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**Rodewaryer** · 02-22-2008, 02:50 AM

Those exact same shots are in CAR magazine. The blacked out areas where the brakes should be just jumps out at ya...

They say that "Black mules based on the pre-facelift Focus ST have hit the Nurburgring for testing." and an interesting tidbit also....."that factory-tweaked ST's had hit 170mph on German autobahns." Otherwise the article is a lot of speculation and estimation which seems consistent with the trumped up pics. A lot of the article is rehashed talk about the previous RS and how good of a driving experience it was. I liked the bit about how he had taken the scariest corner (of where he didn't specify) in RS at 115mph and in the "bug-eye" Impreza only managed 105mph.

Amongst the few facts in the article that stand out are that Jost Capito is the new vehicle line director of Ford Performance vehicles, previous of Fords Rally program. Then, a carrot dangled in front of us with this: The appointment of Jost Capito confirms a major commitment to the development of future performance derivatives of Ford models. It sends a signal that we are seriously committed to continuing our WRC success, plus strengthening the links between our competition vehicles and performance road vehicles." So that carrot is what they are basing a lot of this whole thing on, that it means an RS is coming. Then this quote "To mark the UK market's importance, the Focus RS is pencilled in for a world premier at August's London motor show."

Those quotes are from February 2008 Car (UK) magazine.

02-22-2008, 02:50 AM	#45 (permalink)
Rodewaryer Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Phoenix, Az. USA Posts: 3,459	Re: 2009 Focus RS reveiled in Euro Magazine Those exact same shots are in CAR magazine. The blacked out areas where the brakes should be just jumps out at ya... They say that "Black mules based on the pre-facelift Focus ST have hit the Nurburgring for testing." and an interesting tidbit also....."that factory-tweaked ST's had hit 170mph on German autobahns." Otherwise the article is a lot of speculation and estimation which seems consistent with the trumped up pics. A lot of the article is rehashed talk about the previous RS and how good of a driving experience it was. I liked the bit about how he had taken the scariest corner (of where he didn't specify) in RS at 115mph and in the "bug-eye" Impreza only managed 105mph. Amongst the few facts in the article that stand out are that Jost Capito is the new vehicle line director of Ford Performance vehicles, previous of Fords Rally program. Then, a carrot dangled in front of us with this: The appointment of Jost Capito confirms a major commitment to the development of future performance derivatives of Ford models. It sends a signal that we are seriously committed to continuing our WRC success, plus strengthening the links between our competition vehicles and performance road vehicles." So that carrot is what they are basing a lot of this whole thing on, that it means an RS is coming. Then this quote "To mark the UK market's importance, the Focus RS is pencilled in for a world premier at August's London motor show." Those quotes are from February 2008 Car (UK) magazine. __________________ Rodewaryer (Mel Gibson only acted the part) 2002 Sonic Blue SVT Once driven to the Darkside, there's no turning back. Aerodynamics, don't test the limit without them.