16 December 2008 - 12:00
Focus RS: by the numbers
Last week, we brought you the world’s first pictures of the Focus RS, Ford’s double-hot hatch that’s got us all nostalgic about Sierra Cosworths and RS2000s and Escort Turbos and…
Anyhow. Now we’ve got a whole bunch of numbers on the new Focus RS, and here’s the first one you need to know: £24,995.
Yes, that’s how much the RS will cost when it goes on sale in the UK in March. That lines it right up against the Subaru Impreza WRX STi, but the RS has the edge in the power stakes: the output from the 2.5-litre five cylinder turbo engine has been confirmed at 301bhp and 324lb ft.
Because it’s front-wheel drive and not four-wheel drive, the RS won’t be quite as quick off the line as the Scooby, but it’s still not slow: 0-60mph will take ‘under six seconds’, while the top speed will be in excess of 160mph.
A Quaife Automatic Torque Biasing limited-slip diff (breathe) and that clever RevoKnuckle suspension should sort out any potential torque steer, while big brakes – 336mm at the front and 300mm at the rear – will deal with the stopping. Nineteen-inch wheels are standard, as is that very serious looking twin-blade spoiler.
And that’s enough numbers for now. Oh, apart from one more: zero. That’s the number of reasons we can think of why you wouldn’t auction off any non-vital body parts in order to afford an RS.
Can you tell we’re keen?
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this is going a lot faster than the "evo", it might need it at the higher speeds...
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this car is eye wateringly good looking.. to Turbomatic, the spoiler may look big but in reality adds very little downforce, the main reason of a spoiler is to control air flow around the car, not to add downforce. The giant rear wings and diffusers are what add the downforce, not this tiny spoiler
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Gay The Focus cant be compared with an Evoloution or an STI in any way whatsoever ... Thats like comparing a Lamborghni to a C5 Corvette LMAO
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Turbomatic commented on this article
03 March 2009
Why has it got a HUGE spoiler when it is FWD, as we saw on TG Challenge make your own evo x for under 10k, that is useless!
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