Most of our project installments center around taking a perfectly good car and screwing it up. At least that's what the masses would think. In personalizing, customizing and focusing our cars on ...

Imagine hearing the familiar rumble of a modified 5.0L Mustang, and when you turn around expecting to see a wild street/strip coupe or nasty-looking hatchback, a Ford Focus ZX3 is there to greet you.

When we ordered our long-term Focus ZX3 for a yearlong test, we decided to specify the basics-no power windows, sunroof or other amenities. Our goal was to see how good Ford's new "world car" was ...

Ford sold 286,166 Focus models last year in this country. That's second only to the Honda Civic in U.S. small-car sales. And in worldwide sales, the Ford Focus outsold every other model. Why? It ...

"There's joy in this car.'' So proclaimed one editor, in a sentiment echoed by many-but weirdly, not all-on staff. If ever there was a driver's car, our long-term Focus ZX3 is one. Those who think ...

DETROIT Since its 2000 introduction, more than half the buyers of the Ford Focus are 35 years old and younger, according to Ford. That's a major win for the world's second largest automaker, because ...

Even though the first-generation Ford Focus was conceived as a global product, it quickly became one of the 10 best-selling cars in America shortly after it was introduced nationwide. It featured the ...

You would probably never go looking for a decade-old Ford Focus, they're just not all that desirable. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Roush Stage 1 is a looker, and, oddly enough, desirable. Let's ...