#2002 ford focus full#

That means that instead of the ZX3’s 130 horsepower and 135 lb.-ft. Sort of given that this one has forged steel connecting rods, cast-aluminum pistons, a dual-stage intake manifold, variable cam timing on the intake shaft, bigger intake ports (we’re talking bigger gulps of air here, folks), and a tuned underbody catalyst sytem.

It has the 2.0-liter, 16-valve, inline four-cylinder, DOHC Zetec engine that is in the ZX3 — sort of. The bumpers and rocker panels are molded and fitted in a more muscular grip around the lower body a mesh grille gives it a European flair a rear spoiler gives a saucy flip to the roofline 17-inch, five-spoke wheels with low-profile tires are a snazzy addition and if none of these elements catches your eye, the bold SVT badging won’t tell you anything anyway.īut where the SVT Focus really departs is under the hood (and with some nifty interior touches). It is the 2002 SVT Focus, built by the professional Ford tuners from the base that is the three-door hatchback Focus ZX3.įrom the outside, the special vehicle team’s changes are noticeable to true fans of hot, front-wheel or all-wheel-drive performance cars (the muscle cars of this decade for speed aficianados), yet subtle enough to go largely unspotted by those for whom a car is just transportation. It is not, of course, just any Ford Focus. I am in a front-wheel-drive Ford Focus and I have come to realize that there is a theme to this car: Drive it hard, drive it fast, corner it fast, brake it hard. Am I in a screaming Subaru Impreza WRX? No. The car rockets forward, the exhaust note deepens, and the smile on my face broadens. I am in third gear, the exhaust is rumbling behind me, and just for giggles I shift up into fourth at 4,000 rpms and stomp the gas. I am driving such a car as I enter a climbing S-curve at 50 miles per hour.

#2002 ford focus full#

Sometimes, even for the all-knowing, prescient, and infallible automotive journalist, a car arrives that is full of surprise.