Ford Focus RS review - verdict
Ford Focus 2.5 RS Road Test
Test Date 19 May 2009
Price When New £27,895
Verdict
Despite having 300bhp and all-wheel-drive-humbling acceleration, next to the original Focus RS or even Renault’s Mégane R26R, this new-generation Focus RS isn’t quite as hardcore.
Certainly on track it doesn’t deliver quite the same intense rawness, but then that wasn’t really what Ford was aiming for. What we have instead is an incredibly quick, thrilling, approachable and usable hot hatch.
The seating position isn’t perfect, if you’re pushing on it likes a drink, and at first it can seem large next to some more nimble rivals, but even the briefest seat time banishes these quibbles.
The chassis is a work of genius, delivering stellar grip and adjustability, playfulness even, with no vices, while traction is extraordinary. We were expecting it to be fast, but no one could have predicted that the RS would be quite so much fun.
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