2013 Ford Focus ST Long-Term Road Test

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edited September 2014 in Ford

image2013 Ford Focus ST Long-Term Road Test

A heavy hatchback makes access to the Ford Focus ST's cargo area a daily workout.

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  • hank39hank39 Member Posts: 144
    Is there room to slide your fingers up and behind the Ford emblem?
  • nukedetroitnukedetroit Member Posts: 108
    ... you know, where Ford (not to mention common sense) recommends you grab to open the hatch?
  • wdrauchwdrauch Member Posts: 22
    hank39, under the Ford emblem there's a recess that gives a convenient place to lift. Also, in this recess is a remote release button/pad. So, basically the complaint in this post makes no sense because you can place your hand where release button is, unlocking the liftgate, and raise the liftgate without needing to move your hand.
  • wdrauchwdrauch Member Posts: 22
    nukedetroit, this another example of a complaint in a post that makes no sense. What does Edmunds expect, a power hatch on a Focus???
  • bc1960bc1960 Member Posts: 171
    For one thing, you don't lift it from the "gap", you lift it from the handle niche above the license plate, where the manual release lives. The ones I've tried seemed nicely weighted and counterbalanced, but I'm used to liftbacks. It's possible it's not aligned quite right, too.
  • fullrunxifullrunxi Member Posts: 5
    I get why it's inconvenient that the hatch has a high(er) effort to lift it, but isn't the complaint about how far it "pops" kind of moot because it has a handle built-in above the license plate? My car (E46) has the same issues, but I like that it barely pops because at least it forces people to use the handle and nothing rustles my jimmies like fingerprints around the edge of the trunk.
  • nukedetroitnukedetroit Member Posts: 108
    wdrauch - It surprises me how dense some of the Edmunds 'specialists' can be sometimes. Regarding the power hatch, though, don't give Ford any ideas! The Focus is already a porker.
  • okbeartoyokbeartoy Member Posts: 34
    I guess the big obvious HANDLE above the license plate wouldn't work?
  • bayoubaerbayoubaer Member Posts: 9
    My friend has an ST and when he hits the trunk release the hatch raises all the way up.
  • wdrauchwdrauch Member Posts: 22
    bayoubear, your friend must have gotten a ringer ST! LOL
    On my ST3, I still have to manually raise the hatch.
  • wcollegenjwcollegenj Member Posts: 2
    You can't slide your hand into the gap because it's intended to be gripped to be opened right under the Ford badge where the release is.
  • wcollegenjwcollegenj Member Posts: 2
    You can't slide your hand into the gap because it's intended to be gripped to be opened right under the Ford badge where the release is.
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