Fifth Gear drives 2009 Ford Focus RS
February 25th, 2009 Posted in Fifth Gear, FordJason Plato from Fifth Gear has been handed a set of keys to the new Focus RS. It’s a pretty wild looking thing, and with 300bhp (225kW) powering the front wheels it sounds like a recipe for disaster. However, thanks to its tricky RevoKnuckle suspension system, which maximises grip, Ford seems to think everything will be okay.
So, it loses marks for lime green paint. It loses marks for hamfisted naming of its technology. But does the Focus RS lose any marks for the driving experience? Not on Jason Plato’s shift, it doesn’t.
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5 Responses to “Fifth Gear drives 2009 Ford Focus RS”
By FL00DY on Feb 25, 2009
Jason Potato needs to lose that scarf ???
Odds of seeing it in Oz?
By WAY on Feb 25, 2009
440nm of torque through the front wheel? Hmm, I don’t know. But if it is as good as Jason says it is, maybe I can be tempted back into a hatch! (R26.R would have done that job just fine!)
By Mr Stubby on Feb 26, 2009
It’s kinda crap its not 4wd, but there’s no doubt it gives me a stiffy. Also it doesnt come in black which is doubly crap
By Tank Engine on Feb 28, 2009
Please, please, please Ford Australia……bring my next car here…