Certainly a lot of reserve power left in that engine. Accelerating from 150km/h to 200km/h feels like it's going from 50km/h to 100km/h. Not much struggle as the needle just goes up constantly at a rapid rate.

Which Hyundai model with 2.0-litre engine that has 180HP and 210NM torque? Anyway Koreans are a big no from me. It's either Japanese or continentals.

Yes, traffic is one of the hindrance in achieving top speed. The road has to be quite empty in order to reach speeds in excess of 200km/h. In my case, it's about 6.00am in the morning on the North South highway. The stretch between Seremban and Melaka is ideal as it is a 3-lane with long straights.

You managed close to 220km/h? Certainly impressive. The 2.4 Accord is powerful too but not very stable at high speeds due to light steering and chassis/suspension. The C200k would do much better with stability at high speeds.

The Mazda3 is closer to RM140k right? Surely overpriced even though it looks sexy on the exterior. The new Altis 2.0 high spec is also quite overpriced as well, at about RM132k.

I only tested 190km/h. The road was kinda bumpy.
But 1 thing worth mentioning is that 190 feels like nothing.
I wonder how much speeding ticket I will get in the future

yep, the only advantage of M3 is the exterior, that's all.



the smart keyless only work for driver and front passengers, luckily our focus work for all 5 doors

The all new Hyundai I40 (not sure will it be replacing the Sonata) as shown in the KLIMS, not yet launch in Malaysia thou, coming soon.

Korean is picking up fast, don't underestimate the Korean and not so fast to say no

Yes, RM138K to be exact, and as I know Mazda don't do cash rebate, only free gifts.

beef jerky

I noticed the current batch of Ford Focus Titanium comes in Michelin Premacy LC tyres. My batch comes with the Goodyear Assurance Fuelmax. Personally I suppose the Michelin Premacy LC tyres will be quieter than the Goodyear.

I was told that although Yokohama tyres are quiet, they wear out very fast due to the soft rubber.

If anybody had changed the tyres on their Focus, I would appreciate if some feedback can be posted here.

How is the fuel consumption like for the ford focus now, especially after the run in period?
If can, make reference to daily drive to work ie. a little of highway and slow moving traffic+jam.

EddyHyip,

Background: current mileage is around 13k km
Driving pattern: I work in the KLCC area (also known as Nightmare Jam Central From Hell). Home is approx. 15km from the office. Overall I would say 40% crawling city traffic, 30% normal city traffic, and 30% highway.
Average fuel consumption: 9.5 to 10.5 l/100km (measured very carefully since Day1).

FYI I didn't get significant improvement after the first 1000km. This car does NOT sip petrol while sitting idle, sorry to say. Once it is moving, even at slow speeds, the FC is pretty good for a 2 litre car. In highway conditions, it's amazing.

For start/stop/sitting-doing-nothing type driving, either hybrids or my wife's Mazda6 with its iStop feature is really the way to go.

For those who wants to know the fuel consumption.

Mine is ... Ford Focus Sport + 2013.

whoa, what apps is this?? mind sharing

Sure, sharing is caring, the app is Fuel Log, available at Google Play Store.

I'm not sure if it is available at Apple Store.

Basically, u sure tap in the amount in RM/liter, how many liter, odometer. Then, the rest, the app will auto calculate.

downloading it, thanks!!

the jerking problem will trouble you in city and jam drive?

Honestly I can't remember exactly when the juddering stopped... it started around 2k km, and I think solved itself around 6k km. It never really bothered me, as I always attributed it to having a powerful engine strapped together with a DCT.

I can tell what IS bothering me recently: the gear grinding sound. For me, I get very little/zero grinding in the morning. However, when I get stuck in a bad crawl in the evenings, the sound is so loud my wife makes fun of the car... she says it sounds like the engine is going to fall out. I'm definitely raising a fuss in the upcoming 20k km service, and sending it to the main service centre at SDAC PJ.

I think it's all depending on the road condition of your daily route, for me, it's 70% traffic jam, and 15% highway + 15% taman road daily from home to work and vice versa (average about 1 hour plus or 40KM per way), and it gives me constantly around 9.4-9.5L/100KM, if I combine with a round trip back to melaka, it'll dropped to 8.2L/100KM, didn't have the chance to try 100% on highway so far

Current mileage: 3.5k
My wife drove to Melaka this morning with 95% highway and get 6.0
0.9 away from on paper, but consider that on paper is measure with optimum condition, clear and flat road, I am happy
It was 6.2 last week and this week is 6.0, all I did was added octane enhancer.
Not sure if that really helps, gonna observe longer

I have very close numbers to you.
Traveling from Klang to Johor Baru with 95% on autocruise set at 120 km/h.
I manage to get 6.2l/100km. It is impressive consider my Myvi previously was averaging around 7.2 to 7.4l/100km at the same speed and distance.

Totally agree with you. My previous sentra 1.6L clocked 8.0l/100km with the same distance.

Gonna try my highway FC calculation this coming CNY. Hopefully the road north is clear

Thanks for the info... in fact im already driving a fiesta.. good handling and learnt to get used to powershift.
I trust focus will be much better.

Has anyone experienced the responsiveness of the active city stop?
I notice that when the car is at a slope, it's measurement of the distance between the car in front and my fofo at the back is not as accurate.
My car is below 1k milage and I have experienced auto stop twice and it both occurred while my car is at a slope.