upload/spec/1965/u_1965563159448.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-21-foto_4219952_17405980_18168594.jpg
http://img.autohome.com.cn/upload/spec/1821/u_1821480936119.jpg


pics at:
http://car.autohome.com.cn/pic/series-t/364-1.htm

Its a BBS post - A guy saying his friend is fascinated with the Focus and wanted to buy one, but got an 07 edition rather than an 06.

Thanks.

So this is indeed a facelifted Chinese Ford Focus for model year 2007. I wonder if European version will also be modified. So far I haven't found any info about that...

South African Focus got same refreshment as Chinese one.
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-8-foto_4219952_17371519_17412872.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-8-foto_4219952_17371519_17412874.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-8-foto_4219952_17371519_17412873.jpg

European Focus 2008 which will debut at Frankfurt Auto Show will receive more changes.
New face-lifted Focus will be unveiled by the end of the year. The automaker promises the car will look dramatically different from the current model.
The car takes look from new Mondeo and S-Max. Changes will refer to new „kinetic design” - sharp ridges and contour connected with streamline shape. Focus could be unveiled at Frankfurt Show in September

European Focus 2008:
http://s2.mojalbum.com/avtomobilizem-2-foto_4219952_7158516_9318524.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/avtomobilizem-2-foto_4219952_7158516_9318527.jpg

looks like the edge and audi a3

Pictures of Chinese Focus - sedan and hatcback.

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-foto_4219952_7117451_10070038.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-foto_4219952_7117451_10070032.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-foto_4219952_7117451_10070050.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-foto_4219952_7117451_10070045.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-foto_4219952_7117451_10070023.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-foto_4219952_7117451_10070017.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-foto_4219952_7117451_10070011.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-foto_4219952_7117451_10070004.jpg


http://car.autohome.com.cn/pic/series/364.htm

According to some Chinese media, Ford Focus will be redesigned to match the design of the European Focus which was drastically refreshed not so long ago. First spy pictures of camouflaged Chinese Focus already found their way to the Net:

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-8-foto_4219952_17371519_17412882.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-8-foto_4219952_17371519_17412883.jpg

European Focus sedan:
http://www.auto-news.de/webcore/data/content/Auto_Article_EXT/20635_1200561429275.jpg
http://www.auto-news.de/webcore/data/content/Auto_Article_EXT/20635_1200561346215.jpg


source:
http://auto.sohu.com/20080220/n255180017.shtml

why wud someone buy a ford...but i have to admin ford new cars are very nice in APPPEARANCE, dont know about quality

remind me of old gen audis

More photos of 2008 Ford Focus:

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-3-foto_4219952_10796317_11208059.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-3-foto_4219952_10796317_11208065.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-3-foto_4219952_10796317_11208068.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-3-foto_4219952_10796317_11208221.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-3-foto_4219952_10796317_11208062.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-3-foto_4219952_10796317_11208056.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-3-foto_4219952_10796317_11208053.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-3-foto_4219952_10796317_11208218.jpg

At Beijing Auto Show Ford will present racing Focus made for for China Circuit Championship (CCC). The car is powered with 2.0l engine with 270 HP.

http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/carros/ford/2008/focus-ccc-4g.jpg
http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/carros/ford/2008/focus-ccc-2g.jpg
http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/carros/ford/2008/focus-ccc-3g.jpg

2008 Ford Focus to hit China market in September

July 3, 2008 - The 2008 Ford Focus will go on sale in the Chinese market in late September and Beijing dealerships of Changan Ford said that they have begun to receive ordering from Chinese customers for the locally made Focus.

The 2008 Ford Focus has had a slight makeover from its predecessor in the interior and the front. The selling price of the new Focus will be similar to that of the 2007 Focus, ranging from 123,800 yuan ($18,050) to 153,800 yuan. But the old Ford Focus has kept a steady discount, with over 18,000 yuan off the 105,800 yuan 1.8MT classic Focus, but only 8,000 yuan off the 145,800 yuan price of the sporty 2.0AT hatchback and the luxury 2.0AT sedan.

To promote the launch and sales of the new Ford Focus in the Chinese market, the carmaker will decrease the production and supply of the 2007 Focus. Chinese consumers will be provided with new Ford Focus by the end of September. Ford China will offer the 1.8L and 2.0L models, plus a sports model, the Ford Focus ST.

Ford is building interest in its China-market Focus (which is like the European version, not the U.S. one) by touting the car's performance credentials. The new Focus model is made by one of Ford's China joint ventures, Changan Ford, for the Chinese market.

source: Gasgoo.com

2008 Ford Focus undisguised:
http://auto.sina.com.cn/news/2008-07-09/2354390967.shtml


http://i2.sinaimg.cn/qc/cr/2008/0709/3344431520.jpg
http://i3.sinaimg.cn/qc/cr/2008/0709/272850491.jpg
http://i3.sinaimg.cn/qc/cr/2008/0709/984539389.jpg
http://i0.sinaimg.cn/qc/cr/2008/0709/2957066341.jpg

i think ford is starting to put more effort in their cars, as well as GM

but chrysler is just going down

New Focus:
http://club.autohome.com.cn/bbs/thread-c-364-1424875-1.html

2009 Ford Focus for China:
http://www.autohome.com.cn/news/200808/44377-1.html


http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-21-foto_4219952_17405980_18168608.jpg
http://img.autohome.com.cn/2008/8/18/18-15-46-15-684772898.jpg

New Focus is ready to hit the Chinese market:
http://auto.sina.com.cn/news/2008-09-05/1415407633.shtml

http://i2.sinaimg.cn/qc/news/2008-09-05/U1478P33T2D407633F2019DT20080905142357.jpg
http://i2.sinaimg.cn/qc/news/2008-09-05/U1478P33T2D407633F2020DT20080905142357.jpg
http://i3.sinaimg.cn/qc/news/2008-09-05/U1478P33T2D407633F2021DT20080905142357.jpg

Presentation of Focus 2.0 AT sedan:
http://www.autohome.com.cn/advice/200809/45156.html


http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593541.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593658.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593648.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593642.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593635.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593596.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593629.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593612.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593624.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593617.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593606.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593556.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593585.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593577.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593549.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13593564.jpg

2009 Focus hatchback 2.0
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13610969.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13610962.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13610957.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13610936.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13610923.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13610908.jpg


Focus 1.8
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13610951.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13610944.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13610929.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13610902.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13610917.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-5-foto_4219952_13082292_13610914.jpg

September 25, 2008 - The 2009 Ford Focus made by Changan Ford hit the Chinese market today, said xinhuanet.com. The face-lifted Focus kicked off its China sale this morning in the scenic city of Hangzhou in eastern China.

The 2008 Ford Focus has had a slight makeover from its predecessor in the interior and the front. The selling price of the new Focus is similar to that of its predecessor, ranging from 123,800 yuan ($18,050) to 153,800 yuan. But the old Ford Focus has kept a steady discount, with over 18,000 yuan off the 105,800 yuan 1.8MT classic Focus.

Ford China will offer the 1.8L and 2.0L models, plus a sports model, the Ford Focus ST. Ford is building interest in its China-market Focus by touting the car's performance credentials. The new Focus model is made by one of Ford's China joint ventures, Changan Ford, for the Chinese market.

The new Focus presents a bold new face to the world: Trapezoidal grilles, swept back headlamps and athletic full surfaces are all signatures of the new Ford brand character. The side profile of the new Focus features the new 'kinetic design' cues of bold wheel lips and the strong undercut running from front to rear of the car.

Powered by a 1.6-liter engine, producing 100 NET HP, coupled with Durashift 4-speed automatic or 5-speed manual transmissions, the all-new Focus is excitingly redesigned with all-new interior and exterior design and a bevy of attractive features.

The Ford Focus is a very popular car in China, in both hatchback and saloon forms. Ford Focus continued to show its strength in China's high-end sedan market. To promote the sales of the new Ford Focus in the Chinese market, the carmaker will decrease the output and supply of the 2007 Focus.

Indeed it was very cool design from Ford car and kind of very stylish too.

Chang’an Ford builds 400,000th Ford Focus.

AUGUST 11, 2009 – From Fords Press Release:
Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd. (CFMA), Ford Motor’s joint venture in China, today celebrated the 400,000th Ford Focus rolling off the line at its manufacturing facility in the southwestern city of Chongqing.”We’re proud to celebrate the production of the 400,000th Ford Focus, which was launched here in China four years ago,” said Jeffrey Shen, President of CFMA. “With its outstanding styling and drivability, world-class engineering and safety, Ford Focus is firmly established as a star product in China’s highly competitive mid-sized car market. The success of this exciting car reflects Ford’s commitment to the Chinese market – to always provide our Chinese customers with products they want and value. “Ford launched the four-door Ford Focus in China in September 2005, and the five-door model a year later. The model range quickly became one of China’s best-sellers. In July, Ford Focus sales exceeded 10,000 units for the fifth consecutive month, helping support the steady growth of Ford brand vehicles produced and sold by CFMA. Through the first seven months of this year, Ford brand vehicle sales were 123,474 units, representing a 21.5% increase over the same period last year.The 2009 Ford Focus was launched at the end of last year to further entrench its leading position in the segment, with the application of Ford’s kinetic design cues, as well as a further refined interior. Both body styles have won acceptance for their stylish looks, great driving dynamics and class-leading quality and safety.The Ford Focus is one of the world’s most awarded cars, having won both the European Car of the Year and North American Car of the Year. In China, the Ford Focus has received more than 90 awards from national motoring media in recognition of its class-leading driving dynamics, precise steering and braking control, distinct design and build quality as well as achieving a C-NCAP five-star score for occupant crash protection.

source: China Car Times

I got a new Focus 3 months ago and I'm loving it!

ChangAn Ford will present Focus SVP limited edition soon:
http://www.autohome.com.cn/news/200910/72849.html

I believe the chinese "sporty editions" of the Focus are a bit tacky

Focus SVP:
http://piclib.pcauto.com.cn/cars/image/220891-1.html

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-38-foto_4219952_17421871_18401041.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-38-foto_4219952_17421871_18401042.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-38-foto_4219952_17421871_18401043.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-38-foto_4219952_17421871_18401044.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-38-foto_4219952_17421871_18401045.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-38-foto_4219952_17421871_18401046.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-38-foto_4219952_17421871_18401047.jpg

http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-38-foto_4219952_17421871_18401048.jpg

ChangAn Ford produced 500.000th Focus in China:
http://www.autohome.com.cn/news/201003/103027.html

ChangAn Ford introduced Focus MY 2011. The appearance of the car was not touched, there were only some changhes in the equipmnet configuration. Ford also added 1.8L Classic entry model for a price of 104,800 yuan.
http://www.che168.com/article/html/201006/20100623/20100623_303458_1.html


Focus 1.8 Classic:
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-21-foto_4219952_17405980_18168631.jpg
http://img.autohome.com.cn/upload/spec/8010/u_2010062315264238452.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-21-foto_4219952_17405980_18168630.jpg
http://img.autohome.com.cn/upload/spec/8010/u_2010062315262833752.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-21-foto_4219952_17405980_18168628.jpg
http://img.autohome.com.cn/upload/spec/8010/u_2010062315254682152.jpg
http://s2.mojalbum.com/kitajci-21-foto_4219952_17405980_18168626.jpg
http://img.autohome.com.cn/upload/spec/8010/u_2010062315221913452.jpg


more:
http://car.autohome.com.cn/pic/series-s8010/364.htm

2011 Focus 2.0 AT:
http://product.xgo.com.cn/pic/iframe.php?brand_id=40&firm_id=18752&line_id=2779&ref0=http://product.xgo.com.cn/pic/


http://img2f.xgo-img.com.cn/product/30_800x600/693/ce83qfjKX8vPo.jpg

http://img2e.xgo-img.com.cn/product/30_800x600/636/cei1TSVTed9I6.jpg

http://img2e.xgo-img.com.cn/product/30_800x600/909/ceuXRYPjJ5N6.jpg

http://img2b.xgo-img.com.cn/product/30_800x600/647/ceUaPB9mpjo72.jpg