2019 Ford Focus Active: Is it better than a crossover?

[@Shadow-jo5yf]

Rebecca is by far the best car reviewer in the UK and beyond. Delighted to see her back in business. You can be sure she will give you an honest and proffesional opinion. One of the comments has me confused. She kind of looks like A real posh aunt that I remember when I was very young years ago Bobby and her pug dog🐕

[@mattpeggram2444]

Just got myself the fiesta active and I absolutely love it.

[@dandan9442]

Never even heard of car guru before Rebecca. Subscribed now! The journey from car buyer to what car and everything inbetween!

[@quarters-eye8922]

I'm from the United States - and I'm here because I love Rebecca Jaskson as a presenter. I've been a fan for years. Thank you for bringing excellent automotive content to the motoring world Rebecca. Regards, Steven

[@danielleroux6490]

Please, Let's all do our part to contact Ford USA customer service. Tell them what their customers want in North America: the new Ford Focus hatchback with 6-speed manual transmission as standard and 8-speed automatic as optional. They'll wake up from their stupor and bring it to us. Thank you for your help in this effort!

[@shroomyesc]

I do quite like the new Focus in all it's guises, and I think the Active styling really works with the estate, more so than the hatch.

[@JTheAndroidFreak]

Nice to see you here Rebecca. They really need more subscribers and views and I guess you can make a difference.

[@hassanelahmar6848]

To be honest dear Rebecca this the best car I have ever seen regarding its high quality and high standing technology. I wish I could rent it next april from Gatwick airport. Congratulations !!! 👍 🙏 Love from Morocco 🇲🇦

[@satnitcboy]

Rebecca@! Good to see you here - you seem more yourself and relaxed, less rehearsed than in your last gig, more like the CarBuyer days. Well done. Ill subscribe.

[@AlexF931]

I subscribed only because of Rebbeca !! Congrats on your new job !!!

[@waveometer8463]

Of course, if she says.... I had to hit the subscribe button too, car is just a detail lol

[@zemljajeravna5336]

What a woman, she never needs a leg room

[@neilburns8869]

A good a reason as any.😜

[@brixtonkaysen6114]

i know it's quite randomly asking but does anyone know a good place to watch new tv shows online?

[@nathanielcullen1472]

@Brixton Kaysen I would suggest Flixzone. Just google for it =)

[@mkkravist11]

CarGurusUK has a woefully low subscriber level and hasn’t been increasing much in a long time. Rebecca may help to turn that around. This is a great car review site- a shame that others get so much attention and these guys don’t.

[@Firemarioflower]

@HaB22 Well their new member is DEFINITELY a guru because she does racing

[@oopscanada]

I just love your reviews; excellent Rebecca.

[@edm5166]

Car Buyer, Telegraph, What Car...and here we now are 😎

[@ph69jbl]

Eddie M yeah... keep subscribing to all :)

[@alphad1676]

I noticed her voice tempo has slowed down :( why?

[@oliverstemp9132]

@@alphad1676 faster than how she spoke on WhatCar

[@ogri550]

Great review, no silly cuts or language as on other sites - covered what I wanted to know completely and held my interest - I just wish Ford had done this with a C-max though, rather than ironically drop the range through lack of interest just as BMW bring out their version of a C-max!

[@markwhitehouse7440]

These guys are great, informative and honest

[@stevemills2941]

Iam getting this car end of the month and I can't wait. I hope it's as good as I hope it is in the long term

[@willemverstrepen8527]

Thank you for this excellent demonstration of the Ford Focus Active. The car was already appealing to me .... probably it will be my next one

[@Richternielsen1]

I have a active, petrol, 182 hp. And it really is a great way to get around. Fast, and Agile.

[@CliffDaviszootour]

Good review RJ, lovely to see you back at work. Could you make more use of the text area to show useful things like Model tested and price as tested etc?

[@tomilohanic]

Good luck on your new job Rebecca. Nice to see you.

[@melcanuck5951]

6:45 ... sure! Prefer a Focus Active to an SUV anyday... Good looking estate that drives well

[@nudgenudgewinkwink3212]

This car makes sense for driving in the british winter, Never that bad for the need for 4x4 but maybe extra driving aids needed when it does sometimes get a bit slippier.

[@raymfa]

Oh, here you are Rebecca. Subscribed!

[@ianwindley70]

How to make a car look good...Have Rebecca review it!

[@williamrutkowski]

Hey Rebecca! Great review. I saw snacks in the glovebox but where was the trademark 🍌?

[@carlosMTB1416]

For sure, it will be my next new car.

[@kostas_guitarsession]

Thank you Rebecca. Great job.🙂🌹I drive it with 150 PS. It's a great car. Greeting from Germany and The Cute Urchins.🎼🎸

[@didiervereecke7642]

Excellent, realistic and complete review, but the car looks exceptional gigantic if you place someone

[@forza223bowe5]

Much better than the dated looking Golf.

[@doublesdetailer7709]

Sweet review. And subscribed

[@seansullivan4709]

I'm now on my second Focus (I had my first one for 12 years) but we can't get the new one in the USA anymore. Americans are terrified of station wagons (Estates) but are in love with SUVs and crossovers which are essentially wagons. It's so illogical it's breathtaking. I wanted either the new Fiesta or the new Focus but that's not going to happen. Maybe we'll get the new Puma here in the States, I can only hope.

[@seansullivan4709]

@Redblade I'd have to test one first, it may just be another used Focus instead. I like my current '07 Focus 2.0 but it's old and needing more than it's worth.

[@danielleroux6490]

YES! I want the Puma as well, with 6-speed manual transmission. Let's all do our part to contact Ford USA customer service. Tell them what their customers want in North America, and they'll wake up from their stupor and bring it to us. Thank you for your help in this effort!

[@danielleroux6490]

@Redblade Actually, the 3 cylinder engine sounds much better than most 4-cylinder engines, it sounds like a mini V6 when accelerating. I really don't mind it in terms of noise.

[@nikeshbhattarai1264]

Great review. Would you recommend a 1L Automatic to a 1.5L Automatic Active estate? I am looking at a 1L automatic but have heard some not so good reviews on its engine and drive performance. I haven't done the test drive yet. Will probably do soon. Would like to hear from you too. Thanks!

[@TomOS1971]

ever since I sold my Subaru Legacy estate I have been looking for something to replace it....this could well tick most of the boxes

[@MiniEggs1999]

Please can you do a twin test of the new A6 Allroad and the Merc All Terrain Thanks

[@grim-upnorth]

Never even heard of CarGurus before... saw that Rebecca moved here... I followed. Wonder what she'll do for their sub count!! They've got one extra already :-)

[@robertrussell6075]

As a disabled driver I’m looking at the active x for easier moving in and out of the vehicle and the boot is a good size for wheelchair which other cars do you recommend

[@danielleroux6490]

Go for the Focus Active Estate (wagon) with the extra boot space

[@danxisqn]

Pick mine up next week! Same colour too! 👍

[@ashbaggie4066]

Whats your thoughts on the car one year on Daniel?

[@danxisqn]

Hi Ashley. The car is great, it’s is reliable no problems whatsoever. The only thing I would have done differently is opt for a bigger engine, mine is somewhat underpowered compared to the previous Focus I owned

[@ashbaggie4066]

@@danxisqn Thanks for coming back to me. Looked at them today. I think I will go for the 2 lite automatic. Thinking the same as you. What are the drive modes like? Does it improve driving in snow?

[@danxisqn]

@@ashbaggie4066 I actually don’t get a lot of snow where I live but I have used the setting while there has been the potential for ice on the road and you do notice the traction improvement.

[@BikerDarren24]

Just don't understand why they don't do an awd variant of the focus, I'd have one soon as, just put a milder version of the RS awd system and be done. Love everything about the focus having owned many over the years and my current car, awd would just give a little more traction on our mostly wet, damp and poor roads in the UK and give a little more safety even if it does sacrifice a bit of mpg.

[@mindtraveller100]

They know that 99% of potential buyers of crossovers and similar vehicles don´t care at all about awd, they are just following a trend.

[@jamiep61]

Great Video Review. A Great Alternative To A Large SUV

[@Why_vern]

Subscribed 🤩

[@Youtubedotcomma]

RR IS HERE! 💪🏼

[@gillianhazell659]

I like the raised height. Easier to get in and out 👍

[@tigger151000]

does the active x come with coming / leaving homes lights

[@felix954]

looks cool, rumors are we might get something like this in the US.

[@jrs9264]

Great as always, to see and hear the lovely Rebecca. The hatch is sold in the usa as the new escape suv. Interior is different since we drive on the right side of the road, like almost all the planet.

[@shroomyesc]

The Escape is the equivalent to the european Ford Kuga, not the Focus Active hatchback. The Escape and Kuga are almost identical.

[@luv-hpqs]

You did not mention whether the 1.5 litre engine you are driving in this video (4:21) is a diesel or petrol?

[@asmith9040]

Why did ford remove multi link suspension from the st line but keep it on the vignale and active?

[@mariuscetateanu8139]

I asked the same question... I suspect it's all about economy plus the torsion bar is quite good for the average user

[@asmith9040]

Marius Cetateanu , agreed. But , I don’t know where u are but uk £27k and they remove the independent suspension for the sake of a few hundred on each car. 😠. I think it’s serious cost cutting on petrol and diesels with everything going electric.

[@chrishart8548]

Isn't it related to engine size if it has independent of torsion bar.

[@asmith9040]

@@chrishart8548 used to be for early Focus mk4s that any car over 150ps gets proper independent suspension. I’m not so sure about earlier focus engine sizes but Ford were for years renowned for their rear suspension on the focus.

[@asmith9040]

May 2019 Ford went with cheap dependent torsion beam on almost whole focus range.

[@ATELIERDUCORDAGE]

I think AWD for cars like this that will run mostly on highways and two times a year (maby) on off-road is completely useless. It will only use the tires faster and increase the fuel consumption...

[@teatimetel174]

definitely more of a relaxed rebecca and less robot like than previously.

[@gerrywhelan7426]

No mention of lack of a rear armrest, cupholders, heating vents, usb's etc... These things do actually matter, so why ignore? Does Ford sponsor this?

[@markwhitehouse7440]

Ford only offers a rear armrest on Vingale models.

[@e7234]

actually i would take an active over the st line just for that suspension which is gonna be more comfortable..

[@bingobongo1615]

emil hristov True but titanium is already more comfortable than the ST line

[@josemarcelo951]

Vignale suspensión is more comfortable than ST Line

[@markwhitehouse7440]

@@josemarcelo951 The thing is you the only reason you buy a Vingale is because you couldnt get a proper luxury estate.

[@depechemode4ever1]

Great to follow you here now Miss Rebecca Be happy with your "old" new team All the best to you Guys Can you please Test the Renault sport Megane 300 ? Thank you so much 🙏🏽🙏🏽 My fav test was the Renault 5 Gt turbo driven by the charming Rebecca 👌🏻 I give you mark 4.7/5 ☺️ for your decade tests. Well deserved Dear Stay Safe 😌 A Renault sport fan ( + Fernando Alonso) What is your Favorite F1 Era ? And driver(s) and team ? 😉 ... All the bestAgain

[@IwillBwaiting]

Rebecca Jackson :)

[@sidsod1616]

No need for 4wd for the everyday driving in the uk, the only off road most suv's do is mount the curb on the chool run.

[@kieranpenrose]

Probably worth more! That's a 40/50k plate if not more 😂 great video picked up mine today, main criticism is the visibility is pretty rubbish and mirrors way to small. The indicator makes the cheapest sound but apart from that its your basic cheap feeling ford, get what you pay for cant complain! The options are amazingly cheap mind

[@archiejane8522]

the sun roof cost 2inch in head room for me

[@IwillBwaiting]

Liked and subscribed :)

[@exarhus]

Is it focus or facus?!🤔

[@darrylday30]

Neither, it's a fakus.

[@utterbullspit]

If they did this in the U.S., they'd sell a lot more of their cars.

[@NeoGee]

Has Rebecca left What Car?, or is she pulling double duty?

[@regularjoe9032]

She quit.

[@rogerevans9564]

Good production but this feels a bit like Ford paid for it?

[@jezstokes8592]

Good review please cut out the crap music though!

[@tomsnyder6955]

Nice Ford Focus wagon

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

Easte car

[@chrishart8548]

@@louisbeerreviews8964 ford call it a wagon if you order a replacement tail light. Says wagon on the box.

[@CliffDaviszootour]

I have an SUV but for my next car I want a high seat base and good handling. Getting in and out of normal hatchbacks/estates is a pain. Ford have hit the nail on the head for me.

[@aimxdy8680]

I’m 6’2 and get into wagons easy

[@peterpiper5064]

​@@aimxdy8680 I'm 5''10" and can get into a kitchen cupboard on a dare 🤷‍♂️

[@spencerali1659]

Damn Ford and not bringing this generation of Focus to North America! This looks fantastic

[@mircea5013]

This girl would make a smart look huge.

[@CMCNestT]

I like your Adidas trainers.

[@OG-dp1kx]

Have to say, no matter what size a car is, stand Rebecca next to it and the car automatically looks 20% bigger 😂😂

[@robertb6926]

Doesn’t only apply for cars I would imagine..

[@Riyazatron]

Only worth watching for Rebecca alone. Need her and matt to do a car show together

[@issachunt3418]

Yeah Rebecca

[@sean1650]

Carwow and Shmee150 are the two best car channels on youtube. The content and reviews on Carwow are way ahead of CarGurus, WhatCar, etc, etc. Shmee150 is really one of the best and most successful individual KZbinrs. His channel has a colossal amount of subscribers and viewers. The question is Ms. Rebecca Jackson...What happened to you? Why are you stuck with dingy little car channels like CarGurus, what car, telegraph cars ......Where did it all go wrong...??

[@markwhitehouse7440]

She is a freelance journalist do can move between different channels. Remember she is also a racing driver.

[@momchilyordanov8190]

Measuring back seat space with a petit woman is not very helpful, tbh. She will fit in the back seat of a Fiat 500.

[@brianmarshall1637]

I like the car but I may not like the three cylinder turbo,I like the petrol engine but not turbos.Although she hasn,t said so it will be.

[@leightaylor806]

I owned a large dog once! ;D

[@НеСкажу-ю7ы]

seems like she introduced herself)

[@mukidiaja]

I don't care about the car at all.

[@mukidiaja]

Yes...this is definetly a boring Ford comparing to her. She is Rebecca Jackson... a British Racing Driver who reviews cars at Carbuyer, Telegraph, Whatcar and now Cargurus. A smart female car reviewer who gave birth to twin babies in Februari 2019 and still manage to look stunning as a mother.

[@JohnnyPaton]

I’d have a MK6 1.6 16v Escort Estate over this any day.

[@stuartmiller7419]

5:32 The good old 'Latus' Elise.

[@NeoGee]

I think you'll find if you listen again you'll hear she says "lotus", if you still don't hear it, try slowing the video to 0.75 speed then it's extremely obvious.

[@stuartmiller7419]

@@NeoGee ...and the 'Ford Fakus'? I listened plenty.

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

Stuart Miller it’s louts

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

Stuart Miller it’s ford focus

[@sjcvouk]

la explicacion de que no es un land rover, no es 4x4......

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

m p English please

[@Simon-xi8tb]

She looks so small. It means nothing to me when she says there is a lot of head room.

[@trex3132]

Rebbeca 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@yudhabagaskara98]

I thought she moved to carwow to fill mat's gap but never mind

[@abelisraelcruzayuso4682]

No cat? Oh sorry, this is not the 'What Car?' channel...

[@Poncho202]

Just discovered this channel because Rebecca moved here lol

[@saschaOK2309]

Okay 👍😊❤🙋

[@googlereviewer1944]

Looks like a Mazda!

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

Google Reviewer no

[@williamcuthbertson6575]

Why can't FoMoCo bring the Focus back to North America?!?!?!?!! PLEASE!!!!!

[@vava1953]

8-speed auto, not 6

[@vava1953]

@Redblade Lol! Maybe, maybe not, but this car has an 8-speed transmission

[@catsspat]

She is out of focus at 1:36 Err, I mean out of Focus.

[@Raiders1917]

Really wish this was thing like it was originally going to be (until politics) in America :(.

[@danielleroux6490]

Let's all do our part: call or write Ford US Customer Relationship Center and tell them what their American customers want. If we all contact them, maybe they'll realize it's a profitable business decision to bring the Focus with 6 spd manual transmission option to the US/North American market. Wouldn't hurt to ask for the Fiesta and/or the Puma 6 speed manual as well! Ford Motor Company Customer Relationship Center P.O. Box 6248 Dearborn, MI 48126 Ford U.S. Phone: [phone]

[@mindtraveller100]

At the end of the review, i still don´t know where to put my banana... Dislike. :)

[@111000san]

missing you in whatcar

[@misiektadel]

Everything's better then a crossover. Even pneumonia.

[@mindtraveller100]

Next time you need to travell and your car is at the mechanics, try to catch a pneumonia, and see how far will you get with that...

[@reprimand33]

Loads of head room, says the person that barely of 3 ft tall She really looks short beyond compare the car is almost as tall as her

[@jaseegee9293]

And your mouth is bigger than the boot space!!😂😂😂😃👍

[@jorgenascimento9710]

Good car, but my Ford Focus ST, just amazing, cleaning BMW, MERCEDES and VW everyday, they go crazy trying to floor it vs my st, they go nuts in their 100k € german crap mobiles.

[@Cougarsamurai]

Great - how refined is it at speed on the motorway? Just about to order anyway bit do a fair bit of motorway miles so want to know if it's quiet or noisey.

[@RB-87]

Why did they not make this 4WD?Seems pointless

[@shroomyesc]

Because it'd just make it more expensive and nobody *_who actually buys these cars new_* really needs it?

[@bingobongo1615]

4wd is really useless for such a car. In Europe there is not a lot of use for ofroaders

[@mindtraveller100]

@ekim andersom "For what? Its a wagon." A 5 door Impreza wrx is also a wagon...

[@IwillBwaiting]

Yay :)

[@rubabgunner9425]

stupid background music is annoying...

[@meryuk]

Nice music.

[@sesarman]

Ford: lets release this in the UK and keep the god awful Focus with its horrible interior panels for the US

[@danielleroux6490]

Let's all do our part: call or write Ford US Customer Relationship Center and tell them what their American customers want. If we all contact them, maybe they'll realize it's a profitable business decision to bring the Focus with 6 spd manual transmission option to the US/North American market. Wouldn't hurt to ask for the Fiesta and/or the Puma 6 speed manual as well! Ford Motor Company Customer Relationship Center P.O. Box 6248 Dearborn, MI 48126 Ford U.S. Phone: [phone]

[@sesarman]

@@danielleroux6490 ford is trying something new, focusing on their strength points and it maybe a critical move, they have done extensive research, fact is as much as some of us prefer certain vehicles, the majority of US market is now Truck and Suv oriented except certain sport coupes and Ford's got the mustang (and keeping it), this time around they mainly invested their resources on the bronco, new F150 and the electric mach E, I think overall it's a smart business move but won't satisfy everyone.

[@danielleroux6490]

@@sesarman Best to have a diverse offering to appeal to a wide range of customers - A great approach would be to offer an 'enthusiast' line of hatchbacks: the new Focus ST, Fiesta ST and Puma ST would all work great for this Enthusiast sub brand for Ford. They are all fun to drive with a 6 speed manual available and make great daily drivers too, which is what I personally am looking for in a car. They are very versatile and can haul people and cargo if needed, but remain enjoyable to drive. Since they are already fully developed and engineered and on the market in Europe and elsewhere, it's a no-brainer to simply bring them back to our North American market. They would be excellent competition for the VW GTI, Civic Si and Type R, Veloster N and upcoming GR Corolla. Trust me, Ford would DOMINATE this market share. Their new generation ST models are much improved over the previous Fiesta ST and Focus ST, not to mention the Focus ST now is available in an automatic along with the excellent 6 speed manual.

[@chiefkc1306]

How many car channels is this woman on? She is everywhere lol. Ford has done a good job with the new focus. The focus active looks like a gimmick to me. Just buy a normal focus.

[@danielleroux6490]

Fellow Americans: Let's all do our part: call or write Ford US Customer Relationship Center and tell them what their American customers want. If we all contact them, maybe they'll realize it's a profitable business decision to bring the Focus with 6 spd manual transmission option to the US/North American market. Wouldn't hurt to ask for the Fiesta and/or the Puma 6 speed manual as well! Ford Motor Company Customer Relationship Center P.O. Box 6248 Dearborn, MI 48126 Ford U.S. Phone: [phone]

[@leoesposito8762]

Not bad..