New Ford Focus RS
21-07-2008, 09:42 AM
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New Ford Focus RS
"Get ready for the Ford Focus RS to be released at the British Motor Show.
Having been spotted at Nurburgring track getting its performance and handling fine-tuned to get that 296bhp to the tarmac. The increases of 84bhp over its predecessor will push the new Focus RS to over 150mph and launch the car from 0-60mph in less than 6 seconds."
Spied picture at - http://www.carbloguk.co.uk
296bhp
Having been spotted at Nurburgring track getting its performance and handling fine-tuned to get that 296bhp to the tarmac. The increases of 84bhp over its predecessor will push the new Focus RS to over 150mph and launch the car from 0-60mph in less than 6 seconds."
Spied picture at - http://www.carbloguk.co.uk
296bhp
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21-07-2008, 10:23 AM
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21-07-2008, 10:47 AM
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Will it ever end !!!!!!!
http://bbs.scoobynet.com/essex-scoob...rs-2009-a.html
Here are the first official pics of the Ford Focus RS, to be formally revealed at London's motor show on July 22nd.
And here's the low-down: 296bhp and over 302lb-ft of torque from its turbocharged five-cylinder 2.5, and a 0-60mph time of under six seconds. It'll go on sale in early 2009.
The 2.5-litre engine - as used in a number of Ford and Volvo models - has received unique camshafts, a revised cylinder head and gasket, and modified intake and exhaust manifolds as well as tweaked engine management and turbo boost pressure.
The Focus's front-wheel-drive layout remains, but a new front suspension system called 'RevoKnuckle' - this works with the Quaife limited-slip differential to reduce torque-steer and disturbance to the steering, with precise geometry settings to reduce the steering offset.
'The result is a lightweight set-up,' says Team RS leader Jost Capito, 'that will deliver the right blend of traction and razor-sharp controllability - in a way no-one would have expected front front-wheel-drive.'
The RS's track is 40mm wider than that of the standard Focus, with stronger and longer driveshafts, revised springs and dampers, and a thicker, longer rear anti-roll bar.
The steering has been retuned, and brakes uprated; the RS sits on 19" wheels with 235/35 Continental tyres. The stability control system has also been modified for later intervention, and it can be deactivated.
And of course, the RS will look the part: wider wheel arches, revised, deeper side mouldings, triangular air vents behind the wheel arches and bonnet louvres signal its identity, along with gloss-black trim strips and mirrors, a new front bumper with deep front airdam, mesh lower grille and chrome-edged xenon headlamps in black housings.
To the rear, there's a pair of chromed exhaust tailpipes around an air-channelling venturi tunnel, and a black roof spoiler. The London show car is finished in a green metal-flake paint, recalling the Le Mans green used on the 1970s Escort RS1600 rally car.
The cabin's suitably tricked out, too, with Recaro microfibre-covered sports seats - colour-matched to the exterior - and carbon-look trim, aluminium-effect highlights, RS-branded scuff plates, black-trimmed roof lining, an RS three-spoke steering wheel, aluminium pedals, extra gauges including turbo boost pressure, and an RS blue gearshift lever.
Ford says that this show car 'previews the design intent for a final production vehicle,' though 'some final details may change before volume production begins.'
The Focus RS will be made alongside its lesser-powered equivalents in Saarlouis, Germany.
Here are the first official pics of the Ford Focus RS, to be formally revealed at London's motor show on July 22nd.
And here's the low-down: 296bhp and over 302lb-ft of torque from its turbocharged five-cylinder 2.5, and a 0-60mph time of under six seconds. It'll go on sale in early 2009.
The 2.5-litre engine - as used in a number of Ford and Volvo models - has received unique camshafts, a revised cylinder head and gasket, and modified intake and exhaust manifolds as well as tweaked engine management and turbo boost pressure.
The Focus's front-wheel-drive layout remains, but a new front suspension system called 'RevoKnuckle' - this works with the Quaife limited-slip differential to reduce torque-steer and disturbance to the steering, with precise geometry settings to reduce the steering offset.
'The result is a lightweight set-up,' says Team RS leader Jost Capito, 'that will deliver the right blend of traction and razor-sharp controllability - in a way no-one would have expected front front-wheel-drive.'
The RS's track is 40mm wider than that of the standard Focus, with stronger and longer driveshafts, revised springs and dampers, and a thicker, longer rear anti-roll bar.
The steering has been retuned, and brakes uprated; the RS sits on 19" wheels with 235/35 Continental tyres. The stability control system has also been modified for later intervention, and it can be deactivated.
And of course, the RS will look the part: wider wheel arches, revised, deeper side mouldings, triangular air vents behind the wheel arches and bonnet louvres signal its identity, along with gloss-black trim strips and mirrors, a new front bumper with deep front airdam, mesh lower grille and chrome-edged xenon headlamps in black housings.
To the rear, there's a pair of chromed exhaust tailpipes around an air-channelling venturi tunnel, and a black roof spoiler. The London show car is finished in a green metal-flake paint, recalling the Le Mans green used on the 1970s Escort RS1600 rally car.
The cabin's suitably tricked out, too, with Recaro microfibre-covered sports seats - colour-matched to the exterior - and carbon-look trim, aluminium-effect highlights, RS-branded scuff plates, black-trimmed roof lining, an RS three-spoke steering wheel, aluminium pedals, extra gauges including turbo boost pressure, and an RS blue gearshift lever.
Ford says that this show car 'previews the design intent for a final production vehicle,' though 'some final details may change before volume production begins.'
The Focus RS will be made alongside its lesser-powered equivalents in Saarlouis, Germany.
21-07-2008, 12:09 PM
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