I've got a US-spec 2012 Ford Focus hatch as a rental car for a few days (business trip).
Generally, I like the car. Despite all the fuss concerning Ford's Powershift transmission, to me it seems fine. Very quiet and comfortable. Good brakes, seems to have plenty of grip when cornering. The steering isn't quite a match for a VW Golf but it's certainly no Corolla, either. (Far, far closer to the Golf than the Corolla.) The view out the rear is terrible but on the other hand, the outside mirrors are really good. It has built-in wide-angle mirrors in the corner on each side - never seen that as original equipment before.
But ... for fuel consumption, it is no match for a TDI. Not even close.
Trip computer says 31.3 mpg (US) and I have not figured out how to either reset it or figure out when the last time was that it was reset. I've driven it about 200 mi and the fuel gauge is showing a bit above half. I'll find out the actual consumption tomorrow when I return it but I reckon it's going to be not far from the trip-computer average.
The US numbers are gibberish to me, but 31.3 mpg US = 7.51 L/100 km, which is not bad for a gasser with an auto tranny, but my TDI would be using 5.5 ...