Ford confirms the arrival of a new Focus RS

Posted on 11-12-2014 at 18:01 by Ricardo – 30 Comments”

BAM! Ford makes an end to all the speculation and confirm the arrival of a new Focus RS. We knew already, but still nice that they are there now no doubt about.

Five years after the launch of the latest Focus RS is the legend continued. Ford says that this is also the first RS model is that global will be sold. Something that is within Ford’s strategy fits in the world are the same cars.

Ford gives no details on price, but go there but that there under the hood a 2.3-liter Ecoboost is housed, a four cylinder engine which is also in the Mustang. Yes, the demise of the five cylinder is tragic, but with 330 horsepower, the new Focus RS is no softy. In addition, sound the prototypes are quite good. A later RS500-variant will still largely over.

Details about the suspension and chassis are still scarce, but we expect a return of the RevoKnuckle system. Ford does not want more about it than that it is “a sophisticated, uncompromising rijdersauto”.

All racing and performance divisions under one roof

In other news: Team RS, Special Vehicle Team (SVT) and Ford Racing are all brought together under one denominator: Ford Performance. This is a development and testing laboratory for sports products, parts and accessories, including technologies in the field of aerodynamics, weight and fuel efficiency, says Ford. Ford Performance will be led by Dave Pericak, who is appointed director, Global Ford Performance. Ford will be world-wide by 2020 at least 12 new sports models launch.

There are rumors that Ford Focus RS next month at the North American International Auto Show it will unveil, together with the previously suggested GT. Now Ford confirms that the Focus RS global will be rolled out to seems that chance is significantly increased.