Ford Focus RS Officially Confirmed for US

[ctrlraven]

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2014/12/ford-focus-rs-officially-confirmed-for-us.html



“We’re announcing a new Focus RS will be coming to the market and it will be coming globally,” Ford CEO Mark Fields said in Dearborn during a press conference today.

Previous rumors suggest the Focus RS, which will sit above the ST in the product line, will arrive for the 2016 model year with Ford’s turbocharged 2.3-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engine. Details on the new Focus are still light, but the same engine makes 310 hp and 320 lb-ft of torque in the 2015 Mustang. Rumors suggest Ford will actually tweak the engine for slightly more power in this application because the lighter car will allow a more aggressive state of tune without throwing fuel economy entirely out the window. Apart from being significantly more powerful than the ST, the Focus RS will also come with all-wheel drive to be a direct competitor with the upcoming Volkswagen Golf R.

Fields confirmed today that the Focus RS will be sold globally under the company’s “One Ford” product strategy. The previous generation RS model was based on the European Focus that skipped this market. The U.S. Focus is built at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant, but the RS model will likely be built in Europe and exported to the U.S. and other markets, which could mean a limited supply.
http://www.autoguide.com/gallery/d/985628-3/Ford+Focus+RS+4.jpg

[crouse]

I thought about selling my Marauder and buying a Focus ST since I love running Auto Cross events. The RS would be even better. I wonder what the cost would be for the RS?

[slickster]

I thought about selling my Marauder and buying a Focus ST since I love running Auto Cross events. The RS would be even better. I wonder what the cost would be for the RS?

i say 30k plus

[jwibbity]

i say 30k plus

I'll say 35K+

isnt the ST already pretty close to 30K already??

[jwibbity]

I just looked up the Focus ST just to look at the interior, the damn boost gauge is in bar!!!
who the **** reads boost in a CAR in bar?!?!?!?!?

[ctrlraven]

I just looked up the Focus ST just to look at the interior, the damn boost gauge is in bar!!!
who the **** reads boost in a CAR in bar?!?!?!?!?
Any REAL petrol head who dabs in turbochargers.

There is 0.0689475728 Bar in 1 PSI.

[jwibbity]

Any REAL petrol head who dabs in turbochargers.

There is 0.0689475728 Bar in 1 PSI.

PSI FTW!!!!!!! I have to deal with bar on the machines at work and I hate it :mad2:

[Logizyme]

PSI(G) is not a very good way of measuring boost.

My PSI(G) is not neccesarily the same as your PSI(G)

PSI(A) or BAR is a better measurement.

[Logizyme]

Excited for an AWD Focus.

I hope it features a kick butt differential setup and not the setup Ford uses in all of their current AWD setups.

[71cyclone]

Yes Sir , being a member of the back in the day 'Turbo Club of America ' I can appreciate the New generation SVO [ECHO ]Turbo motor. and may the old 2.3 Svo engines rest in silence.

[88LTDCV351]

Nothing Ford makes right now interests me. Maybe if they make the Lincoln Continental concept or the Ford Interceptor concept, then my blood will run blue again.

[Marauderjack]

Nothing Ford makes right now interests me. Maybe if they make the Lincoln Continental concept or the Ford Interceptor concept, then my blood will run blue again.

^^^+10^^^!!:shake:

[Jeffonebuck]

Ford Mad Max concept,,I'd dig deep for this one,http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/11/3459b403975dd411edcc6ebedee42b f9.jpg


Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.

[2,4shofast]

I would love to get my hands on one of these!


As for reading in Bar my friends Escort Cosworth was in Bar as well, its a European thing.

[ncmm]

Nothing Ford makes right now interests me. Maybe if they make the Lincoln Continental concept or the Ford Interceptor concept, then my blood will run blue again.

+1 on the IC
http://youtu.be/rJQtEHhb4zg

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[Ms. Denmark]

Nothing Ford makes right now interests me. Maybe if they make the Lincoln Continental concept or the Ford Interceptor concept, then my blood will run blue again.Same here. I would have considered the last generation Australian Falcon if they would have brought it to the US.

http://image.motortrend.com/f/wot/black-beauty-ford%E2%80%99s-australian-fpv-wing-crafts-new-fpv-falcon-gt-concept-92123/59201140/2011-ford-fpv-falcon-gt-concept-front-three-quarters-view.jpg

[2,4shofast]

Same here. I would have considered the last generation Australian Falcon if they would have brought it to the US.

I have always been in love with the Falcons!:burnout:

[slickster]

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[Joe Walsh]

That AWD 2.3L ST will be a real screamer.

That thing will be easily over 400 HP with a tune and a Cat-back!!

....:hmmm:.......Might spell the end of my wounded Marauder in 2016.

BTW: Bar....PSI....PSIA......who cares which one.....
as long as the gauge is PEGGED!

......:banana2:

[ctrlraven]

That AWD 2.3L ST will be a real screamer.

That thing will be easily over 400 HP with a tune and a Cat-back!!

....:hmmm:.......Might spell the end of my wounded Marauder in 2016.

BTW: Bar....PSI....PSIA......who cares which one.....
as long as the gauge is PEGGED!

......:banana2:
Yay back on topic! lol

I know right! I did have plans on trading my Taurus in on a EB F150 next year but may just hold off and wait for the Foci. It would be like a mini Taurus SHO. haha

[Joe Walsh]

Yay back on topic! lol

I know right! I did have plans on trading my Taurus in on a EB F150 next year but may just hold off and wait for the Foci.

That 2.7L EB F150 looks NICE!
That's another tune + Cat back = a TON more HP and Torque!

It would be like a mini Taurus SHO.

As long as FORD refrains from making the ST a 2 ton porker!

haha

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[ctrlraven]

Found out some more info



UPDATE: We have additional details about the upcoming 2016 Focus RS from another trusted source, including power output, so let's start with that. With the Mustang GT's V8 holding down a 435 hp spot at the top of the Ford performance pecking order (for now, until the 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 emerges), the Focus RS is free to turn up the horsepower wick. Since the 2.3-liter Ecoboost is easily capable of more than its 310 hp output in the Mustang, which was dictated more by fuel economy concerns than anything else, the RS is free to pump out between 325 and 350 hp. The higher figure is more likely. This is because as a low-volume, niche product that doesn't compete with the Mustang GT, there's no reason to hold the Focus RS back.

To put the power down, Ford will employ an entirely new AWD system intended for high-output applications. It's not the same system employed on the Fusion, Escape, and MKZ. The new system will employ torque vectoring front and rear to aid handling, and after debuting in the Focus RS it will trickle down to other applications.

That means the Focus RS might have some high-performance AWD company in Ford's lineup soon.

[71cyclone]

This is a good deal, since back in the 80's Audi put Quatro on the map and I guess it is about time that all wheel drive got Re-Invented...by FO-MO-CO...

[stevengerard]

This would be a great car - especially for track use. Different animal than a MM or a SHO but fun none-the-less. AWD WTF - ever drive a 911 Turbo!!?

[RF Overlord]

Same here. I would have considered the last generation Australian Falcon if they would have brought it to the US.Amen, Paula...the Australians have had better RWD cars than we have for the last couple of decades.

[Mebot]

This means the Focus Rising car club group at All Ford Nationals in Carlisle will be even bigger.

If I make it back to the East Coast for Carlisle, hopefully there will be a couple RS' I can look at in person

[Mebot]

Nothing Ford makes right now interests me. Maybe if they make the Lincoln Continental concept or the Ford Interceptor concept, then my blood will run blue again.


+1 on the IC
http://youtu.be/rJQtEHhb4zg

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Agreed

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/Mebot/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_66739389914389_zpsrcvldazk .jpeg

[Motorhead350]

What the hell happened? We are getting excited over small cars with tiny engines?

Yes it's a better car than a Marauder, but that's not the point.