Comments on: Ford Focus RS Coming To Australia?

By: Van leasing

Van leasing — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:49:56 +0000

The focus looks ace. Will have to have one.

By: sooty

sooty — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:27:53 +0000

Jost Capito, Director of Ford Team RS, said the Focus RS is coming to Australia!!!! Check out his video on Ford UK website to hear it for yourself. Talking about the production numbers, he said this RS model will be manufactured in larger number than the previous one, and that “The car will go all over Europe and also to Australia” I played that section of the video half dozen of times!

By: JT

JT — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:28:06 +0000

Damo… mate seriously get over you beloved evo just for a second at least, everyone knows the evo is superior to the wrx around a track.. but this article is about the ford.. take a look at previos model rs focus’ and they r bloody quick around a track. Also the cars have not been tested against each other yet, so just shutup for a few months until they have been. Then we will see which is the superior track car. Also just because you live in the uk, does not make you superior to anyone on here so stop trying to slam anyone who leaves a comment.. you say you have access to more info over there but you only seem to quote from one little top gear lap.. buddy there are more tracks around the world than the tg test track. So for god’s sake do yourself a favour and get off your high horse and lower your mitsu flag just a little bit..

By: XRTPSI

XRTPSI — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:43:03 +0000

Finally Ford have stopped stuffing around with FWD and decided to do it properly. Hey Damo, where is Ralliart in the WRC now??

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:53:18 +0000

Finally something from the europeans to compete with the EVO and STI, I’ve been waiting for this day for a very very long time… :):)

The french should really do one as well from all that Rally Success.

By: Glen

Glen — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:30:13 +0000

That’s always entertaining but Damo I think your jumping the gun in saying the EVO will smash the RS considering niether have been released yet and we dont know whats going into the RS at all. Who knows TeamRS may bring out an absolute ball tearer with all the tricky diffs and active yaw control wazzits that Mitsu have, considering they are the 3rd biggest manufacturer and have the technology and engineering know how from WRC, F1 & Champ Cars. Some of that engineering will transfer into the road car, just not as hardcore as the race cars obviously. But then again Ford could go a more civilised way and make the RS more like an Audi s3 so then yeah the EVO would be quicker. But reserve judgement for when it comes out.

Oh by the way if i had to choose between an EVO or the STi, In the latest models definately the EVO but older models i might be leaning more towards the STi, I actually think the current WRX looks pretty good.

By: Azza

Azza — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:18:06 +0000

Maybe we will just have to see. I don’t doubt for one second that the Evo has the potential to be better then the STi. But I’d rather comparisons from the locals. You know, being that I live here and I have no intention of going over to Japan.
So in my point of view, the STi is better.
Going by the standard views.
And on another note, coming from a tuners point of view, the STi has more options to play around with.

And as I said earlier I don’t care!
The Focus will beat them.

By: Damo

Damo — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:04:59 +0000

Are you serious? Why the need for being so dam defensive? Incase you failed to figure the Lancer Evolution range contains the word ‘Lancer’ for the primary reason being that the WRC legislates that it must be based on a road-going family sedan. Hence, the Mitsubishi Lancer. The Lancer uses Carbon and part aluminium body panels (as well as regular steel/cast iron) in its construction, and as the headlights, taillights, body kit, interior all differentiate itself completely from the standard Lancer vehicle it is to be considered a completely different car in appearance; as well as its performance as it has not mechanical similarities. The Sti is not that fast, and in most testing it is usually 0.1 seconds faster or slower than the Evo. Around a track though, as is the case for many faster in-straight line cars, the Evo smashes it. The Evo has looked agressively better than the Subaru for generations and has been along substantially longer. Not to mention, you based your power and torque figures on the Aussie versions of the Evo, unlike the Sti, the Evo uses a far lower quantity of torque to the Jap spec one, and so basically you should get the point there. I agree, you based your informations on local resources as I used Japanese and British resources, and these vehicles are Japanese and are built in Japan so we should be using the correct Japanese power figures. Also, the Sti is also heaveier than the Evo. You based you calculations from one test which you did not even name, and most tests show the Evo being slightly faster or on par. Another thing on the new Evo, it doesn’t look as nice as I would have liked, but unlike the new Subaru it looks aggressive. The new Impreza and Sti are not bad looking, for family cars and hot hatches! For the generation of vehicles they are to represent they look like rubbish! Now another thing about the X, the Aus-spec one, is confirmed to have the option of manual, or a twin-clutch SST (which you for some stupid reason think is boring), will have the same torque as the Japanese model, and is expected to have at least 220kw, and most are predicting 240kw. This is supposed to shoot it from 0-100 in 4.5 seoonds. Gee, so it looks better in the so-called ‘public”s opinion, has a substantioally better gearbox, completely over-engineerd engine combined with MIVEC performance technology, the best AWD chassis like ever with almost every technology packed into it compared against the dated symmetrical awd chassis, not only better looks but more aerodynamic styling, and you think that the new Sti will beat it in what was it? Well, I guess we shall just wait for the new Top Gear lap times. Funny enough, you bag the X and now you bring up the IX. Lol, what a fool!

By: Azza

Azza — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:54:36 +0000

Fine you wanna go that way, I will do performance, the current released models of the STi and the Evo IX!

STi – 206kW@5600rpm, 392Nm@4000rpm
0-100 km/h – 5.4 seconds

Evo IX – 206kW@6000rpm, 355Nm@3000rpm
0-100 km/h – 5.7 seconds

It’s not by much but the WRX STi still has higher performance, even the gear shift ratios are better on the STi. And I’m tipping that will be very much the same with the next generation of both cars.

And correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the full title of the Evo… – Mitsubishi ‘Lancer’ Evolution??? So therefore the certain variants of Impreza and Lancer are in a rivalry just like the Evo and the STi.
And over here in the country of Australia, the sales of the WRX STi were higher, much higher then the Evo IX, being that the Evo IX was a Limited Edition.
And maybe it’s just my point of view that the new Evo looks like shit.

So in reality, you are seriously an idiot, why do I even bother?
Oh, and yes the Evo does have a better turning circle then the STi… by 0.2 of a meter!

By: Damo

Damo — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:19:06 +0000

SO you are trying to confuse the general public with yourself? You have forgotten that the last-gen Lancer was a like a full on budget banger which sold over 2000 a month and yet you want to tell met the public don’t like it? The new one looks much beter and you are the only person to hate the design. What is even stupider is the fact that you compare the Lancer to the Evo. Apart from the fact it has major changes to the interior, the exterior, a completely different engine, a completely different chassis, drivetrain, suspension, and all the latter, and yet you feel like making a comparison. You seriously are an idiot! This is performance cars, not budget family cars. WHy do I even bother?