Bought this Focus about 2 years ago, the price was great and so is the fuel consumption. It has good handling, I drove it on many dirt roads in BC and was impressed with the rally style handling. The bucket seats are actually quite comfortable as I endured a trip from Vancouver to Windsor in 4 days with no complaints about the comfort. Several drawbacks are that it has manual windows, a serious problem if you are driving on the highway and want a bit of fresh air from the passenger side. Quality wise it seems that the interior is cheap plastic although the layout of the dash is modern and user friendly. No cruise control on this model is also a major disappointment, didn't know this until i was halfway near Kelowna, believe me my foot was soar after 4500km. Also my arm rest broke with not much effort.