Ford Focus RS

The Ford Focus RS is the most powerful version of the range. Is for sale from € 33,905 (prices, equipment and technical data sheet) only three-door bodywork. Except for the Dodge Caliber SRT4 2.4 (295 hp and 24,999 €), there are currently no for sale a very powerful car that is cheaper.

Take a turbocharged engine of 2.5 liters and 305 hp (more information), which has evolved with respect to the Focus ST, and is front-wheel drive.

The sporty model range of the Focus does not seem comparable to other similar powerful car-type body and power-currently on the market. The Focus RS is suitable for those who want a real sport which has advantages and disadvantages, depending on the intended use. The positive is that it stands out for its extraordinary speed in slow curves and clear drawback is that reactions can be too demanding for a number of drivers.

Ford Focus RS. 2009.El Focus RS model is also very fast in straight because its engine is very strong, although according to our measurements, the acceleration capacity is not significantly greater than that of some cars less powerful and less expensive, as the SEAT Leon Cupra (comparative table of benefits).

Good for treatment of a motor vehicle of so potent a single drive shaft, although in certain circumstances-for example, a slow road and a little sticky-car better traction total force transmitted to the ground if it accelerates depth in short marches.

According to Ford, the Focus RS does not have a total drive system that negatively influence the weight (although this is not a light car, 1486 kg in terms of approval) and thus on consumption. According to our measurements have a relatively high rate leading to high and very soft when it takes its full capacity of acceleration. Ford currently has no cars with traction total.

Its braking capacity falls short of the rest of its dynamic qualities. To complete stop from 120 km / h requires a relatively large amount of space similar to that of cars that have much lower potency (comparison chart of braking).

The Focus RS has several drawbacks for daily use: it has a very hard cushion, some seats with ease of entry and exit of the carrier (both the front seats to the rear), you need plenty of room to maneuver and its autonomy is limited because consumption can be high.

Ford Focus RS. 2009.Exteriormente model, the RS is distinguished by a number of changes to the rest of the Focus range. Thus, the wheel arches are wider (like tracks) under the lights there are inlets, the bonnet has a throughput of wasted hot air engine, the bumpers are different (the rear has a diffuser and two outputs exhaust) and a large spoiler on the roof. It is bringing about specific rims and 19 spokes, 15 inches.

The Focus RS, which is produced in Saarlouis (Germany), is the second Focus RS to be designated. The first was that, based on the Focus was launched in 2000. Focus of the current generation before there was RS version.