Frugal, fun and fit to lug a load – the final Ford Focus will do a fine job on any family farm
If the 392L of boot space isn’t enough, there is an estate version
Long-serving: ‘The Focus is still a very competent, practical and good-looking car that has aged amazingly well’
Ford’s family-sized car has always been a firm favourite with the farming community — from the Anglia back in the middle of the last century, through the Escort of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s.
As a young farmer’s helper at marts in my formative years, I remember many a full-laden Escort with a sizeable trailer, dragging its hitch on the ground. Different times.
