Ford will not be updating to the UK Focus chassis during the US's Focus update for 2008. I don't like that, but it's all about money. Also, I would have to say that, at least in North America, the current platform is just as good as the competition's new platforms. They just need to dress it better and get the message out that it's reliable (which it is but has the stigma of the first 2 years of production still).
Personally, the MS3 will be coming out about the same time I will most likely be replacing my Contour, so I'm seriously considering it.
