Eh, the Focus ain't so bad and the cars are only 60% shared among each other. The S40 should be around the same price as an Audi A4, maybe a little cheaper given similar equipment. The Focus isn't going to be sold on this platform in the USA until 2007 at the earliest.
All I need to know is a loaded up 3s 4-door 5-speed with ABS, side and curtain air bags, sport package, xenons, tire pressure monitoring, leather and navigation would sticker at $21,625.

So for your $21k you can get a nice refined compact sedan with a buttload of features, or you can get an SRT-4. They obviously don't compete but in either case it's kind of a manufacturer taking an econobox the furthest it can go in one particular direction. With the 3 that's Bimmerness (for lack of a better term), with the SRT-4 that's raw performance.