THE new Focus was engineered in Cologne with 80 per cent of the old model’s team back on the job to create a 93 per cent changed vehicle. Using the VW Golf and Audi A3 as its benchmarks, previous weak points like noise pathways disappear while completely fresh looks inside and out arrive within a stronger, greener, safer and more efficient small car package that – somehow still – is claimed to evolve its predecessors’ first-class dynamics. After 10 days in the $27,390 Sport 2.0 GDI, we find out if Ford has succeeded.