Ford issued more recalls in 2025 than any other automaker in a single modern year, affecting millions of vehicles and raising questions about quality, complexity, and industry ...

The Ford Focus first launched in Europe in 1998, before making its American debut 2 years later in 2000. You could get it in multiple styles, including a sedan or wagon, but arguably the most popular ...

Ryan de Villiers is a budding automotive journalist based in South Africa and serving as one of the newest additions to the CarBuzz team. He immediately pursued a career in journalism after finishing ...

Ford is discontinuing its Focus, a compact car that has been around since 1998. The final Focus was completed in early November 2025 at the German Saarlouis plant. A round of applause from employees ...

Ford’s war on cars has claimed another victim and this time it’s the Focus. While the model exited North America in 2018, it has survived overseas. Unfortunately, the grim reaper has returned as the ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

Even prior knowledge of the Ford Focus’s demise doesn’t make this any less strange. After nearly 30 years of production (remember how daring the first one was in 1998) and 12 million built, the Ford ...

The death of Ford‘s passenger cars in North America was swift. After the company announced the end of the Fiesta and Focus in 2018, the Fiesta soldiered on here in the States for one more model year, ...

There’s such a compelling idea in exploring the terror of isolation, compounded by the responsibility of manning something as critical to other people’s survival ...

Chris Bruce has worked in the automotive industry since 2011 and has written thousands of stories about cars, motorsports, and motorcycles in that time. He has written for Autoblog, Autoviva, CarFax, ...

The Ford Focus is ending production in Europe this November. The departure follows the Fiesta and Mondeo as the company moves away from hatchbacks and sedans, much like in the US for Ford. While the ...