The 2000 Focus is the first and only car that I bought brand new, and I just had her towed away to the junk yard a month ago while I literally stood in the garage with tears in my eyes. In between ...

The Ford Escort wasn't exactly an inspiring small family sedan. But the Focus and its Euro DNA might have just enough sauce to get you to feel something that isn't ennui.

Ford once had a pretty vast array of cars in its lineup. Nowadays, that is not the case. Aside from the Mustang, everything that the company sells for regular passenger usage is either a pickup truck ...