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  • 2009 Ford Focus RS available for Australia

    The latest version of Ford Focus RS is the hottest hatchback on the market. It stunned the whole automobile industry with the massive power transmitted only to the front wheels. The vehicle is power by L5 2.5 liter turbocharged petrol engine delivering whopping 300hp and 440Nm of torque. (more…)

  • 2012 Ford Focus ST will be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show

    In 2005 Ford unveiled one of the hottest hatchbacks on the market – Focus ST, which was available in either three or five door variant. The vehicle is powered by Ford Duratec ST turbocharged engine – 2.5 liter 5 cylinder developing 225hp.

    In 2008 the company introduced power kit, which raises the power to 260bhp. The performance package consists: K&N sport air intake, larger intercooler and ECU remap. (more…)

  • Ford Focus RS Le Mans Classic – five different identities

    Less than three weeks before the start of the famous Le Mans Classic race, Ecurie Ford France, one of the partners of the event has dressed five Focus RS cars in specially-designed color schemes, each paying tribute to the Ford cars which made the brand one of the most reputable at the Le Mans 24 Hours. (more…)

  • Unique WRC wheels for the Ford Focus RS’ last examples

    To mark in proper way the Focus RS superhatch’s final examples for the UK market, Ford is now offering a unique 19-inch wheels set in WRC-look. Priced at £500 per set, including VAT, the racy white-shaded alloys are styled exclusively to bring the visual impact of the award-winning Focus even closer to that of Mikko Hirvonen’s stunning ride. (more…)

  • Mountune boosts the Ford Focus RS

    Mountune Performance has released a high-end performance upgrade for the 305-horsepowered Ford Focus RS. (more…)

  • Ford Focus RS500 – performance at the highest level

    Surprisingly, Ford has announced an exclusive ultra-potent, visually-stunning, limited-edition Focus RS, which carries the badge Ford Focus RS500. (more…)

  • Ford Focus RS by Wolf Racing

    Ford Focus RS is currently the most powerful hot hatch on the market. The stock version has 2.5 litre five-cylinder turbo petrol engine with 305hp and 440N/m of torque. All this powered is transferred on the front wheels through six-speed gearbox. (more…)

  • Ford Focus RS goes beyond 38MPG

    Ford Focus RS is a really an exceptional car. It combines good driving experience, satisfying comfort and sporty performance. Here are some figures: 2.5 litre turbocharged petrol engine with 305 hp and 440 Nm, 0 to 100km/h in 6.0 seconds and top speed of 163mph. (more…)

  • GGR’s RS 340 engine tuning for Focus RS

    Few days ago the leading Ford RS specialist Graham Goode Racing Ltd (GGR) announced the RS 340 engine tuning package for the new Mk2 Ford Focus RS. The newly developed engine upgrade requires no additional mechanical modifications, because it is purely an engine management conversion. (more…)

  • Ford Focus RS

    In the 40-year story of Ford RS, the marque has been applied sparingly, merited by only the most high-performance Ford machines of the time.

    Six years have passed since the last Ford RS – the Mk1 Focus RS – finished its strictly limited production run.  Now the famous badge has returned for its league of devoted fans and a new generation of performance car enthusiasts.

    RS – A Significant Event

    This new Focus RS is the product of Ford Team RS, headed by Jost Capito, a committed car enthusiast and racer.  Alongside Capito is a small team of dedicated performance car and motorsport engineering specialists, led by Chief Programme Engineer, John Wheeler, whose own expertise stretches over 20 years of Ford performance and motorsport vehicles.

    Team RS works hand-in-hand with Ford of Europe experts from across the engineering spectrum to create Ford’s performance road car range.  More than 100 engineers have been involved in Focus RS and every one understood the weight of expectation that greets a new Ford RS model.

    States Capito: “A new Ford RS is a significant event; the badge is not applied to a new car very often and when it is, it has to be a great car.  I know this Focus RS will be thoroughly deserving of the name.”

    From early in its development programme, the team set a target to create a car with the poise, power, performance and precision to trade lap times with far more exotic vehicles and be a benchmark for performance and value for money.

    Their result is a car capable of lapping the legendary 20.8km (12.3 mile) Nuerburgring Nordschleife repeatedly at speed and equally adept at cruising home afterwards; blending Ford Focus practicality with bespoke engineering, dynamics and a turbocharged, 305PS (300 bhp) 2.5-litre Duratec engine.

  • New Ford Focus RS Production Starts

    Focus RSThe first production example of the exciting new Ford Focus RS rolled off the production line today at Ford of Europe’s Saarlouis plant in Germany. (more…)

  • New Ford Models Shine At The Moscow International Automobile Salon

    Moscow International Automobile Salon LogoNo fewer than three new production models from Ford Motor Company will make their Russian debuts at the Moscow International Automobile Salon, which opens today.
    The new models are the all-new Ford Fiesta, the Ford Focus RS and the Ford Escape. (more…)