No one outside of ford have driven the mk3 frs yet?

The press will need to get their mits on it soon.

I am one of the 'bawbags' that have put a deposit down on a car I have never driven. That is the chance you take if you want to be one of the first. I know plenty of folk that put their names down on cars that they have never seen/driven etc. Any of the special Porsches arel sold that way GT3s etc.

Yes I do believe some of the price increase for the mk2 did come from the vat increase.

£30k for a new car these days really isn't that much. Yes £30k is a lot of money, I don't have it stuffed under my mattress or anything but when a pimped up Range Rover is £120k or a decent 911 over £100k then a £30k super hatch is not a crazy amount to spend. Add to that the fact that anything with the RS badge tends to have pretty good residuals.