Paul Tan on the Automotive Industry
Here are some teaser shots of the upcoming 2009 Ford Focus RS, and a concept version of the car will be shown at the 2008 London Motor Show in July this year.
The 5-cylinder turbocharged engine under the hood will be putting out between 280 to 300 horsepower, but the word is that all of the power will be going through the front wheels through some clever differential.
More photos after the jump.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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Oh yeah baby! Now this is what we’re talkin about! Simply gorgeous (and bad ass too). Nice job Ford!
very well designed!!! and I will be at the London Motor Show at end of July to see with my own eyes!!!!! hohohoho!!!!!
pergh !!
this car soo cool….
Wow…!
Sooo garang…
Beautiful! I’m wondering if this one could beat Evo.
nice design..all cars should be like this..hahahaha
meleleh air liur ku!
Dah macam Ford kuga aje.
I think the front bumper is a bit over-styled.
A small front wheel drive car with 300hp? I wonder how do the engineers curb the torque understeer.
wow.. having two of my favourite cars in a row (alfa n ford) in tis blog! wow!
anyway… 300bhp on front wheels, i’m kinda confident wit ford europe. standard focus it is stil 1 of the best kept secret in our local market. it is a good, but underated 1..
Since this Ford inception, I’m wondering at the rear light visibility. It seems the placement is too high and too narrow to discern properly.
The front grill is overkill…
nicest focus ever….
The Focus RS looks more garang than the Focus ST…
Hey Paul, wud appreciate if you cud do a comparison of these 2 beauties….thanks..
clever differential they say….hm…..heard it somewhere before.
i wish i could pull out those oval shapes. on the steering and the air con vents.
HOT!
but those “amber” items seem to be out of place! should use silver or blue as its a baby Blue Oval!
my number 1 choice hothatch~~
nice rims i would say…hmm front profile is cool but at the rear it a bit dull….interior i like it so much…cause i like orange colur so much
Wondering if it’s a Satria Neo…
garang n dis car is really insane…300bhp is really gud enough to outpace the r32…cant wait to c it…
bring this in, and also the Civic 3-dr Type-R and Clio V6….. PLEASE!!!!!!
Naza, please bring these 3 models in!!!!!!
nice
holy Sh*T
i wish it will be equipped with paddle shift..
When this car is barreling down your rear view mirror, it’s saying “Get out of my way!”
It’s mean, unapologetic and always game for a fight.
Simply stunning!
This thing will sell in UK. UK are very fond of this car.
focus does well in the US also, and all of europe of course. but recently, they sell very well in china as well.
focus done really well in other part of the world bt in bolehland…
everyone loves the focus because of its remarkable handling and cheap
Naza!!Come out with manual la,paddle shift no use for so much hp also end up makan minyak oni,lol
i wonder what does RS stands for….
It stands for Rallye Sport…….