The Ford Focus is a minimal auto (C-fragment in Europe) made by the Ford Motor Company following 1998. Portage started offers of the Focus to Europe in July 1998 and in North America amid 1999 for the 2000 model year.
In Europe, North and South America, and South Africa, the Focus supplanted the different forms of the Ford Escort and Ford Laser sold in those business sectors. In Asia and Australasia, it supplanted the Ford Laser. As of the primary portion of 2012, the Focus surpassed the Toyota Corolla to wind up the world's top rated vehicles nameplate.