STeve

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Has the look the car should have had when introduced

Roush Performance has taken the wraps off their impressive Ford Focus RS at 2016 SEMA. With its 500 hp lurking under the hood, this is most likely one of the most powerful Focus RS you can find on the streets.

The tuning house outfitted the car’s 2.3-liter Ecoboost engine with custom enhanced cooling system and Ford Performance shortblock as well as a Roush ECU Remapping. As a result of the added punch, the Focus RS now delivers an impressive 500 horsepower, transforming this hot hatch into a true street/race car. A Roush TrakPak 3-way adjustable suspension keeps the RS in line with all this additional power. Keeping the car stuck to the ground are new shiny Roush TrakPak light-weight weld forged 19-inch wheels shod with Continental ExtremeContact Sport (255/35/R19) tires.

Front and side splitters, diffuser, rear wing, custom graphic stripes, hood heat extractors, ambient grille lighting, front tow hook, and custom painted side rear view mirror caps gives the car the ultimate race car look.
The interior remains practically unchanged, and the tuning firm only installed Roush Performance black shifter ball and performance pedals.

jonfoc

Subtle changes = massive improvement visually

Adam-M

That looks 100 times better

Glenn_

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These modern cars are getting more powerful as the years go by.

It looks a nice thing. I would still prefer a mustang though.

xr2john

Definitely looks much better. Saw a standard white one in a car park last week and actually walked past before I realised what it was. Just too subtle for my liking,I grew up in the 80s and it was all the mk2 rs2000's,cosworths with big ass spoilers and Rs turbos that turned me into a ford nut in the 1st place.

I'm with Glenn. Would much rather have a mustang

JasonPD

Now that I like a lot

Mustang was the disappointment of the year for me. On paper and in the pictures I really wanted one but in the flesh it didn't live up to it..

Jay,

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Makes sense now why the rs 500 won't be made

james kiely

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looks mint that ,and im not a fan of them


i wonder how much the conversions will cost ?

xr2john

Won't be bloody cheap that's for sure

Fullflush

Doesn't look so much like a 1.6 now

Jay,

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Rousham own mountune have done for 3 years so hopefully we will get them here

STeve

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the Roush mustang at over 700hp and now the frs at 500hp are how sporty fords should be

xr2john

For sure

JK12

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like it!

JasonPD

https://goo.gl/images/P2gynp

Visually I like this one (also at Sema) the most

moondustka

Doubt the power hike is cheap, as anything over standard power needs stronger internals.

jontysafe

I wonder what they`ve done to the transmission as it`s not rated to those power levels. Nowhere near

XRT_si

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Had a look round it at SEMA, cool looking car. In fact, Ford had some awesome cars on their stand.

STeve

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did you get under the bonnet Si ? as a few mates were there laying on floor with cameras lol

XRT_si

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No, didn't see the bonnet open at any time I was there. Saying that, I didn't see it for long as was trying to see a bit of everything!

gjh

Does look epic that!

gjh

Don't suppose you have some pics you could share? Sema's a show I'd love to attend one day.

XRT_si

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These were some of the pics from my Facebook.
































Huge place, this is one half of one hall, so about 1/8th of the inside space. I was still finding halls and car park areas full of cars on the last day. And I went last year, so thought I knew it!

pee vee

Hope they've done something with the exhaust too. As the standard mk3 FRS sounds fucking horrible.

gcfcos

Love the look of the rat rods

STeve

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great pics there Si seen plenty my pals took but most have birds in them lol

Jay,

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Spoke to sheady today he had a good look at it and the grey one behind it apparently running a 7670

STeve

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2015 vid

moondustka

That Mk3 RS looks a lot nicer now I see the photos big on the computer, didn't look anything on my phone

One thing is for sure, Americans value modified stuff so much more than we do. And I'm sure they have a bigger following.

E.g. Focus or Fiesta Cosworth just doesn't seem to be worth the 20, 30, 40k that people end up spending. Just got to look at the shows on Discovery to see how much money they can make on their cars!

massivewangers

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Must just be me but I think the body work changes on that look shite, like it's crashed into a cheap accessories shop.