$3,400
IT BEGS TO BE DRIVEN. Look at it just sitting there. The new 2005 Focus on the page of a brochure. In perpetual idle. To say it’s wrong is an understatement. This car belongs on the road. And a demanding, lean-into-the-curves kind of road, at that. Four body styles to choose from. Three fully independent, European-inspired suspensions. New tires, wheels and larger brakes. New larger shocks. It all adds up to control and more responsive handling. Such attention to driving details is why it keeps showing up on the Car and Driver 10 Best list. For the fifth year in a row. Now, does that sound like a car that should be trapped on paper to you? Come on. Don’t make it beg