2019 Ford Focus Active keeps the nimbleness, gets rugged looks

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Won’t cross the pond to the US

Ford has announced the availability of a new Focus variant. It’s the 2019 Ford Focus Active, ladies and gents, coming to join the likes of Fiesta Active and KA+ Active.

The Focus Active can be had as both a hatchback and a wagon. It promises a higher ground clearance (30 mm front, 34 mm rear compared to the regular Focus), roof rails and a bespoke chassis configuration, without putting a dent in its driving attributes.

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Concretely, you can get the Focus Active with basically every engine available for the non-Active Focus. This means you can choose from a palette of 1-liter and 1.5-liter EcoBoost powerplants delivering up to 182 PS as well as 1.5-liter or 2-liter EcoBlue diesels churning out up to 150 PS.

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On the transmission front, Ford offers two units: a six-speed manual and an eight-speed automatic gearbox. Besides the standard driving modes (Normal, Sport and Eco) the Focus Active gets two additional settings, namely Slippery and Trail.

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Visually speaking, you’ll be able to set the Focus Active apart from its non-rugged peers via extra plastic cladding up front, on the sides and at the rear. Moreover, Ford says it prepared two new colors for the Focus Active: Metropolis White and Orange Glow.

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