Production Ford Focus RS Spied on the Ring
Set to get 4WD?
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radmeister
Bwahahahah i highly doubt these specs, if all this is true this focus would cost as much as an M3. At best it will be 300hp AWD which would be a direct swap out of the Volvo S60R, but to then add another 50hp to that engine would require some heavy work and $$.
April 7, 2008 7:20 am
ck314
S60R was inline 5 with Haldex while I expect this to be a turbocharged 3.0 V6 (derived from Jag's XF), which means 340/350 is feasible, plus a more sophisticated AWD system. Price shouldn't exceed 50,000e which is very far from an M3, yet should be nearly as fun to drive around the bends.
April 7, 2008 2:52 pm
un_peacekeeper
Why is it that WCF are making so many mistakes now? VW R32 has 250hp.
On another note, damn Ford doesn't make this thing available for NA. The only Ford I like isn't here. !!@#$!
April 7, 2008 7:46 am
Bristol411S3
Weird this mule uses the older body style, not the current shape.
April 7, 2008 11:27 am
Amesy
Being a member of the Ford Focus Owners Club I can tell you that the info we have been given is that the new RS will be released as a 350BHP FWD with a specially adapted e-dif to help it put the power down properly.
April 7, 2008 2:44 pm
_M7_
could be nice if it get 300hp and awd like mitsubishi evo or the subaru sti
April 7, 2008 2:52 pm
keithxp
that edif better be bad ass cause 300hp through the front wheels is no joke.
April 8, 2008 12:07 am
ck314
Witnesses saw the car oversteering and noticed a rear diff, so an AWD system is likely to be final option, which, in my opinion, would be superfluous on a raging turbocharged 4/5cyl lightweight with LSD, but makes sense on a V6 turbo (weight ratio, better power delivery, funny drifting on slippery surfaces, etc.)
April 8, 2008 12:57 pm
norther
ill shave my head and im gonna send u guys a pic of me, if that thing's gonna have 350 bhp... and im gonna buy one too
April 8, 2008 7:40 pm
davee
Where are you guys getting V6 from? The 5-pot in the ST is squeezed in real tight as it is, they would never fit a V6 in the Focus engine bay.
The 6 cylinder engine they are talking about is the Volvo SI6, a straight six no bigger than the T5.
April 9, 2008 4:54 pm
ck314
Yeah it makes sense since they fit this 3.2 inline six into the Freelander which is based on the Focus, which means it'd me a modified T6 engine, but once you add all the additional hardware is it really smaller (shorter for sure) than a 2.5/3.0 V6?
April 9, 2008 7:17 pm
davee
It won't be the 3.2, it will be the 3.0 turbocharged version, which is 1mm shorter than the T5.
One of the TeamRS engineers gave this info out many months before Ford even announced the RS formally in December last year.
If you look the guy on BTG has now confirmed that the person he talked to claimed it was the Volvo SI6 in this test version.
April 9, 2008 7:32 pm
