NobbyClark

apart from the Focus RS would you buy if you had to, to mod? i.e. Lower, change the alloys, a little bit more power etc etc?

Darylc.

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Just for a laugh, I'd wanna turn a Kuga to a serious off roader

Or turn a mondeo titanium to a high end luxury saloon.

You?

Rick Astley

None, nor would I buy a Focus RS.

Rab

Focus ST. The earlier one, as it had sexier headlights.

sikora

Fiesta Zetec s and get it Mountuned

Fiddy

+1

Diseasel

S max the 2.5 titanium X

NobbyClark

Either Mountune the Fezzie Zetec S or (and im putting myself out on a limb here!) a Focus CC! I reckon a CC would look really good, slammed low and on some nice large alloys! Whatcha think?

bj928

new Mustang shelby or F150 pick up,

Glenn_

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agree with the post above. Apart from that i would have a st220 or even the diesel st.

B19 JUB

+1 or the mondeo estate 2.5 titanium x

ECOS95

Focus ST, facelift.

ajamesc

none ford lost it when they stoped the cosworth engine!

It's Czech Mate

They did well enough to get the venerable old boat anchor past all the emmissions laws to stay in production till 96, dont take the piss and say you wanted late 70's technology to stay in production longer, it would just have made ford look like a dinosaur

Whats wrong with the new breed of super tunable n/a duratecs or the easily tuned 5 cylinder lumps?


My vote for a tuneup would be either a zetec-s fiesta or duratec turbo a mondeo

cossiejsy

S max 2.5 titanium

Elwood

The Fiesta ST is crying out to be made right.

It really could do with a lift in the quality of the interior materials and general overall build quality.

ajamesc

only a fool would put a zetec against a yb and as for old hat havent u seen the new lease of life the yb has been given over the last few years with cars now doing 600bhp + and if mitsubisi can make a 4 cyl turbo engine meet new regs then why carnt ford? cosworth was the biggest thing ford had mate thats still hard too beat today! And as for the 5cylinder thats a volvo engine mate

badnews

hmm i'v been thinking about getting rid of my devilR falcon and replaceing it with a new xr5 focus similar to the focus rs but out here every thing is xr lol. i still like the v8 rwd so i don't know lol. new mustangs not up to much i have driven them all i like the KR but the new shape is a bit lame and has lost it's appeal to me.

It's Czech Mate

Ford didnt 'have' cosworth, ford have never owned cosworth whilst producing a cosworth badged/engined car

The fact they didnt carry on was purely down to emmissions regs

The Mitsi engines are designed from the ground up with emmissions in mind mate, not from a 70's van block in case you didnt notice?

Ford own volvo mate, hence its a ford engine mate

same as all the VAG engines are used across brands mate

Nobody mentioned putting a zetec against a yb mate......zetec are old hat now as well

Carry on being stuck in the past...cosworth is as amazing engine, but its not the future, which is what this thread is about

It's Czech Mate

Not a current model either



But wait for the new range of 1.6 and 2.0 turbos to come out and we may get a new fiesta ST

ajamesc

all im saying is in my opinion ford dont make any good cars now and i never said ford owned cosworth did i but they were best when they had it on the back of there car! And im not stuck in the past if i wasent into cossies and mercs id have an evo or a new m3 or a new skyline not anything new from ford! And ford may own volvo but its still a volvo engine lol. And as for it being a thred about modern car i know that which is why i said i dont like any of them but thats just me if u do then thats fair play!And the evo may be built to modern standards but ford and cosworth could have built a modern yb too then we would still have the cosworth and if they had made it 4x4 as well then we could compete with the evo and the subaru

Freakymad

loving the focus st sold my wrx sti with pro pack on to have focus and im not disappionted

Rick Astley

What you trying to say mate?

scottyrs

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fiesta st or a turbo'd new shape ka lol

NoRubNoDub

murdered out St500 focus slamed on stahl s3 or dz 18x 10" at the back
330bhp and miltek motorsport exshaust with black tips
full jl audio instal

MarkyMark

mondeo, they are a very good spec higher up and a very nice car to drive, remap the diesel one and a few choice mods lovely, although imo couldnt do much to it before you spoil what it is, how about a modded ka haha

NoRubNoDub

Dising ka's makes jesus cry!!


Cause I spent 8k on mine

mrjenrst

With laughter!

mrjenrst

Obviously down to a heavy heroin addiction?

NoRubNoDub

Many respays, mad wheels and alot of bodywork

mrjenrst

only joking mate

But thats 3dr money!

NoRubNoDub

I know.......money I don't have anymore because I lost my job, I wanted a rs focus but I was only 17 and the ka was even a pain to insure because of the mods
I had 2 mk2 rs2000's if that helps

martysmartie

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Have to be in the No club as well, they don't do nothing in the performance market like they used to, what can compete with the M3 for example? Just imagine the potential if they developed the Mondeo with this as the target as they done before.

IMO there needs to be a hot RWD Mondeo ideally a Cosworth.

It always makes me laugh the YB/Pinto block, this was the period engine at the time which Cosworth evolved something that none of us could do, it's the same as saying the Duratec RS is a jumped up Zetec with a turbo because it's exactly the same principle.

In fact the YB was very advanced when released with features like a 16V head and "Sophisticated" engine management which were unheard of virtually, so it's not old technology at all rather just the norm now.

The only advantage I can with a Duratec over a YB apart from the emissions nonsense is they are lighter than the YB.

Martin

Paulo P

None of them to be honest, I had a Focus ST225 and I didn't rate it, it was a great car to cruise in but it was boring and didn't handle. I wouldn't buy anything Ford is offering now, the only Ford I'd consider from recent years is the mark 1 Focus RS but that doesn't answer your question.

bj928

i'll have the Mustang shelby GT500 SuperSnake, comes out the factory with 725hp

ajamesc

is that american hp that when over here just isent fast lol

Brian ST-2

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If it was possible and I had the money, just drop the new 5 cyl turbo engine from the Focus RS or ST into my ST24, and get the whole car tidied up to suit, with new suspension etc.

But fuck yeah, I'd have the Shelby above hands down.

rog

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FOCUS ST

RichieST

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CAn't say Focus ST like everyone else, cos I've already got one

I'd probably go with a new shape mondeo estate in frozen white, slammed on its arse on 20" white wheels, bit of smoothing here and there to tidy it up a bit!

DanW@FastFord

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That's can only be because you've not driven any. It's a pretty daft thing to say that Ford don't make any good cars now, when the current line up of Fiesta Mondeo and Focus are considered to be pretty much the top of their classes. The new Fiesta's production lines are flat out such is the demand, the Focus RS is simply awesome, and the new Mondeos are fabulously capable cars.

Sorry mate, but you ARE very stuck in the past!