2007 Ford Focus Vs. 1998 Subaru Liberty

[MAGPIE]

Originally Posted by Piotr

Do you constanlty drive on ice or something?

Without fail there is always one _

[MAGPIE]

Originally Posted by kooky

After owning a WRX I will not look at anything but AWD first, then the rest would have to really impress me to get my money.

Ditto

[Bucket]

Originally Posted by MAGPIE

What a load of garbage :

I tend to agree..my brother has an older model subaru and its been non stop problems since he got it..Its a great car when its going but damn things like Gear Boxes and Electronics... aren't cheap..i'd like to think with the newer models this wont be the case in years to come.

[gamera]

Newest focus would be the safest (i assume), best fuel economy (i assume) better performance ( i assume) and have warrenty....Considering its for your GF Not really a contest is it??

[zetec]

Originally Posted by Nemesis737

Ah ok, just thought alot went to belts instead of chains. Spose thats what working at a Holden dealership would do for you... didn't have a problem changing my chain but.

Focus Drive Belts are changed at 150,000km too, for ancillaries such as water pump. Timing Chains usually last at least 250,000km.

[fou_bleu]

Not being biased or anything, but 07 Focus.

[Fordman1]

New Focus beats a 10 years on Subie !!

[da_ilks]

I had a B4, sold it to buy a new car, as Subaru's can be costly to fix and I needed a new car warranty. B4 was a great car, and for 190kw pretty economical on fuel. A tune should make it better again.

If your prepared for higher parts costs I'd recomment Subaru. Buy a new one then 98 though. $25k can buy you a immac B4

EDIT: Picked 07 Focus in the poll.

[apolloxbgt]

I had an '06 focus for the missus,and an 01 outback h6 (liberty 3.0r),and we kept the outback.

The handling for somthing relitivly high is awesome.

To all those saying the focus is faster,sorry but the 2.0 duratec is a slug,the zetec may be a different story but so is the b4.

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by MAGPIE

Ditto

X2

I'd say you can't go wrong with either personally. Focus are nice and the Liberty is also. But as been told, Subaru are rip off merchants.

[Tles]

I was going to suggest an Outback too. Depends on whether you are looking to keep the car long term - eventual second car runabout.
I'd look into something like a 18 month old Mazda SP23 with the 2.3 from the Mazda6.
Maybe even a Forrester GT or XT
Absolutely nothing wrong with a new Focus Zetec. Just the sporty near new cars offer fun and reasonable resale for the same bucks. Practical performance.

Things like used Xtrail are also in the same girl friendly price range. So are Audi S3, Golf. All of these are useful practical future Mum's car- for now, take the mates in style type cars.

[Zetec20]

Originally Posted by Nemesis737

She wants a car thats manual, looks cute (like the Focus with the Zetec body kit), enough room in the back for passengers, not for long drives but just so they're comfortable, and thats not large (as in RWD, falcons, commodores etc). I'm the one that wants to get her one that goes good with good fuel economy. Wasn't a big fan of the FWD and thats why I was going for the AWD, but many people tell me that theres nothing wrong with FWD. Got a limit of about 25k, including transfer and all that. Would like to get one that plays iPod and looks good...

the new focus has the ipod input, i've run the ipod cable under the carpet and trims in mine to come up in the centre console, only asking $24,900 with all mods done and balance of new car warranty

[Ringo]

Mazda 3......Focus but better....Indicators are on the correct side for starters.

[jdg]

If you can get into an 04+ Liberty go for that. They are a nice package and are superbly engineered. Good for resale and reliability aswell. They are expensive to service though.