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An Award-Winning Design

Staff, Friday May 31, 2002.

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• In 1999, it was formally recognised as the industry benchmark in the hotly-competitive European automotive market, when a jury of 55 leading European journalists made it the European Car of the Year.
• Across the Atlantic, US judges were equally impressed by the bold lines and taut chassis of the European-built Focus, naming it Car of the Year in North America in 2000. The Focus became the first car to win both sought-after awards in consecutive years.
• The same year, the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada followed suit, naming it their Car of the Year.
• The British Design Council added to Focus? list of awards, giving the car prestigious Millennium Product status for its breakthrough design.
• Earlier this year, Focus was named as the German car industry leader in reliability. The German TÜV, an authoritative industry body that controls and approves quality standards for industrial and consumer products, declared Focus the leader for cars between one and three years old, in its Auto Report 2002. The exhaustive analysis carried out by the TÜV compares 107 different models from all carmakers represented in the German market.
• The World Rally Championship Focus that took Colin McRae to second place in the championship last year has also gained recognition. Respected British motorsport magazine Autosport named the WRC Focus best rally car in 2000 and 2001. Earlier this month, Carlos Sainz drove the WRC Focus to victory in the Rally of Argentina.

Since its launch, the Focus has notched up more than two million sales, in the process establishing itself as the world?s top selling car ? a final vote of confidence from the most important judge, the customer.

For further information contact:
Ford Australia Communications,
Phone: (03) 9359 8491

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