2012 Ford Focus vs 2011 Chevy Cruze You Decide

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Over the past 10 years in the U.S. the compact car market has skyrocketed, due to rising gas prices. So Ford and Chevy are out to prove not to just each others companies but other foreign world automakers, such as Toyota, Honda, and Kia the list goes on. So to compare the usual american suspects for auto battles lets compare Ford and Chevy's compact cars. To start lets mention styling and on both sides of the arguement they have both done great jobs. Starting with Chevy they took an agressive approch with the styling and really turned out a beeaautiful little car.      

Ford on the other hand of the styling went with a more refined look and still impressively made it agressive. 

So going on to some important questions we all have about cars, Is it fun to drive or does it have good power and handling, and what king of fuel economy are we looking at. Starting with Ford this time the Focus has stuck with their Duratec 2.0L four cylinder engine, but added direct injection (a new system to improve fuel econmy and horsepower Direct Injection Diagram) to put out 160 horsepower and 146 ft. lbs. of torque. This Ford couples 40 MPG on the freeway with the 6 speed automatic, but can also get about 30 MPG City as well. But what Ford has done to make it a fun car to drive are the Active Drive Dynamics which help the Focus stay stable and well planted in sharp corners by varing the power to each of the front wheels, and this also will control the active suspension that helps assist the handling of the car. Now on to what Chevy brings to the table for power and fun to drive capabilities. The Cruze is standard equiped with a 1.8L four cylinder engine putting out 138 horsepower and nearly the same torque, that means about 36 MPG highway, But Chevy will offer a 1.4L turbocharged engine that puts out about 136 horsepower and 42 MPG on the freeway. So as we can tell Ford has a small edge in this category having about 20 more horsepower, but also 40 MPG. On to the interior of these cars Ford and Chevy have made many strides over the past five years to compete on all markets with better interiors and niether one of these cars disappoint by any means, they both are stuffed with tech stuff and all kinds of extra goodies to play with ,but interior are simply in the eye of the beholder.