2016 Focus RS
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nautoncall
GT Owner
- Apr 6, 2014
- 1,093
My dealer is getting 2 2017 350s and 1 RS. I can't believe that little hatch is so heavy!
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PeteK
GT Owner
For a little box like that, that number seems way too high. So I searched for the curb weight of the regular Focus, and it's around 3000 lbs, so maybe the RS will be that heavy. Certainly not "lightweight."
canibl
GT Owner
I wonder if the RS will be followed by a lighter version...the RSR lol. jokes aside, I really wish they had made it lighter than the current focus or at least kept its weight!
I think all manufacturers are concerned about weight (finally). The RS has been heralded as the pinnacle hot hatch of all time. Part of that equation is price/performance and to keep that in check, it is necessary to choose a production platform - hence the Focus. Then add, bigger motor, turbo, intercooler, more computers, AWD, etc. and you see why the weight increases.
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canibl
GT Owner
yes definitely, I agree...Ford could have replaced some sheet metal with carbon fiber or aluminum or put in a lighter interior in spite for comfort, but that in all would have added to the cost of the car...so after all Ford came up with a good balance between price, performance and weight and comfort. It will be up to the owner to make it as light as he wishes by spending some $$$ in aftermarket parts
SYCO GT
GT Owner
Has anyone seen one at a dealership yet?
I'm guessing the engine and AWD add a bit of weight to the small hatch.
I'm guessing the engine and AWD add a bit of weight to the small hatch.
bonehead
GT Owner
Like him/hate him. Matt Farah's take on his new RS
http://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/41...rd-focus-rs?xid=the-drive_socialflow_facebook
http://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/41...rd-focus-rs?xid=the-drive_socialflow_facebook
Xcentric
GT Owner
Vince H
GT Owner
I got to ride in an RS for our parade lap around the Le Mans circuit. I thought it was great. Great acceleration, snappy handling, good exhaust sound with a nice little burble, breaks aren't grabby, outside lines are nice, interior is good. Sweet hatch back.
Vince H
Vince H
One of my son's good friends was in the market for a car. We fortunately talked him out of a Subaru STD or something like that, and into an RS. Sounds incredible.
Cobrar
GT Owner
Drift mode trivia....
Just imagine the conniption fits by the legal department.
http://jalopnik.com/the-ford-focus-rs-drift-mode-was-discovered-completely-1784529870
The magically sideways gift to Ford Focus RS hoons everywhere, Drift Mode, almost didn’t happen at all. The easiest marketing tie-in with Ken Block ever created was actually discovered by accident.
Drift Mode tweaks some settings in the all-wheel-drive and stability control systems to allow the Focus RS to slide around more. It’s been a Godsend to fans of the slide, as well as Mustang owners who hope something else will take the title of “Biggest Cars and Coffee Risk” away from them.
However, Ford Performance vehicle and engineering manager Tyrone Johnson told Australia’s Motoring that drift mode was an accidental—if fortuitous—discovery made while testing out the Focus RS’s twin-clutch all-wheel-drive system. Johnson explained:
It wasn’t like that it was more like one of my guys sitting in the car – the lead dynamics guys sitting in the car – and next to him is the guy who is doing the calibration of the all-wheel drive system with a lap-top on his knees.
And they are talking and he says “oh let me try this out” and he tries it and he says “oh that’s cool can you give me more of that” and he gives him more and he says “that’s really cool” and then it starts working.
They eventually demonstrated the tail-happy settings they’d discovered to Ford global technical and development chief Raj Nair, who ultimately identified it as a major selling point for the car and pushed it through to production.
The rest, as you know, is history—just like the Focus RS of someone with more confidence than talent pulling out of a car show. Happy hooning.
Just imagine the conniption fits by the legal department.
http://jalopnik.com/the-ford-focus-rs-drift-mode-was-discovered-completely-1784529870
The magically sideways gift to Ford Focus RS hoons everywhere, Drift Mode, almost didn’t happen at all. The easiest marketing tie-in with Ken Block ever created was actually discovered by accident.
Drift Mode tweaks some settings in the all-wheel-drive and stability control systems to allow the Focus RS to slide around more. It’s been a Godsend to fans of the slide, as well as Mustang owners who hope something else will take the title of “Biggest Cars and Coffee Risk” away from them.
However, Ford Performance vehicle and engineering manager Tyrone Johnson told Australia’s Motoring that drift mode was an accidental—if fortuitous—discovery made while testing out the Focus RS’s twin-clutch all-wheel-drive system. Johnson explained:
It wasn’t like that it was more like one of my guys sitting in the car – the lead dynamics guys sitting in the car – and next to him is the guy who is doing the calibration of the all-wheel drive system with a lap-top on his knees.
And they are talking and he says “oh let me try this out” and he tries it and he says “oh that’s cool can you give me more of that” and he gives him more and he says “that’s really cool” and then it starts working.
They eventually demonstrated the tail-happy settings they’d discovered to Ford global technical and development chief Raj Nair, who ultimately identified it as a major selling point for the car and pushed it through to production.
The rest, as you know, is history—just like the Focus RS of someone with more confidence than talent pulling out of a car show. Happy hooning.
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john gourley
GT Owner
- Apr 27, 2006
- 431
No-I'm talking about the pops and gurgles coming from the exhaust. It sounds great from the outside.
