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dyintorace Reader
7/30/08 3:16 p.m.

Wow...talk about a hot hatch.

http://wardsauto.com/ar/ford_focus_rs/

skruffy Dork
7/30/08 3:31 p.m.

"Bring the Focus RS to the states? Are you mad? Americans don't like sport compacts. More trucks and SUVs is what they want."

Sincerely,

Ford

PS.

MORE TRUCKS

Tim Baxter Online Editor
7/30/08 3:46 p.m.

Is that the same turbo 5 that's in the Volvo C30/S40? Same chassis, more or less. Seems to me you could turn up the boost on a C30 and have pretty much the same thing. Or transplant the volvo turbo 5 into a Mazda 3, if that's more your thing. Wonder how hard that'd be?

Capt Slow New Reader
7/30/08 5:03 p.m.

volvo turbo 5 in a mazda 3 = VOLVOSPEED3 ???

GlennS HalfDork
7/30/08 5:08 p.m.

More rediculously over powered fwd econoboxes ftw! Im just hoping for a fiesta st or mazda speed 2.

gmg New Reader
7/30/08 6:05 p.m.

Ford is currently planning on bringing 5 or 6 cars to the States that they sell in the EU. Don't know if that is one of them. Can't sell enough trucks and SUVs anymore with gas prices high. Losing too much money.

gamby SuperDork
7/30/08 11:45 p.m.

skruffy wrote: "Bring the Focus RS to the states? Are you mad? Americans don't like sport compacts. More trucks and SUVs is what they want." Sincerely, Ford PS. MORE TRUCKS

Thus why they're repurposing truck factories to build Focuses.

It just took them a few years to catch onto reality.