Ford Focus Outperforms Competition In Repair Cost Affordability

10/09/2008 21:43. Ford Focus Outperforms Competition In Repair Cost Affordability

Ford Motor Company's hot-selling and fuel-efficient Ford Focus is significantly less expensive to repair than 19 other small cars, including the Toyota Prius, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reported last week.

In a recent series of crash tests, IIHS determined that Ford Focus had the lowest repair costs among those tested. Compared to the Toyota Prius and Volkswagen Rabbit, which sustained about $4,000 or more in damage in a single test, the Focus sustained about two-thirds less damage. IIHS praised Ford for equipping the Focus with bumpers that keep their repair costs relatively low. In three of four tests, the Focus's bumpers protected sheet metal and most other expensive parts from damage, the Institute... // PaddockTalk