Comments on: 2009 Ford Focus RS official teaser

By: Bobbercat

Bobbercat — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:10:55 +0000

What can i say this car is the bomb

By: smashdaddy

smashdaddy — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:45:33 +0000

hey there. why doesnt anyone mention BMW 135 in here, its 250 dollars cheaper then the latest evo , a lot nicer interior, and its beeen clocked doin 0-100 in 4.9 seconds, now all the crap on paper comin from BMW says it does 0-100 in 5.3 seconds, however this is only because the new M3 does the same in 4.8 so they tryin to make the M3 superior, butttt if u go to google and type in BMW 135i vs new M3 you ll see the 135i beats it 0-100 and also in quarter mile, 225 kws and 400 NM of torque availabe from 1300 revs in a real wheel drivee is astonishing, it s quicker then both evo and STI, however i ve seen a comparison between it and new evo and on track its 3 seconds slower then evo, but again it was some dodgy driver behind the BMW lol, i d love to see top gear preview a proper race between 135 i and new evo, anywywas i drive a 3 MPS and i can tell u after the engine is run in , about 5 000 kms on clock this car is like nothin i ve experienced before, 0-100 in about 5,4 seconds u just need to learn to launch it, its almost got the same torque as 135 i BMW 380 Nm vs 400Nm and its more then 70 kilos lighter, torque sensing limited slip differntial s the smartest thing mazda did for this car, my friend imports japanese cars and sells them, and his s got a mazda 3 MPS AWD, it was front wheel drive but now converted to AWD. and it now runs 12 second quarter mile but ofcourse with a tuned engine to deliver 510 Nm, and 245kws at the wheels. anyhow i am off to drive my little MPS for service, New focus RS will be a killer car, but anything over 170 kws in front wheels is too much, thats why MPS 3 has only 170 kws available in 1st and second gear, and then in third comes crushin accceleration muahhaha

By: Boost-Juice

Boost-Juice — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:37:27 +0000

Im just going to buy an impreza WRX in it’s mutt ugly guise for now, and if a 4wd version of this comes out when I have greys, I’ll look at that then..

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:00:17 +0000

206kW…which is a lot for a FWD hatch LSD or not. All I can say is it better be cheap.

Time and reviews will tell how good it actually is, but on paper an photos…well you can not ask for BMW 135 money ($72k) and you probably couldn’t ask for Evo/Sti money ($60k) with an FF layout. Even the VW Golf R32 ($55k) would have to be more expensive, since Ford isn’t as prestigious as VW, the Golf has 4WD and you can bet that the mk6 Golf also coming out in 2009 will address any difference in power. It also might have a headache with the FPV Tornado ($55k) and the XR6-T ($45.5k). Looks like it will have to slot in at $50k or below to make it a good proposition. Maybe we’ll be lucky and it’ll be more like $47k. $10k more than XR5 seems fair but better be faster than the Mitsubishi railliart ($40k? When it FINALLY gets here).

By: No Name

No Name — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:29:00 +0000

Pity ford didn’t wait for the Kuga platfrom…4wd. Perhaps they could adapt it to take the focus body, lower it a bit and hey presto 4wd focus RS. just what the Doc ordered.

By: Gift-Ed

Gift-Ed — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:02:05 +0000

Looks great, but 206kw through the front wheels of that size car? Doesn’t sound like a good idea.

By: Sparky

Sparky — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:14:06 +0000

So if this Focus Rs is not coming here then I would buy the Normal XR5T but wait until 3 years maybe by then it would have a more powerful engine.

By: Volksy GTI

Volksy GTI — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:30:03 +0000

Hmmm nice car, not sure if i can agree with you dan, I would upgrade to this over your XR5 because yours doesnt excite people.

I will be looking at one of these if they do come to australia, but something says to me its not going to be cheap.

Front wheel drive doesnt effect me, if it was AWD it would be great, but they didnt do it, and i have faith that it will be a beaut package, considering the poor effort on the ST (XR5T).

By: Tom Jakovljevic

Tom Jakovljevic — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:46:09 +0000

It makes no difference if its got tricky electronic diffs, or tuned by the best Ford can find.

The public PERCEPTION is that FWD… well FWD is a comprimise when it comes to performance cars.

Id rather see it gain 100kg and AWD, it should still outperform its rivals – Evo X, Sti, Gold R32…. as long as its priced right.

By: JML

JML — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:46:43 +0000

Sorry, that shoudl be the Mk1 RS, not ST220.