2011 Ford Focus RS500 Front View
Ford’s parade of quick European Focuses over the last decade has had us both admiring the Blue Oval for building them and admonishing the corporate for taking part in keep-away with its dwelling market. We’ve been assured that the days of maintaining its hottest hatches out of our fingers can be over once the brand new world-market Focus comes on-line starting in 2011 as a 2012 mannequin-but Ford had to go and twist the knife one more time. Witness the 2011 Focus RS500, the fiercest Focus ever and what the corporate considers to be the successor to the legendary Ford Sierra RS500 racer of the 1980s.
Decked out with matte black “foil” paint and 19-inch wheels, the RS500 is clearly no strange Focus. Vents, spoilers, and a gnarly rear diffuser complete the blacked-out Bat-Focus look. There's a little colour on the car: Red brake calipers conceal behind those skinny-spoked rims, and the gloss-black vents set behind the massively flared entrance fenders comprise blue “RS” badging. However other than that, shade is out to lunch.
Actually, the colour is in the engine bay: the Focus RS500’s 2.5-liter inline 5-cylinder engine has been juiced up some forty five hp and 14 lb-ft of torque from its appearance within the Focus RS; here it makes 345 hp and 339 lb-ft, achieved principally by breathing enhancements as an alternative of further turbo boost. The large observe and a revised limited-slip differential developed for the Focus RS are said to have the ability to handle the extra torque of this specific entrance-wheel-drive pocket rocket. We nonetheless suggest holding on with each arms, though.
As for acceleration, Ford claims the RS500 will hit 62 mph in 5.6 seconds. We’re fairly positive we might do higher than that, since we coaxed a 5.4-second zero-60 run from the first-gen Mazdaspeed 3, which had 263 hp.
The [Black] Swan Music for the Beloved Current-Gen Euro Focus
The 500 RS500s that Ford will construct for 20 European markets-every automotive will get its personal numbered plaque on the middle console-will be the final of the current-gen Focuses to be built at the company’s Saarlouis plant in Germany. Of the five hundred example, one hundred and one might be reserved for the U.K., whereas patrons in the other 19 countries will have to break up a lot smaller allotments. Pricing was not introduced, but don’t count on this “Ultimate Efficiency Ford” to come cheap.
Decked out with matte black “foil” paint and 19-inch wheels, the RS500 is clearly no strange Focus. Vents, spoilers, and a gnarly rear diffuser complete the blacked-out Bat-Focus look. There's a little colour on the car: Red brake calipers conceal behind those skinny-spoked rims, and the gloss-black vents set behind the massively flared entrance fenders comprise blue “RS” badging. However other than that, shade is out to lunch.
Actually, the colour is in the engine bay: the Focus RS500’s 2.5-liter inline 5-cylinder engine has been juiced up some forty five hp and 14 lb-ft of torque from its appearance within the Focus RS; here it makes 345 hp and 339 lb-ft, achieved principally by breathing enhancements as an alternative of further turbo boost. The large observe and a revised limited-slip differential developed for the Focus RS are said to have the ability to handle the extra torque of this specific entrance-wheel-drive pocket rocket. We nonetheless suggest holding on with each arms, though.
As for acceleration, Ford claims the RS500 will hit 62 mph in 5.6 seconds. We’re fairly positive we might do higher than that, since we coaxed a 5.4-second zero-60 run from the first-gen Mazdaspeed 3, which had 263 hp.
The [Black] Swan Music for the Beloved Current-Gen Euro Focus
The 500 RS500s that Ford will construct for 20 European markets-every automotive will get its personal numbered plaque on the middle console-will be the final of the current-gen Focuses to be built at the company’s Saarlouis plant in Germany. Of the five hundred example, one hundred and one might be reserved for the U.K., whereas patrons in the other 19 countries will have to break up a lot smaller allotments. Pricing was not introduced, but don’t count on this “Ultimate Efficiency Ford” to come cheap.
2011 Ford Focus RS500 Exotic Car
2011 Ford Focus RS500 Side View
2011 Ford Focus RS500 Picture
2011 Ford Focus RS500 Interior
2011 Ford Focus RS500 First Look
2011 Ford Focus RS500 Rear View
2011 Ford Focus RS500 Sport Car
2011 Ford Focus RS500 Racing Wheel
2011 Ford Focus RS500 First Drive