Ford focus a good car?

Are Ford Focuses good cars. I dont know much about cars but one of my homies that does says they tend to always have some sort of problem. He also said Fords suck. Im not really into that whole brand fight but so far my expiriences with Ford have been good. i have a 97 ford taurus and its been in two bad accidents, i wasnt driving, and its still runnning great. So does anyone know if they are good or not? Oh by the way the one im looking at right now is an 02 with 113K on it.