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Old 13-02-2010, 04:22 AM
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I know they were killed off but not sure why? and i know they had a few of them built including a silver one.

http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/supercar/ford.htm

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http://forddesktops.com/gen/ford_foc...oncept_640.jpg
Old 13-02-2010, 07:00 AM
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Remember seeing a similar picture of this years ago, well before the RS Focus mk1 in FastFord, good question what happened to them
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i remember that, awesome looking piece of kit, 4x4 too?
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surely they just became the Focus RS and the Puma Race?
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Probably sat in the American equivalent of the Heritage Centre... or scrapped!
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Considering how much usual concepts are altered to suit the sales market i think these are pretty damn close to the production versions.
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It does make you wonder where they go to

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They look good.
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Originally Posted by WongRS
i remember that, awesome looking piece of kit, 4x4 too?
Yep, it was told that it was a 2litre Zetec E w/320bhp worked on with cosworth and also had 4wd.
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i remember reading somewhere a lot of the prototypes get scrapped if the car makes it into production.
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I dont know, but the cassette player is pretty damn stylish.
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