As mentioned in the fleet thread I’ve been given a Ford Puma hire car while they decide what to do with the focus.
I have no idea if whoever signed off on the interior has ever driven a car on the road or if they even understand road safety. It falls in with this thing modern car designers seem to be obsessed with, where they try and reinvent the wheel with everything
Everything is on massive touchscreens, with multiple inputs to do anything. Trying to turn off the stupid speed beeps that constantly get the current limit wrong is a 4 press process in jam packed menus where you end up pressing the wrong thing 5 times
The steering wheel seems to be inspired by the old allegro quartic, it’s not quite a square but it’s almost there
There’s only one stalk, that does everything. Indicators and front/rear wipers- thankfully to indicate it’s still up and down but the wipers are silly fiddly bits you turn to operate them- apparently because if you get an auto the gearbox controls are on a stalk to the right of the wheel- sounds like people will try to put the wipers on and change gear instead
All in all it’s a nice car and obviously quite similar to the focus, but so many things that make you look away from the road it’s silly