2001 Ford Focus LX | The Desireable, Fun-to-Drive Compact | Full Review

First off, a huge thanks and shoutout to the fine folks at Community Outlet Center for allowing me to come out and film this amazing 2001 Ford Focus! You can find them at www.communitycars.com, or visit them in Spencer, Indiana! Their location and contact information is below;
Community Outlet Center
88 E. Morgan Street - Spencer, IN 47460
www.communitycars.com | 812.829.2500
GPS Coordinates: 39.28688° N, 86.76351° W
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**Please understand that I DO NOT work for any dealerships and I cannot, nor will I attempt to answer questions regarding “how much”, “still available” or related. Please use the contact information provided to perform your own research! Thank you for your understanding!**
Back in 1999, I was in High School and was taking driver’s ed courses at school. Our cars that we used were 2000 Ford Focus’s painted in Light Sapphire Blue with gray cloth interiors. The were LX trims with automatic transmissions, but not much else in the way of equipment levels. So, it’s fitting that I find this nice 2001 Ford Focus and loved the opportunity to relive this car and digitally preserve it for years to come, which, incidentally, is the goal of this channel.
Slated to initially fill the gap between the outgoing Escort and the Taurus, the Focus represented an all-new world car from Ford. Available worldwide and produced at a number of global production facilities, the Focus truly was like the original Escort for the States in the 1980’s. Utilizing Ford’s “New Edge Design”, the Focus looked unlike anything else Ford had on the road. If you look back to this era, all other Ford vehicles were rounded and almost oblique. The Focus showed us sharp creases and edges, along with steep angles and upright body lines. Almost as if the GT90 concept car from 1995 inspired some of the shapes. Across the globe, the Focus was available in several trim levels, even including an ST and an RS model in Europe, and somehow I missed that! We had the SVT Focus here in the States, and of course, special edition models across the model years were highlights as well. Here, we had the basics: The base-level LX, mid-range SE, ZX3 hatchback, and the line-topping ZTS. Available engines for North America were either the Split-Port 2.0L 110 HP 4-cylinder, or the more zippy Zetec DOHC 16V 130 HP 4-cylinder engine. Transmission choices were either an optional 4-speed automatic ($815) with overdrive or the standard 5-speed manual transmission. ABS ($400) and AdvanceTrac full-speed traction control ($1,225) were both optional back then, as were side-impact airbags ($350). Our review subject has, well, none of those. It doesn’t even have power equipment group ($740)! It does, however, have the optional $795 Air Conditioning, which still works fantastic, so, there’s that at least! In any event, our low-mille, very nice surviving example was built at the Wayne Stamping and Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan in August of 2001.
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Base Price: $12,730
Total Options: $795
Destination Charge: $515
Total Price When NEW: $14,040
*Price does NOT reflect current local offers, incentives, rebates or any other deal or sale. Please contact the appropriate dealership if applicable that's listed at the beginning of the video for more information.
Exterior Color: CD Silver Metallic
Interior Color: Medium Graphite Cloth
Engine: 2.0L SPI I-4
Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
Optional Equipment Shown on Vehicle:
Air Conditioning - $795
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[@sirot5561]

Those seat controls are wild haha. Ive never seen that before 😂

[@fordmuscleluis9710]

Glad you got this base model entry level compact sedan to review never seen a pencil sharpener or fishing rail to adjust the seat cushion up and or down

[@NeighborhoodCarReviews]

Me either. It’s pretty cool! Nice feature in an entry-level car, too.

[@JaxBrubaker-po8ld]

This is an old car! My family used to have one like this back in the Early 2000’s! I loved it except it didn’t have the right locks