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2011 Ford Focus Titanium Pre-production

2011 Ford Focus in The Amazing Race, Non-fiction TV, 2001-2026 Ep. 18.08

Class: Cars, Hatchback — Model origin: — Made for: USA

2011 Ford Focus Titanium Pre-production

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
m.pfaffeneder ◊ 2011-04-26 13:06	Made for USA
dragonboy ◊ 2011-04-26 14:24	HOw can this be made for USA when its in austria, itd be the euro model
dsl ◊ 2011-04-26 14:26	Why 2012?
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2011-04-26 14:33	dragonboy wrote HOw can this be made for USA when its in austria, itd be the euro model Product placement?
Sandie ◊ 2011-04-26 14:34	dsl wrote Why 2012? If it is for America then it will be: http://www.ford.com/cars/focus/ -- Last edit: 2011-04-26 14:35:15
DeltaGolf ◊ 2011-04-26 14:44	This is indeed the US model, the European Titanium has slightly different headlights: Link to "commons.wikimedia.org" All non-Titanium models also have different headlights, without the black surrounds. -- Last edit: 2011-04-26 14:44:44
petacchi ◊ 2011-04-26 14:56	dragonboy wrote HOw can this be made for USA when its in Austria, itd be the euro model Even though it's in Vienna, they have American plates. Could be built in the US then? dsl wrote Why 2012? The presenter of the show calls them "2012 Ford Focus". Wikipedia states: "For the 2012 model year, Ford decided to reunite both international and North American models by releasing the international Mk3 worldwide." (Link) The other Ford Focus in this season of the show (/vehicle_379487-Ford-Focus-2011.html) is called "2011 Ford Focus" and the action takes place in the US. (Wikipedia) Then made for USA too? One link says the assembly in Wayne, Michigan started in March 2011, but the airing of the first episode was on February 20 and probably the filmings even earlier. Another link states production in Saarlouis, Germany started in December 2010.
Sandie ◊ 2011-04-26 14:58	The other one looks US spec to me too. It is probably a pre-production car loaned to the program makers supporting Gag's product placement hypothesis.
rjluna2 ◊ 2011-04-26 15:17	deltagolf wrote This is indeed the US model, the European Titanium has slightly different headlights: Link to "commons.wikimedia.org" Also different front bumper support that is USA spec.
dsl ◊ 2011-04-26 15:34	OK - so US Focus uses the "Mustang Model Year Calendar" basis for calculation - a unique invention by Ford in the 1960s which has no basis in astronomical-derived reality and has years containing anything up to 600 or 700 days. Rumour has it that the dates are calculated by boiling up a mixture of frogs, old socks, mud and cabbage leaves for several hours, pouring the mixture on to a concrete surface and counting the number of flies it attracts within a 30 minute period. This figure is then multiplied by the number of telegraph poles in a randomly-chosen episode of Due South, and the result is used for the model year.
Sandie ◊ 2011-04-26 15:36
antp ◊ 2011-04-27 18:24	petacchi wrote The presenter of the show calls them "2012 Ford Focus". Wikipedia states: "For the 2012 model year, Ford decided to reunite both international and North American models by releasing the international Mk3 worldwide." (Link) But that "mk" naming is more an European thing. So like for the mkI/mkII I think it is better to use that for the EU version, and use only the year for the US version.

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