Any news on the RS?release date? ect....

[Jamaica]

any info?

[Sponsor]

[darkangelism]

probably not coming to the US regardless.

[MyThIc3LiTe]

It might have a 2.3L engine pushing well above 300hp through a Revoknucle (read: proper, mechanical LSD) and it might only be a 3 door design.

And its up in the air if it ever comes to America.

[felixthecat]

[QUOTE=MyThIc3LiTe;4383702]It might have a 2.3L engine pushing well above 300hp through a Revoknucle >>>(read: proper, mechanical LSD)<<and it might only be a 3 door design. Someone thinking like I do. ^^^^^

It'd be great if FRPP's offers a Torsen for the ST.

[Focus YBTC]

Originally Posted by MyThIc3LiTe

It might have a 2.3L engine pushing well above 300hp through a Revoknucle (read: proper, mechanical LSD) and it might only be a 3 door design.

And its up in the air if it ever comes to America.

The RevoKnuckle system is a specific type of MacPherson strut suspension design. Whether the mythical new Focus RS gets a mechanical limited slip differential is a separate issue. The 2013 Focus ST doesn't have either system.

[Chickenmuffn]

Thoughts?

Following the merger of Ford's North American Special Vehicle Team (SVT), the European TeamRS and the Australian FPV divisions[37] to the development of Ford's global performance vehicles, Ford's Advanced Product Creation and Performance Vehicles director Hermann Salenbauch announced that the decision to sell Ford Focus RS/SVT to North America depends on feedback from the media and customers.[38] However, the product would only appear 2 years after the release of the third generation Focus models.[39] On August 4, 2011 Ford's global boss for small cars, Gunnar Herrmann, revealed to magazine Drive that the third iteration of the hot-hatch was in the works. New RS will be FWD with more than 305 hp (227 KW) which will be transferred to the road with so-called ‘Revoknuckle’ suspension. The new RS is expected in late 2013 or 2014 both in Europe, North America and the rest of the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Fo...ird_generation)

[RedComet]

Originally Posted by Chickenmuffn

Thoughts?



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Fo...ird_generation)

The wiki entry references this article: http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor...804-1id4j.html

Which doesn't mention anything about a North American version, unless I missed something.

[Jamaica]

Wonder if anyone out there makes a rear roof spoiler like the RS?

[NickCornell]

Not gonna happen, market is topped off at the ST, were lucky we got that. Maybe an RS elsewhere, but not in the states.

[Squareleft]

It most definitely wont make its way over here. Just like the RS will never be AWD.