All-new Ford Focus RS is a high-performance road car that introduces the innovative Ford Performance All-Wheel-Drive with Dynamic Torque Vectoring, delivering class-leading cornering speed with unsurpassed driver enjoyment.
The Focus RS - equipped with a special 2.3-litre EcoBoost power unit engineered to deliver 350 PS - will be available for European customers from early 2016, and is part of a performance onslaught by Ford that will bring more than 12 performance vehicles to customers around the world through 2020.
Sporting a dramatic exterior design which delivers enhanced aerodynamics and cooling, the Focus RS also offers technologies new to the RS marque including selectable Drive Modes - including an industry-first Drift Mode that allows controlled oversteer drifts - and Launch Control.
"The all-new Focus RS is a very serious machine with high-performance technology and innovative engineering that sets a new benchmark for driving exhilaration," said Raj Nair, group vice president, Global Product Development, Ford Motor Company. "The RS line has a proud history of technical breakthroughs that have gone on to benefit all Ford customers, and the new Focus RS is no exception."
