Quote:
Originally Posted by Allch Chcar
The Focus RS is around the same price as a Mustang GT, so I think you meant the watered down Focus ST right? The Focus ST is still very European while the Mustang GT is more Americanized. I still want to see what Ford would make to uniquely appeal to Asian countries like Japan as far as a sporty/sportscar. It might be interesting.
Anyway that's enough of me driving this discussion  . The Focus ST is starting to hit the street so maybe we'll see one compared to the Twins. The Focus ST is a bit closer to the Twins in performance, I think. |
In terms of performance figures, you're right the Focus ST is probably the closer match to the FR-S (and it may put down better numbers even), but for driving experience, I think you'd have to step up to the Focus RS to match the FR-S.
I'll caveat that by saying I haven't driven the Focus ST yet (only the FR-S), so this is speculation on my part. But I've heard Ford's target with the Focus ST was the GTI, which I can confirm first-hand (I own one) doesn't offer nearly the driving experience of the FR-S.