Performance : The Focus makes the sierra look like its still half asleep
Handling : The focus is pointed and had endless grip, the sierra feels like sailing a cross channel ferry
Braking : The focus inspires massive confidence and can handle repeated stops from high speed effortlessly, the sierra has an ABS light on
Reliability : We'll let you know when the sierra comes back from its rebuild and we can finish the second half of the tests
Throttle response : at 3K rpm you touch the throttle of the focus and its off like a cut cat, in the sierra it lags for 5 seconds then you get a small shove as the pathetic half a bar of boost from a turbo off a lorry finally arrives.
Yeah, that would be an awesome way to annoy all the readers who idiolise the sierra rs500 and stop them buying the mag ever again
Its just not a fair comparison, the sierra was built just to homologate some parts, the focus was really well thought out as a top end road car.