Focus RS - what's the deal?

[Wraith]

that colour looks so much better in photos than it does in real life.

+ 3

After being next to it in the flesh at the motor show, this colour actually put me off...

There's one at the Ford dealer in Doncaster if any Melb. peeps want to see Kermit the frog in person

Personally I like it in frozen white, but what shocked me was the blue - IMHO it looks awesome in that colour...

[gman]

The deal is that the Megane RS250 smashed it in the reviews and the Ford dealers are pricing themselves out of the market.

I was the one that received an $85,000 quote from a NSW dealer....

Thanks but I'll take the Megane instead....

[Red AH SRI T]

The deal is that the Megane RS250 smashed it in the reviews and the Ford dealers are pricing themselves out of the market.

I was the one that received an $85,000 quote from a NSW dealer....

Thanks but I'll take the Megane instead....

Do it. I did and I can't wait to get the Megane!!

[coyotte]

Have recently seen a "blue" one in Sydney Rd, Coburg caught up in traffic (under street lights it looked quite a dark blue : /

[Wraith]

The deal is that the Megane RS250 smashed it in the reviews and the Ford dealers are pricing themselves out of the market.

I was the one that received an $85,000 quote from a NSW dealer....

Thanks but I'll take the Megane instead....

I'm of the same opinion...absolute no brainer on that one...pity no twin clutch option - yet

The RS250 Megane also looks 10x better as well and imagine if the Megane had anywhere near the power of the RS Focus, i'd be a total demolition job...

[gman]

imagine if the Megane had anywhere near the power of the RS Focus, i'd be a total demolition job...

That can be fixed with the correct application of sufficient funds.


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[Hoss]

At least they're two door, unlike the XR5.

[Wraith]

At least they're two door, unlike the XR5.

Depends on what you want

XR5T was also made as a 3 door, but didn't land in Aust.

5 door gives greater versatility (as does a twin clutch option) hence 2 main reasons why the Golf has held such a strong position in the market place for hot hatches...

Given that people could choose to have all those options as well on say the new RS250 then I think the Golf wouldn't do one bit as well as it is...

[Neeko]

taken from www.goautonews.com

FORD’S new high-performance small-car fl agship, the Focus RS, will only make it into
315 garages in Australia and New Zealand, due to limited availability from Europe,
where the next-generation Focus is about to be wheeled out. Hauled by a cracking
224kW/440Nm fi ve-cylinder turbocharged engine from the Volvo stable, the three-door
RS largely overcomes the inhibitions of front-drive hot hatches to break new ground as
a light, nimble and blisteringly fast road-runner.

[TheOperator]

Well in Aus we get ripped off big time, so i was fortunate enough my parents live in UK so got Dad on the search for ages. After deciding not to buy a RS500 a guy he works with pointed us in the direction of below (link below pic shows what is done to it).

Happy to report in just over 12 months time this will be in my garage as a Personal Import with next to no K's on it as we started with a new car and got the full house put in it

Less than 50k landed and registered is a bargain



http://j-w-racing.co.uk/product.php/..._focus_rs_mk2_