It's not opening that's the problem here, it's unlocking. The boot remains locked when they open the doors using the manual key blade. The only way you could potentially unlock it without central locking is to lay the rear seats flat , crawl into the boot, and then remove the plastic panel on the tailgate to physically access the lock and either put power to it or manually prize it open.
That left the 2.0 diesel or petrol autos for both Focus's (Zetec, Ghia or Titanium) or C-Max's (Titanium) - but in acceptable condition and at the right price these are very few and far between. Focus 1.6 auto's and C-Max 2.0 Zetec petrol autos were quite easy to find as ex Motability, but in particular the Focus 2.0 estate autos were quite rare.. 351 4 780 410 715 269 276 709