Stop yakking in the car with a cell phone glued to your ear. If you hear that message, then pay attention to this news: Bring a Bluetooth-enabled phone inside the new Ford Focus and the phone’s ring tones and calling book are accessible through the vehicle. Instruct the car’s Sync wireless communication system to call a particular name in your mobile phone’s address book, and then talk – all without pushing buttons on the cell phone. The same hands-free interfacing is possible with portable media players (such as iPod and Zune) and USB storage devices. The Focus is one of the first Ford vehicles to offer the Microsoft-powered Sync. Beyond the voice recognition system, the interior also showcases new seats, icy blue lighting (on the cluster gauges, center console, steering wheel), a top of dash information zone, and an attractive center console. For 2008, the Focus is offered as a two-door coupe (a Focus first) and a four-door sedan. Focus revised its suspension – new spring rates, dampers, stabilizer bars and bushings – for 2008. With 15-inch wheels and low rolling resistance tires from Hankook, the Focus features a front stabilizer bar. But when Focus is equipped with 16-inch wheels and Pirelli tires, front and rear stabilizer bars are used. The front wheel drive Focus has a new brake system featuring aluminum calipers. Standard engine is a 2-liter 4-cylinder that produces 140 horsepower at 6000 rpm (4 more horsepower than the previous model) and 136 pounds-feet torque at 4250 rpm. Transmission choices are a 4-speed automatic and a 5-speed manual. Both transmissions have different final drive ratios than last year. Fuel economy is estimated at 24 city/35 highway when the 2-liter engine is paired with the 5-speed manual. MSRP of Focus coupe SES with 5-speed manual is $16,075.