2016 Ford Focus RS

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Dat AWD

Reportedly the AWD really doesn't add much. The Focus is just a bloated pig in general

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Reportedly the AWD really doesn't add much. The Focus is just a bloated pig in general

That's how the focus is from the start. Guess we'll have to wait for the Fiesta RS...

[Dave-ROR]

I will get to see the car on Tuesday. I'll take some pics. Pretty sure it'll be in that terrible stealth gray color.. aka shiny primer.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

I will get to see the car on Tuesday. I'll take some pics. Pretty sure it'll be in that terrible stealth gray color.. aka shiny primer.

Have you seen anything on colours yet? As petty as it sounds colours are important to me.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Have you seen anything on colours yet? As petty as it sounds colours are important to me.

There are 4 colours.

Nitrous Blue: Metallic light blue that changes tone quite a bit with lighting due to all the metal flake.
Stealth Gray: Uhmm.. it's shiny primer? I really don't get this one at all.
Shadow Black: Slight blue metallic tinged black.
Frozen White: Plain old white.

Here's some pics of NB, SG and FW: http://imgur.com/a/DNOnx

And here is one of SB: http://s673.photobucket.com/user/mto..._2016.jpg.html

Personally I think black looks best but that's a really bad idea in Florida so I'm going to put in an order for white once I get around to it.

[raven1231]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Have you seen anything on colours yet? As petty as it sounds colours are important to me.

here you go Tcoat, assuming you guys get the same colors. No orange though

http://shop.ford.com/build/focus/#/c....~FOCUS-RS.%5D

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

There are 4 colours.

Nitrous Blue: Metallic light blue that changes tone quite a bit with lighting due to all the metal flake.
Stealth Gray: Uhmm.. it's shiny primer? I really don't get this one at all.
Shadow Black: Slight blue metallic tinged black.
Frozen White: Plain old white.

Here's some pics of NB, SG and FW: http://imgur.com/a/DNOnx

And here is one of SB: http://s673.photobucket.com/user/mto..._2016.jpg.html

Personally I think black looks best but that's a really bad idea in Florida so I'm going to put in an order for white once I get around to it.

Originally Posted by raven1231

here you go Tcoat, assuming you guys get the same colors. No orange though

http://shop.ford.com/build/focus/#/c....~FOCUS-RS.%5D

Well now, none of those work for me! I will have 3 more years before I consider one anyway so they have time to come up with some "look at me" colours.

[raven1231]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well now, none of those work for me! I will have 3 more years before I consider one anyway so they have time to come up with some "look at me" colours.

I'm sure the ST tangerine scream color will likely carry over eventually.

[raven1231]

On a random side note I wonder if Car and Driver will be able to get that 0-62mph down. It's a 4.7 for the RS but they pulled a 4.7 0-60 in a stock 2015 wrx, so I would assume with this having a rather large horsepower advantage it would be quicker. Not that it really matters anyway, they're just frivolous numbers, just curious more than anything.

[Dave-ROR]

Oh, and here's a series of videos Ford is putting out. 8 Episodes total IIRC. Ep 1 and 2 are public but 3 and 4 were leaked a few weeks early:


Ep 1: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JVhgCqHr2g"]Focus RS: Rebirth of an Icon – Ep 1: Project Kick-Off Featuring Ken Block - YouTube[/ame]

Ep 2: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mly0AbcCLg4"]Focus RS “rebirth of an icon� Ep 2 Design and development - YouTube[/ame]

Ep 3: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssIcKQAa3dw"]Focus RS “rebirth of an icon� Ep 3 Hitting the road - YouTube[/ame]

Ep 4: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BjpZXdmpVg"]Focus RS “rebirth of an icon� Ep 4 Test track trials - YouTube[/ame]

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well now, none of those work for me! I will have 3 more years before I consider one anyway so they have time to come up with some "look at me" colours.

At your age aren't you supposed to like bland things? Food, women, cars? If so, the stealth gray sounds perfect for you!

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by raven1231

On a random side note I wonder if Car and Driver will be able to get that 0-62mph down. It's a 4.7 for the RS but they pulled a 4.7 0-60 in a stock 2015 wrx, so I would assume with this having a rather large horsepower advantage it would be quicker. Not that it really matters anyway, they're just frivolous numbers, just curious more than anything.

Yeah they kinda dumped the clutch at redline for that WRX number. Ford's launch control likely has a huge margin of "don't break shit" built in lol


I'd bet that the 5-60 time in the Focus is much better than the WRX.. but I don't think anyone has tested that yet.

[raven1231]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Yeah they kinda dumped the clutch at redline for that WRX number. Ford's launch control likely has a huge margin of "don't break shit" built in lol


I'd bet that the 5-60 time in the Focus is much better than the WRX.. but I don't think anyone has tested that yet.

This is true, and I would imagine the same given the power to weight ratio difference. Guess we will know when it's released ha ha.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

At your age aren't you supposed to like bland things? Food, women, cars? If so, the stealth gray sounds perfect for you!

Well now Dave I would have thought it was readily apparent to everybody here that I obviously have some deep psychological need for attention. I have had one grey car in 40 years and it was my 58 Ford with a rolled on coat of Tremclad primer. The rest have all been "HEY over here" colours.