r5obbo

anyone seen yesterdays autocar mag.... focus rs is go!! they say quote " so the scooby can scoot"

Doc@IlsonIlson

I dont think the Scooby has anything to worry about, not until the Focus Cosworth comes out anyway probably about 2050!! How do they get away with it???
Doc

r5obbo

i used to live there !

Harry_Boy

So where's the Four Wheel Drive???

TopPrize

They make it out to be such a big scoop with all the pics, but I had those exact same pics in a info pack from a dealer back in April, FFS!


Do like the look of it though, and if the local dealer gets a demo, I'll be straight there.

r5obbo

they say it accelerates harder and handles probably better 0-60/5.7 0-100/16.9, sparco seats, 18in OZ'S, 2L turbo

Harry_Boy

Interesting comment R5obbo..... My copy of yesterday's Autocar says:-

'...Ford is putting the finishing touches to its official RS performance figures, but claims acceleration times not far short of a Subaru Impreza WRX's....' The figures they quote are Autocar's results for the MY01 WRX.

boultsy

Ah, see that's where you went wrong harry, r5obbo must have the late edition of yesterdays autocar

[Edited by boultsy - 7/24/2002 11:38:51 PM]

Harry_Boy

Hiya Boultsy,

Must have been reading the planet Zetec edition Mate.....

boultsy

JGRIFF

If it's the same as the car I sat in at the Geneva Motor show 18 months ago then forget it if you are taller than 5'06" there's no leg room front or back, those seats are huge!

druddle

There was a press launch (sort of) last Saturday at Ford Racing in Gaydon where the car was previewed.

One of me mates went (frp on here) and he said there was very little difference between the car that will be sold and the earlier prototypes. Except that the steering wheel is now on the right

Dave

DJ Dunk

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Any links to details and pics ?

NotoriousREV

I'm picking mine up tomorrow, who wants to come for a spin?

Oh wait, no, mine's a Focus ****, sorry, wrong model.

r5obbo

harry-boy are you up POMPEI !!!!!

MattN

who wants 4wd??????

RWD is best.

MajorPart

it's 1.8turbo not a 2l

Diablo

no its not

D

r5obbo

latest info says the RS is quicker on the same track than the STI by 2 seconds per lap (AUTOCAR)

JGRIFF

It also says that darts from side to side and is virtually impossible to control!!, I thought that was what they used to call torque steer?, however Autocar goes on to praise the handling??

But there again Autojoke is well known for it's total objectivity with all matters concerned with Flippin Orrible Rusty Dustbins.