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XR5 - MPS - Golf in that order.

XR5s look the best of the three (subjective, of course). Engine is the best, although the MPS is more powerful (just a bit more agricultural). The Focus chassis is also renown as being one of the best ever on a mass produced road car. It's also a Volvo motor and is extremely reliable.

The MPS has oodles of power and torque but chassis isn't as sorted or capable as the Ford. Super reliable, looks great.

The Golf is a great little car but I've heard their reliability is questionable. Of course that's relative. Many Golf owners have years and years of happy motoring with no issue, but out of the three it's the one most likely (however small) to give you problems. The engine is a corker although the least powerful and torquey of the three. It's a great handler, almost on par with the Focus. Also probably the most expensive to maintain, although there's probably little difference between it and the XR5.

That's my opinion.

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what does the golf have over the MPS? I know the mazda has an awesome sound system, and goes damn quick..is the gti any faster?

Ahh forgot about the volvo motor too..i thought the focus and mazda shared the engine, that would explain why the focus is dearer..I beleive the mazda is easy to mod too..not sure about the others..

i beleive mazda have excelled in the last 10 years with affordable allrounders that never give any drama

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GTi is quite a bit slower in a straight line.

What the Fark does a Mondeo turbo diesel have to do with this thread? Mondeo's are synonomous with zero resale value.

yes the mondeo has shit re-sale from new but a 08-10 model with 30-70K will sell for around the 20 mark has lost its 50+% from new and wont loose much more. ive driven one with zorst and chip and walked all over the XR5. and i dont think he put re-sale value into it.

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Golf ftw.

Depends what you're after though... Cruiser / punchy city car..

Wildcard entry :P

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/dealer/details.aspx?R=11133281&__Qpb=1&Cr=2&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=&__N=1216%201247%201252%201282%204294963609%20903%20413%204294963571%204294919943&SearchAction=N&silo=1011&PriceTo=413&seot=1&__Nne=15&trecs=6&__sid=12CB54BF3AF7

Depreciate like crazy, but 247hp stock (fly) could be fun?

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Definitely XR5T for me too :)

I love the focus chassis, it felt like a really solid car :)

Looks and the chassis would do this for me, im not a fan of the mazda design.

imo the focus is just the most "sporty" of the 3

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