Ever thought the Ford may just be the better car?

 

The Cosowrth has been a complete flop with only 5 sold.

 

My neighbour has the RS Focus (not the 500) Ford has had it more than he has. Diff replaced, overheating even the aerial decided to come off at high speed. They do look a nice car tho.

And we all no about the STI

 

50K

 

simples ford are a better car ive always owned fords and iam dissapointed with my scoob hence im selling

 

You have only had a WRX...................we all know the STI is better than any ford simples

 

proberly right there immy

 

The Volvo looked good & sounded even better

TX.

 

The Volvo is the car that the RS500 SHOULD have been.

 

Yup agree with that, dont they share the same platform?

Tony

 

Price is the problem 50k !! if it was a luxury car that got the Cosworth treatment then people would say yes.

Also I thin the car is too small, the Serria Cos was a success as it was a a big enough car, the CS400 is too small. Perhaps Subaru should have done the Cosworth upgrade on one of their larger cars where these is more of a market for spanking quick monsters ?

 

Cosworth Impreza - £50k
Evo X FQ400 - £50k

And if Ford forged the Focus engine and added a 4wd system i can hazard a guess what price it'd be.

 

Prodrive offered a smiliar car a few years prior to this when the hatch first came out, estimated price was between 37-40k

Tony

 

clarkson was complaining about turbo lag in the impreza. You wouldn drive it like that youd change down a gear or two - dont think he did the same test in the ford.

 

The point was at 60mph in 6th gear it should pull, you can do that in 5th at 30mph in a twin scroll car, why not on a larger 2.5ltr engined car?
Basically its badly set up, you should have power there.

Tony

 

You only told me this a couple of days ago. Laggy just like you said it would be lol. Seems they chose the totally wrong turbo.
To compare my 08 hatch with a enginetuner makeover is hitting over 1.5bar of boost at 60mph in 5th. And with just a smidge over 450bhp would see off that fancy volvo aswell.

 

The Volvo looked awesome.

The Impreza did fairly well round the TG track IMO. 1.27, just slower than a 911 GT3, not bad for a practical hatch on a damp track.
Although can't really take anything away from the Ford. 1.30 for a FWD car is also very impressive.

At £50K the Impreza is well out of my reach and does seem a little expensive when compared to the Focus that has similar levels of performance but even at £35K the Focus is well out of my reach so does it really matter what they cost??

 

And the same engine?????

I'm wondering what would be the price tag of that Volvo if released to production.....

 

But if they ever made that fancy volvo then it would come with a 5 year/60k mile warranty no doubt which would cover everything, can you say that about your car?

Tony

 

The Cosworth Sti looks weak and stupid and for 50k you would have to be stupid to buy it. I would certainly have the Focus and money in the bank. Shame Litchfield has never had any exposure on Top Gear though T25 was tested on Fifth gear by Plato.

 

Might need more that £35k

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2324590.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2348849.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2424170.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2169765.htm

 

The spectre of the Litchfield Cars will always haunt Subaru, cheaper, better spec and I don't think a 2.0 lt twin scroll as gone bang yet

 

other way round the ford is a volvo! volvo s40 chassie volvo engine etc

 

Like people want to spend that much on those
Always this one but get it "fast"

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2477192.htm

Tony

 

"Thrashed to death by several Jorno's"

No thanks!

 

the volvo is what the rs should have been when they trialed four wheel drive then dicided they didn't need it! i like the volvo sorry ford rs but im like blackpool rock cut me open and you'll find SUBARU right threw!!!!!!! lol

 

Nope your quite right, I can't.
But I imagine the fact they would have to give a warranty like that to such a highly tuned car is one of the reasons its not going into production.

 

Well, just give it a few months, then all the Hatches will start coming out of the warranty period. Then we can start giving the chaps the car they always wanted. 450 bhp, sharp as a razor and sounding fanbloodytastic.

 

It will be about demand and for the ammount of units they would make to what they can sell in their main stream models it wouldnt be worth the money, and it would sell but like anything performance, its a cliche market with limits

Tony

 

You're going to have to as the warranty will no longer be paying for the engine failures!