The Master Cylinder is about 8inch long and contains a plastic reservoir holding about 6oz of break fluid with two arteries. the steel break line and flexible rubber hose transmit hydraulic pressure to all brake circuit. But, whats most impressive about the master cylinder and braking system is they will bring a vehicle weighing 2,690km to a stop in a matter of seconds.


Master Cylinder are reliable and relatively trouble free. Professional quality master cylinder are precision made, some are aluminum and some are cast iron. there are few interval moving parts, rubber caps and seals, and specially calibrated spring help slide the primary piston and secondary piston. Master Cylinder are divided, each has its own circuit and tandem master cylinders have a safety feature. if one circuit leaks the other will not be affected.


There are two different circuit on Rear wheel drive vehicles, one for the front brakes, the other for rear brakes. Front wheel drive vehicles have a diagonal split system, the left front and right rear share one circuit and the right front and left rear brakes share the other. Some companies, like Volvo, have triangular circuit, with both front and left rear on one circuit and both front and right rear on the other.

For Europe, Ford will offer the Focus in three body styles: sedan, five-door hatchback and wagon, and all will roll off of the same assembly line at Ford’s Saarlouis plant. While producing several variations is not uncommon, what makes it more impressive is the fact that this single plant is responsible for producing all Foci consumed for the whole of Europe.

This marks the start of production for the first truly global vehicle to be created since the establish of the “One Ford” plan, and the car manages a very high parts commonality rate of 80 percent worldwide.

Focus manufacturing will be expanded further in mid-2011 in St. Petersburg, Russia, as production will start for both four-door and five-door derivatives of the all-new model.

Production in the Asia Pacific region will begin in 2012, when new Ford plants come on-line in Chongqing, China and Rayong, Thailand.