How many miles should a diesel Focus last?

How many thousand miles would you expect a 1.6 TDCi Ford Focus to last if it is properly maintained?

Andrew O Reilly (Cork)

Oct 2011 Filed under: mileage

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Expert answer

Hi Andrew,

The key point you make here is 'properly maintained' and to be honest if you really take care of it and are prepared to invest money into it then you could expect 200,000+. It isn't all that unusual to see Focus diesels with mega mileage. See this one on sale in a dealership in Carlow with 190,000 miles on the clock. So it is really up to the owner. I wouldn't expect it to last much over 200,000 though, before it would become uneconomic to own it. 

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