Ford Focus Zetec 2.0i ESP

What made me buy this car? I was looking for something that was reasonably quick, had good fuel economy, reasonable to insure, service, etc. etc. In otherwords, the unachievable utopian car. After much research I ended up with a 3-door Focus 2.0 ESP (ESP is the Electronic Stability Programme - essentially anti-slip!) - Pound for pound it's a real bargain. OK, so it's not the quickest car around, but it can shift and is not afraid to be revved up to the redline. It's a good road holder , especially when the tyres are warmed up a little (else, unless you have the ESP on, a dash light let you know there's a tyre slipping somewhere), but for ...

I bought my 2.0i ESP Focus Zetec in October and it really is the best thing that I have ever driven!! My last car was a 1.3 and I wanted something with a bit more wellie to get me to work each day ( a 70 mile roundtrip). Believe it or not a horse ran into my last car on the way from work!! The journey to work is over the Brecon Beacons mountain range and is often foggy, snowing, raining heavily and very windy. I opted for the 3dr Hatchback Focus as I liked the appearance of it and it always gets good reviews. I went down to the local dealer CEM Days in Neath and took one for a test drive- I had to have it!! I chose panther black and in total the car ...