'15 GT or wait for Focus RS?

[bluebeastsrt]

Two different automotive segments.

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[Cascadia_302]

Care to elaborate?

Watching too many Ken Block videos with "drift mode" in use?...lol.

 

[GNS]

For what this is worth:


The Focus RS just recently made it to my short list for MY17, along side of a BMW M2 & GT350. Oddly, the RS may end up being the most visceral of the pack.

The RS is going to have a robust engine, and any competent owner throwing hard earned money at it, will get about 380~400+ reliable pounds of torque out of that 3,300lbs machine.

Again, done right.



Stock?
A Focus RS will out handle and maneuver the Mustang GT, & out muscle it on the streets. Make no doubt about it. Because that is what it is meant to do. It is a German made Ford Performance Rally Sport. It is mean to be thrash about and give up big smiles.

IMO, I think the RS offers more smiles for less cost. Under 60mph, it can pounce and any 'Merican car.



If I bite on a RS?
I am going to lighten it up with CF wheels, driveshafts, & other bits. (Brakes?). Put miles on it and see what work needs to be done on the chassis to make in mine! (lulz). Then, make that 2.3L breeeeeeathe better, ensuring that it can breath deep & easy. There would be no need to go overboard on the tune, or bolt-ons, I'll just concede that on highway runs above 130mph, the RS starts to falter.

Cosmetically? I would have to remove the stock roof spoiler. That is a bit too much for me and ruins the lines of the car. The rear "fin" does not flow with the car & takes away from the car's stance. It needs an organic flowing roof tail, similar to the old Merkur.

I wonder... if they had a mini-version of the GT350R's "aero-spoiler?" design, designed/minimized/engineered to fit/replace RS's in Carbon fiber. Our double fin like the old Merkur.

I'd buy that.... just saying!


And... it's a freak'n hatch back U'all..

Everything in here. I'd leave mine stock, but the comments about the RS being an absolute monster around a tight course and under 60mph are going to be 100% spot on.

 

[Gryphon]

It's interesting reading what you guys are posting. Coming off of owning a Focus RS for the past 11 years, personally all I could think was 'YAAY MUSTANG' when they announced Mustangs would be available in Europe. I guess the grass truly is always greener on the other side.

 

[Supa LA]

It's interesting reading what you guys are posting. Coming off of owning a Focus RS for the past 11 years, personally all I could think was 'YAAY MUSTANG' when they announced Mustangs would be available in Europe. I guess the grass truly is always greener on the other side.

Lol. You always want what you can't have! Then, all of a sudden, you CAN have it. That's where the excitement comes from, I think.

 

[GUTENHEIMER]

No matter what you do it, the RS will always look like a RICER.

Only to the ignorant. Yeah, when I watch WRC I think to myself what ricers these cars are, LOL...

 

[Gryphon]

So, bringing this thread back to life now that the US Ford website has the RS on it:

http://www.ford.com/cars/focus/trim/rs/

0-62 in 4.7 seconds should mean a 0-60 in about 4.5, MSRP starting at $35,730, what do you guys think?

 

[04SloSnake]

It is #1 on my new car list, hands down

 

[bluebeastsrt]

I'm to old for the hot hatch styling but it should be a little beast.

 

[113]

It's cool to see Ford Performance is really living up to the hype across the board. RS will be a cool little car to have in the lineup here in the US. I'm not into hatchbacks so my vote is for the GT. Plus, ironically the GT is cheaper, at least the base model. Premium GT is only a few hundred dollars more expensive MSRP.

 

[Gryphon]

Historically, I've been all about rally cars and hatchbacks, so admittedly this is right up my alley (I do after all drive a Focus RS now). Still though, for me, it ended up being a two car short list - the GT PP or the RS. In the end the GT PP won because I have a feeling that the next RS will be even more high-tech and amazing, and that the next GT will have a twin turbo V6 and shift paddles - sorry guys, but I do feel that way.

In the end, I decided, the S550 might well be the last bastion of the simply engineered, front-engine, rear-drive, manual shift driver's car. So I got one.

But I'll always look over to anyone in an RS and long wistfully for that whooshing turbo, the all wheel drive and that lightness Then of course I'll step on the gas, hear the engine and forget all about all that.

 

[113]

Historically, I've been all about rally cars and hatchbacks, so admittedly this is right up my alley (I do after all drive a Focus RS now). Still though, for me, it ended up being a two car short list - the GT PP or the RS. In the end the GT PP won because I have a feeling that the next RS will be even more high-tech and amazing, and that the next GT will have a twin turbo V6 and shift paddles - sorry guys, but I do feel that way.

In the end, I decided, the S550 might well be the last bastion of the simply engineered, front-engine, rear-drive, manual shift driver's car. So I got one.

But I'll always look over to anyone in an RS and long wistfully for that whooshing turbo, the all wheel drive and that lightness Then of course I'll step on the gas, hear the engine and forget all about all that.

Not gonna happen. Ecoboost V8 maybe

 

[Gryphon]

Not gonna happen. Ecoboost V8 maybe

You'd think so, but look at the GT and the Raptor... Ford's fastest, toughest pickup truck and its flagship supercar both have V6's... and auto boxes. You never know what happens in one generation's time. I have a feeling the V8 is on its last legs, sadly. And the manual transmission.

 

[113]

You'd think so, but look at the GT and the Raptor... Ford's fastest, toughest pickup truck and its flagship supercar both have V6's... and auto boxes. You never know what happens in one generation's time. I have a feeling the V8 is on its last legs, sadly. And the manual transmission.

In a generation everything will be electric. No point in a twin-turbo setup when electric is going to outperform, and eventually be cheaper than, any ICE engine.

V8 and manual is here to stay, at least as options, for cars that are designed for enthusiasts.

 

[GT P-TREE]

If I found a decent dealer I would buy an RS as a daily and a GT350R for a garage queen at the same time.

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