Hi all, befire i owned a 2015 Ford Focus 1.5 tdci Titanium model. I was very satisfied with it and after 5 years and a lot of miles in the car I decided to buy a 2019 Ford Focus 1.5 tdci Titanium ecoblue. My issue is that in the 5th gear at 50mph on the motorway I want to overtake and my car is speeding up very slowly (previous 2015 Ford Focus no issue). Is it normal? Does anyone experience that issue? I went to a service and they checked the car, they told that everything is okay. Thanks for the answers 

Is it the new one also 120bhp?  They did make a 95bhp version.

 

15 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

They did make a 95bhp version.

Could you get that in a Titanium, though? I thought the 95ps was only offered on Style and Zetec?

Well if @Szabolcs1986 returns and tells us the registration (assuming it is in the UK) then we can find out the exact build spec. 🤔

 

Our very own @DaveT70 commented on disappointing performance in his review here, as did others in the same thread:

https://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/109379-mk4-15-ecoblue-titanium-review/

 

1 hour ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

 

Could you get that in a Titanium, though? I thought the 95ps was only offered on Style and Zetec?

Well spotted.  I didn't note the new one was also a Titanium.

Must just be all the extra weight from the unnecessary second camshaft and set of valves in that case. 

On 9/24/2025 at 8:13 PM, TomsFocus said:

Is it the new one also 120bhp?  They did make a 95bhp version.

Yes, it is 120bhp

8 hours ago, Szabolcs1986 said:

Yes, it is 120bhp

Looks like the newer one is just worse from the factory then.  Which matches my experience of every other new item I've bought recently.

1 hour ago, TomsFocus said:

Looks like the newer one is just worse from the factory then.  Which matches my experience of every other new item I've bought recently.

Yeah, same on this side. But even then I can't understand how it can be much worse than an older model. 

29 minutes ago, Szabolcs1986 said:

Yeah, same on this side. But even then I can't understand how it can be much worse than an older model. 

Just mapped for lower torque at that particular RPM.

If you can find a graph showing the torque figures for standard mapping on both the 1.5 TDCI and the 1.5 EcoBlue that should confirm it.

58 minutes ago, Szabolcs1986 said:

Yeah, same on this side. But even then I can't understand how it can be much worse than an older model. 

Emissions can strangle them too

 

 

7 hours ago, DaveT70 said:

Emissions can strangle them too

In similar vein, is the gearing different on the Mk 4?

Gearing seems to have got higher and higher over the years in pursuit of lower emissions/higher mpg with the result that many cars achieve max speed in 4th or 5th and certainly can't attain max revs in 5th/6th (except down a very steep hill😀).

 

3 hours ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

In similar vein, is the gearing different on the Mk 4?

There you go Roger, the Transmission Ratios for the two 1.5 Diesels and the 1.5 150bhp Petrol for comparison.

 

3 minutes ago, Tizer said:

Transmission Ratios for the two 1.5 Diesels

Interesting stuff. Do you have the figures for the Mk 3.5 1.5Tdci for comparison in your mine of information, John? 

 

2 minutes ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

Interesting stuff. Do you have the figures for the Mk 3.5 1.5Tdci for comparison in your mine of information, John? 

 

I don't unfortunately, I only have the Mk4 figures.