there is LOTS of leg room in a neon/SRT4, less in the focus. learn to drive on a FWD and you'll learn momentum, car placement and how not understear. I learned on a regular Neon. Now daily/autoX SRT4 acr spec in GS. This year I will be codriving my brothers Focus ST. I'm a fatty and I fit in the SRT seats well. the recarro's in the higher trim foci are um "snug", like remove your wallet for longer than 20min trips.

I will tell you that the SRT is 10+yrs old, generally thrashed by the previous numbnutz "tunas" and can be a little "needy" in the maintenance department. Its damn fun and in ACR trim and I still think its as fast/faster than the focus. I can drive the SRT faster but im warming up to the focus.