Ford Focus (Diesel) TDci vs Honda Civic 1.8s

**kreyo06** · February 17th, 2008 06:06 PM

Help? which is which?
pls

**benny010** · February 17th, 2008 06:22 PM

just saw the focus diesel yesterday at fillinvest, alabang.
they said 9 sec at 100kph & 18km/l consumption
...torque is far good compared to civic.
if you are into color, choices are tonic & blue color only.

**niky** · February 17th, 2008 08:53 PM

Which is which? The Civic is a Honda, the Focus is a Ford.

The Focus has better fuel consumption, better acceleration (recorded 8.6 seconds 0-100, stock... over and over and over again... the clutch is indestructible) and better handling (though the Civic is lighter, which leads to better slalom times). But the Focus costs over 150,000 - 200,000 pesos more.

If you can afford the TDCi, go ahead. It's the best CRDi engine on the market right now, in terms of its combination of fuel economy and power. But the Civic 1.8 MT is a fun car, and it's also pretty fast. It's probably the best value for its price range, if you're looking at the base model.

**kreyo06** · February 18th, 2008 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by niky

Which is which? The Civic is a Honda, the Focus is a Ford.

The Focus has better fuel consumption, better acceleration (recorded 8.6 seconds 0-100, stock... over and over and over again... the clutch is indestructible) and better handling (though the Civic is lighter, which leads to better slalom times). But the Focus costs over 150,000 - 200,000 pesos more.

If you can afford the TDCi, go ahead. It's the best CRDi engine on the market right now, in terms of its combination of fuel economy and power. But the Civic 1.8 MT is a fun car, and it's also pretty fast. It's probably the best value for its price range, if you're looking at the base model.

thanks for the help

**safeorigin** · February 18th, 2008 07:55 PM

hmmm... very hard comparo...

cornering: hairpin is for civic; 90° corner is for focus
acceleration: focus pwns civic
top speed: nearly equal
tranny: focus
brakes: focus
money: civic
city driving: focus
freighting: focus
towing: focus
cross country: focus
auto cross: focus
rally(mixed terrain): focus
drag racing: both
ECU tuning: focus
value for the buck: focus
TDI vs. gas: TDI pwns gas in touring cars

so... focus ftw!

**Firefighter** · February 19th, 2008 11:52 AM

niky is right. my Focus TDCi has better acceleration than my Honda.

**rocha** · May 2nd, 2008 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by safeorigin

hmmm... very hard comparo...

cornering: hairpin is for civic; 90° corner is for focus
acceleration: focus pwns civic
top speed: nearly equal
tranny: focus
brakes: focus
money: civic
city driving: focus
freighting: focus
towing: focus
cross country: focus
auto cross: focus
rally(mixed terrain): focus
drag racing: both
ECU tuning: focus
value for the buck: focus
TDI vs. gas: TDI pwns gas in touring cars

so... focus ftw!

Where did you get the data?
cornering: Hairpin is for Civic? 90° corner is for focus?
How can a Focus be better in 90° cornering than a Civic that is good in a hairpin cornering [over 90°]? No offense, I'm just wondering. Thanks!

Hindi ba parang unfair if you compare
Ford Focus' Top of the Line TDci vs. Honda's Lowest Civic Model 1.8?

dapat ata Focus TDci vs Civic 2.0.
the Civic 1.8 is a lil over 800k while the Civic 2.0 with the k20 engine is over 1.1M. I think the difference in the price alone shows the difference between the two models. I would love to see a comparison between the top models between ford and honda.

**kreyo06** · February 18th, 2008 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by benny010

just saw the focus diesel yesterday at fillinvest, alabang.
they said 9 sec at 100kph & 18km/l consumption
...torque is far good compared to civic.
if you are into color, choices are tonic & blue color only.

thanks for the help...