Used Car of the Day: 2012 Ford Focus SE

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

Today we bring you a 2012 Ford Focus SE.


This one has 18-inch Konig wheels, Goodyear rubber, a five-speed manual transmission, Steeda rear sway bar, Ford Performance springs, and Tom's tune -- whatever that is. The seller also has snow tires and a few extra parts available.

There are 90,000 miles on the odometer and the asking price is $4,000.

You can click here to check it out.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • TheEndlessEnigma TheEndlessEnigma on May 10, 2024

    The pics look great, with this being a manual this is a very enticing listing. The mention of snow tires does have me wondering what the condition of frame/underbody is - as with any car coming from the snowbelt.

  • Wjtinfwb Wjtinfwb on May 10, 2024

    Any Focus with a manual is a great car. The automatics... beware. I've had two, both manuals, a Gen 1 SVT and a Gen 2 ST, bulletproof, super low maintenance costs, reasonably entertaining to drive and very comfortable for long drives. Unfortunately, manuals are very scarce, this one, if decently maintained and not thrashed, would be a helluva deal at 4k and under 100k miles.

    • SPPPP SPPPP on May 13, 2024

      They are pretty fun to drive. Certainly not flawless cars, but the platform bones are good. (Except that yuk transmission.)


  • Carson D A friend of mine is currently driving a Grand Wagoneer L Obsidian III, which boldly calls out its US production status twice by the time you're behind the wheel. I wonder what happens when products like that one share a showroom with ones that don't have any mention of production location.
  • Add Lightness The level 1 charger that came with my Toyota becomes a level 2 charger when fed 240v. 5 years now and works perfectly.
  • MaintenanceCosts All you people asking for an ICE version realize you'd need a longer hood and different rear packaging (for a fuel tank) to make it work, right?
  • Jalop1991 ah, the old "engaging!" trope. Isn't it funny how "I have to shift my own gears, it's so engaging" disappears the moment EVs come into play.
  • Kcflyer They should sell these to the kamala administration with a 1 billion dollar markup
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