350hp AWD Ford Focus RS Inline-6 Turbo!
06-06-2005, 02:41 PM
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350hp AWD Ford Focus RS Inline-6 Turbo! 350hp AWD Ford Focus RS Inline-6 Turbo!
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Gulp! WOW! Not for US consumption of course, but should give the EVO/STi a run for their money!
Autocar has the story: http://www.autocarmagazine.co.uk/Ne...sp?NA_ID=215449
\Gulp! WOW! Not for US consumption of course, but should give the EVO/STi a run for their money!
Autocar has the story: http://www.autocarmagazine.co.uk/Ne...sp?NA_ID=215449
06-06-2005, 03:25 PM
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GM should build something like that....and I don't mean some freakin prototype for everyone to drool over either. 
Uh oh, I feel a rant mode coming on....I better stop typing. 
Quick final note: That is a neat little car above.
Uh oh, I feel a rant mode coming on....I better stop typing. Quick final note: That is a neat little car above.
06-06-2005, 04:23 PM
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I dont get it, how come they won't bring it to the US? Is it because emissions reasons? Because udging by how the srt-4's have sold, I'm sure that car would sell pretty easily over here.
06-06-2005, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Turo
I dont get it, how come they won't bring it to the US? Is it because emissions reasons? Because udging by how the srt-4's have sold, I'm sure that car would sell pretty easily over here.
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But at ~$33K it costs as much as a C-Class Mercedes or BMW, so it isn't exactly "flying off the shelf".
Not to mention if Ford did bring a 350hp Turbo AWD Focus over, even at $30K+ it would probably do more to kill Mustang Sales than create new market share.
At least, that's my thinking on why they wouldn't bring it over here. I could be wrong. Ford Europe could just hate us
06-06-2005, 04:47 PM
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Doesnt everyone in Europe hate us? lol
And you're right Shink. Im sure that it would pull some market away from the Mustang, but I dont see this exactly going "big time" and selling like the Mustang or F-series does.
Its not a bad lookin car, but I wouldnt spend ~30k on it.
And you're right Shink. Im sure that it would pull some market away from the Mustang, but I dont see this exactly going "big time" and selling like the Mustang or F-series does.
Its not a bad lookin car, but I wouldnt spend ~30k on it.
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/automotive-news-media-press/331056-not-u-s-sale-350hp-focus-rs.html
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06-06-2005, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by bruddah_man_matt
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You're 4 days late, get with the program. Man that wife's doing a number on you.
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06-07-2005, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by HemiDakota
They just don't meet the US specs and if they do, weighs heavier and emission requirement usually kills the performance advantage.
It's not so much that they have to pump up safety/emissions for Us sale, as it is that US regulation has different metrics, and so the car has to be designed to meet those metrics. Case in point, American cars fail EU standards for headlights becuase they don't throw enough light high enough. EU headlights fail US standards because the beams are pointed too high and are too bright.
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Originally Posted by XLR8NSS
GM should build something like that....and I don't mean some freakin prototype for everyone to drool over either. Uh oh, I feel a rant mode coming on....I better stop typing.
Quick final note: That is a neat little car above.
Uh oh, I feel a rant mode coming on....I better stop typing. Quick final note: That is a neat little car above.
I love the Straight 6 turbo concerpt. Low end TQ, good HP under load, yet the ability to open the WG and get good fuel mileage. The interesting thing is though, I do believe that WRC rules limit engine displacement to 2.0L and Turbo 4 bangers, so I'm not quite sure that putting the straight six into a focus gets them anything as far as rules. As far as a sport compact, it's bad ***, and I'd think about it if it the US shores, even if it was wearing a Blue Oval instead of an Arrow Head or Bow Tie.
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Ford figured out how to sell the previous Focus here at reasonable US prices and still does, I'm sure they could do the same with the new Focus they sell in Europe if they wished. It's really a damn shame.
