Focus RS review

sneakyST

Looks like its a cracker........fair play to the engineers

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/in_the_showroom/article5772860.ece

homer90

Yeah read the review in times yesterday ..... nice machine, but 2k road tax:o

cant help thinking it needs AWD with 300bhp....

Its been discussed here before

sneakyST

homer90 wrote: »

cant help thinking it needs AWD with 300bhp....

Its been discussed here before

And they said the world only needed 5 or 6 computers.....things move on and so should the "you cant have fwd with more than 200bhp brigade" but lets close that can of worms now

mik_da_man

homer90 wrote: »

Yeah read the review in times yesterday ..... nice machine, but 2k road tax:o

It's only 1K to tax 225g/km = band F = €1000 per year

It's one car on my "next to buy" list - just waiting to see what kind of a trade in value i'll get for my motor first....

Henry Ford III

Must....play(and win).....Lotto

Zube

sneakyST wrote: »

things move on and so should the "you cant have fwd with more than 200bhp brigade" but lets close that can of worms now

The UK press have always been ridiculously biased towards Ford, ever since Ford used to make cars over there. CAR magazine is a bit less biased than some; they like the RS and pretend that front wheel drive was a good plan instead of a cost cutting measure, but they admit:

Well, despite all the hype that surrounds RevoKnuckle – a system that allows MacPherson strut suspension to behave with the purity of a multi-link set-up – we can conclusively report that this car does torque steer. It’s not chaotic like the Mk1 Focus RS could be, but the steering wheel will firm up noticeably under hard acceleration and the wheels scrabble for grip in the lower gears – the ESP system allowing the driver to dictate when power should be cut in most situations, rather than cutting in early and spoiling the fun.

A disappointment, perhaps, but then what did we expect with 301bhp going through the front wheels?

Henry Ford III

Zube

What's with Ford and the fake vents these days? The wife's S-Max people carrier has fake vents behind the front arches. Who do they think they're kidding?

listermint

Mate went to Track day there about 2 weeks back. He works for Ford.
Said it was Bloody Fantatic.

Now i want a go

homer90

mik_da_man wrote: »

It's only 1K to tax 225g/km = band F = €1000 per year

My bad .... yes it is

Band F: cars that produce 191g-225g/km CO2 - €1,000 road tax;
Band G: cars that produce 226g/km CO2 and over - €2,000 road tax

They had it down @ 2k pa in the review...

Zonda999

homer90 wrote: »

My bad .... yes it is

Band F: cars that produce 191g-225g/km CO2 - €1,000 road tax;
Band G: cars that produce 226g/km CO2 and over - €2,000 road tax

They had it down @ 2k pa in the review...

It'd be nice to get a proper answer from Ford Ireland. I imagine this would be the killer for a lot of people. A grand is just about manageable for a good few people but 2 grand would put off a lot of potential buyers. Looks an amazing car alright. Cant wait to see a lime green one in the flesh!

sneakyST

Zube wrote: »

The UK press have always been ridiculously biased towards Ford, ever since Ford used to make cars over there. QUOTE]

Hi Zube

All articles mention the torque steer but my point is that the car isnt undrivable like the 147GTA or something....he also goes on to say

"Front-wheel drive was definitely the way to go; there’s so much front-end grip that you just don’t need driven rear wheels and we’ll gladly take the consequences of that lively front end for the extra agility that the lighter two-wheel drive set-up affords. "

mik_da_man

Zonda999 wrote: »

It'd be nice to get a proper answer from Ford Ireland. I imagine this would be the killer for a lot of people. A grand is just about manageable for a good few people but 2 grand would put off a lot of potential buyers.

It's defo only 1K a year in tax.
I got this confirmed by Ford Ireland
Here's a brochure that confirms it

http://www.ford.co.uk/cs/BlobServer?blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobcol=urldata&blobheadervalue1=attachment%3Bfilename%3D%22Focus+RS.pdf%22&blobheadervalue2=abinary%3Bcharset%3DUTF-8&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=MDT-Type&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobwhere=1214323189210&blobkey=id