It was recently released by ford that the Focus RS cost them in the region of £27k to build ! - selling every single one at a major loss. This was due to ford wanting the rebirth of the RS to be something special, and so much time and effort went in to getting it to be right - whether they did or not is another debate. However ford could still not justify a price tag much over £20k when you've got evo's and scoobies kicking about in the same market.

The Cossie focus, if it ever does come to life in about 2006 earliest will be at least £30k, as ford will not stand to suffer the losses they made on the last RS. Question is will this new focus be a marketing exercise (based on borrow designs) or a properly, full design rally shlag weapon ! ? - Ring any bells with what ford did between the S1 and S2 RST ?