A high-performance variant of Ford’s next-generation Focus will make production, the company has confirmed.
Speaking on the eve of the Geneva motor show, Ford’s Derrick Kuzak confirmed there would be a “global performance model” of Ford’s new Focus. He also confirmed the car would get the firm’s new Ecoboost technology and would be “exciting to drive and great to look at”.
Ford insiders say the firm has yet to decide whether the next performance Focus will get the ST or RS badge. Insiders have also said there will be a coupe variant of the next Focus, so this could form the basis of the performance model.
The performance variant is expected to be front-wheel drive and powered by a turbocharged petrol engine, as in the current RS. Power from the engine is likely to be around 250bhp, and Ford insiders claim hybrid technology could be used to boost its power output.
The next-generation Focus will go on sale in late 2011, although no time scale has been put on the launch of the performance version. Jost Capito, Ford’s performance car chief, is the man who will be responsible for developing the new Focus variant.
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Re: Ford confirms new Focus 'RS'
Maybe they will only produce an ST type Focus, and the next RS will be a Fiesta with the 2 litre Turbo Petrol out of the S-max...?
Re: Ford confirms new Focus 'RS'
Interesting, somebody needs to tell the bods at Ford that their new WRCar will be a Fiesta, surely that should be destined for the RS treatment, rather than the Focus. Can't see the point in a RS Focus when thee isn't one to base it on. Unless they're going to go WTCC with a Focus........
Re: Ford confirms new Focus 'RS'
Well i hope they've got the man vegitables to put the hybrid version onto production, that certainly would set the Cat among the Pidgeons.