gavin18787
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Could just be auto car making up pics again but it looks nice imo
quote: It's the future of the hottest Focus ever – but ‘R’ you ready for it? Feast your eyes on the two cars that will get every fast Ford fan salivating in anticipation!
According to Auto Express sources, the firm is planning a pair of new RS models. First up is a stripped-out Clubsport, designed to wave farewell to the current car in spectacular style. And then there’s a brand new RS, based on the Focus unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show.
The RS Clubsport (opposite) will arrive before the end of the year. Limited to 500 models and priced at around £35,000, it will get a 350bhp, 2.5-litre five-cylinder turbo. There will also be lightweight racing seats, lowered and stiffened suspension and sticky tyres, plus a dramatic paintjob. With that extra punch but fewer kilos to carry around, it should sprint from 0-60mph in five seconds. As with Renault’s previous Mégane R26.R, it will be a fitting send-off for one of the best RS models in history.
Its replacement, the all-new RS (above), will be crammed with technology, and offer fans a totally different experience to the current car. A revolutionary hybrid system will give it the option of four-wheel drive.
The outgoing RS’s much-loved 2.5-litre unit will make way for a 2.0 EcoBoost direct-injection turbo in the new car. This will be teamed with an electric motor to offer more muscle, and cut emissions and fuel consumption.
In short, the RS will reinvent the hot hatch. So, where will this hybrid powertrain come from? Well, it’s already been revealed – in Peugeot’s SR1 concept (Issue 1,097). Although Ford is remaining tight-lipped at present, the French maker recently let slip to Auto Express that it will co-develop the new system with the blue oval.
While the SR1 uses the same 218bhp 1.6-litre turbo as the MINI JCW, augmented by a 95bhp electric motor, the Focus RS EcoBoost will be mated to a slightly less powerful unit in order to ensure reliability.
Total output should be 300bhp, and with the engine driving the front wheels while the electric motor feeds the rears, the Focus RS will have incredible traction. Expect 0-60mph in five seconds and a 155mph top speed. What’s more, thanks to the torque-vectoring system from the regular Focus, a development of the existing RS’s RevoKnuckle suspension set-up and dynamic cornering control, the RS’s grip, stability and adjustability will really set the driving experience alight.
In addition, the car will have the ability to juggle electric assistance according to road conditions, a stop-start system, brake energy recovery and a dual-clutch Powershift box. This means it could return 40mpg and emit 150g/km of CO2.
The new model will look the part, too, enhancing the striking lines of the fresh Focus with a sporty bodykit. The front boasts extra air intakes – with bonnet vents which hark back to those of the Escort RS Cosworth. And at the rear, a dramatic venturi-style bumper and huge roof-mounted spoiler complete the head-turning looks.
Inside are Recaro sports seats and carbon fibre trim. These will complement a sat-nav and Wi-Fi touchscreen, radar cruise control and voice activation.
Unfortunately, the Focus RS won’t arrive for at least another three years. In the meantime, the next 18 months will see the debut of a high-performance non-hybrid ST with a 240bhp 2.0-litre EcoBoost turbo.
[Edited on 15-02-2010 by gavin18787]
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Colin
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£35k
I think................Auto Express were just short on stuff to print this month, i'll believe it when I see it!!
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connollygt30
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Might be true...a limited 500 car special edition
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Ojc
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AutoExpress
They are good shops though, nice looking cars.
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John
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They aren't even good at shops.
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Daveskater
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Glad I didn't read all of that, what an unbelievably bad Photoshop
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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gavin18787
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quote: Originally posted by Daveskater
Glad I didn't read all of that, what an unbelievably bad Photoshop
Aye even I thought it wasnt great and I cant even use it
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Daveskater
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Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Colin
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1 things for sure even if they are going to be made the dealers wont know fuck all aboutit & will look at you like you've asked them to explain string theory if you go in asking about them & then laugh saying something along the lines of 'people who buy RS clubsports' (name nicked from Porsche how original Auto Express ) wont need to see a brochure & will easilly lay down the £35k with less than an etch a sketch drawing of what they are buying.
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Ben G
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not real.
as for the new model, don't count on there being an rs for that.
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Marc
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quote: Originally posted by Ojc
AutoExpress
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chris_uk
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the wheels are obviously shopped on the white/blue one.
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jmepamplin
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quote: Originally posted by chris_uk
the wheels are obviously shopped on the white/blue one.
Lotus Exige S wheels
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Daveskater
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Even more obviously on the plain blue one where they virtually come over the tyre on the left
I wonder if it's coincidence that they have the same diffuser?
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Rich H
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Plenty of obvious flaws that I can see:
Blue one:
Front tyre isn't finished
Rear tyre has big black smudge tool marks round it to create shadow
Can see exhausts on diffuser have just been blacked out
Blue & White one:
Uneven lines on white / blue by rear window (2 different heights)
Front wheel is badly shopped on (not in right place)
Can see different layers have been cut & pasted around the rear in the greys of the background - no blending in etc.
Yes I was bored and had a good look at them earlier today
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Daveskater
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quote: Originally posted by Rich H
Can see exhausts on diffuser have just been blacked out
I thought that was just me
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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stubs
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I'm loving the invisible door handle on this one... (take note of the shadows)
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