COMPACT estate cars are growing in popularity: they are bigger, often doing the job of estate cars in the class above, but at a lower cost point.
In the UK Ford expects 15% of all new Ford Focus sales to be the estate car – the majority still with the five-door hatchback.
And this 2.0 litre diesel model is a very nice example. Quick off the mark (under 10 seconds to 62mph), plenty of pulling power if you have the rear loaded up, and quiet on the motorway.
Would the new Dagenham built 1.5 TDCi engine be a better choice in this car? If you’re company wants to develop a sub-100g/km company car policy then – at 98g/km CO2 – it’s the obvious choice. The 2.0 TDCi develops 105g/km.
But thereafter the gains are marginal. Slightly better benefit-in-kind company car tax, marginally better fuel consumption against not being so quick or powerful as the 2.0 TDCi.
Still, either way, you get a mighty fine estate car that takes sector refinement to new levels.
New Ford Focus Diesel – how they compare
- 1.5 TDCi diesel with auto stop start 120PS 98g/km, 74.3mpg, 10.7s 0-62
- 2.0 TDCi diesel with auto stop start 150PS 105g/km, 70.62mpg, 9.0s 0-62
More on the Ford Focus 2.0 TDCi estate
Read our review here
