Ford Confirms Next Generation Focus RS, But Don’t Expect It Here

First the good news: Gunnar Herrmann, Ford’s global head of small cars, has confirmed that the much-revered Ford Focus RS will be back for a third generation, and it may produce as much as 350 horsepower from its 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine. Now the bad news: if you want to get your hands on one, you’d best live somewhere other than the United States, which will probably have to make due with the upcoming Ford Focus ST. The Focus RS, we’re told, is “too expensive” and “too narrowly targeted” to appeal to U.S. buyers. Read more

247 Horsepower Ford Focus ST To Debut at Paris Auto Show

We beg for performance in America, the land of where we can have our cake and eat it too which is why we wanted so bad to get the Focus RS to the states. Since we can’t have it we will have to settle for a 247hp Ford Focus ST which is set to debut at the upcoming Paris Auto Show on September 30th and will be sold globally including the Americas.

Read more

Ford Focus RS500: More Images & Details Released

Ford has decided to release more information and some interesting images of the new Ford Focus RS500 via the focusrs500.com website. The decision for the release of more info on the RS500 is rumored to be due to a hackers ability to obtain the images from the RS500’s web site. After the hacking incident, the RS500 web site now states: “Due to overwhelming interest shown for the new Ford Focus RS500, Ford has decided to release more information today.”

Read more

Ford Focus RS Chase Scene: Chasing a Focus RS – Video

I was tipped off on this video via Speedhunters. The video is from Autocar and it is a chase scene of a vehicle attempting to keep-up with a Ford Focus RS. The Focus RS is really moving and the chasing car is doing a good job keeping up. Jeroen at Speedhunters believes that the trailing car is a Mitsubishi EVO X. Check out the video and make your own conclusions. Look for the 3-wheel motion at 21 seconds and airborne action at 46 seconds into the video.

Enjoy the video below.

Read more

2009 Ford Focus RS Packing 301hp – Will It Come To The U.S.?

The Ford Focus RS is a serious contender when put up against other hot pocket rockets rooming the streets of Europe and America.

You will not find any Ford Focus RS’s in the states just yet. Rumors are starting to circulate about Fords new “Fast” (no pun intended VW) coming to America.

Read more

Ford Focus RS Caught in the Wild – Pictures

Sometimes I sit back and day dream about all the great Euro spec cars that the United States does not get to have.  The new Ford Focus RS is one of them.  This WRX/STI/Evo X fighter has made its’ presence known and has attracted quite a lot of attention lately.  Whether you’re a fan of the new Ford Focus RS hot hatch styling or not, it came as a surprise to us today to learn that there is a white Focus RS running around the streets of Royal Oak, Michigan.

Read more

Ford’s Little Blue Devil: Ford Focus RS

The first official images for the production Ford Focus RS have been released. Coated with blue paint and sporty accents, you can view inside and out of the new Ford Focus RS which will sport a 296 horsepower turbocharged five cylinder engine. Believe it or not, this is the fastest Ford ever produced for Europe. Soon, the Ford RS should reach the US shores so we too can sport around Ford’s Blue Devil and whoop up on some other pocket rockets, legally of course, on the streets of the US.

Read more