Ford of South Africa has answered the prayers of many performance and hot hatch enthusiasts by announcing that a limited run of the ultimate hot hatch will be made available in South Africa later this year.
“There has been a great deal of demand for the Ford Focus RS,” says Ben Pillay, Ford Marketing Manager. “It’s an iconic model and we are very excited that South African customers, who are so passionate about performance, will now have the opportunity to own one.”
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that the Focus RS is an even more performance-oriented vehicle than the Focus ST, developed with equal emphasis on road and track performance.
Powered by a 2,5-litre Duratec 5-cylinder engine, the Ford Focus RS is one of the fastest hot hatches ever produced, with a sub-6 second 0 – 100km/h sprint time. Mated to a 6-speed, close ratio manual transmission, the engine delivers 224 kW at 6 000 r/min and has a mighty 440 N.m of torque from 2 250 to 4 500 r/min.
The Ford Focus RS is inspired by Ford’s World Rally Championship success and this is most obvious in its large, gloss-black front trapezoidal air intake, creating an immediate visual link to the Focus World Rally Car.
“The 224kW Focus RS offers performance to rival many sports cars and has a bold, aggressive design, inspired by Ford’s rally heritage. It’s a Ford like no other and we are eager to introduce it to the local fans,” concludes Pillay.
The hot hatch war on SA’s streets, drag strips, race tracks – not to mention internet forums – is about to get even more intense. We are quite literally rubbing our hands at the thought of Focus RS, Megane RS, Golf R and Scirocco R and you should be too!
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