5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - Printable Version

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5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - ZX3_2NV - 03-27-2010

Just saw this on Autoblog Im really interested in what this could be. Is it finally are Performance Focus we have all been waiting for.

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On March 31 we're going to find out about a thing called the Ford Focus RS 500. The Blue Oval has posted a video of the even-more-hotted-up Focus doing a twilight round of its European test track in Lommel, Belgium. And it sounds rather... fierce. We're trying to figure out exactly what the 500 stands for: Units? Horsepower (don't be silly!)? Something else?

Check out the orginal post for a video

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5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - reldridge - 03-27-2010

This might place my Mustang plans on hold...

I wonder if this is maybe a Cosworth tuned RS, borrowing a name from the past?

I'd kill for an original RS500...

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - Drivesthebeast - 03-27-2010

Sounds like a Volvo S60 R engine...

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - Spinal - 03-27-2010

i dont think its 500hp thats a little too much for a 4 or 5cyl to be a reliable DD, but id say a solid 300-350. if it does come here, its probably gonna be expensive.

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - meford4u - 03-27-2010

reldridge,Mar 26 2010, 09:06 PM Wrote:This might place my Mustang plans on hold...

I wonder if this is maybe a Cosworth tuned RS, borrowing a name from the past?

I'd kill for an original RS500...

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The Merkur? I had one. Red. And fast.

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - Drivesthebeast - 03-28-2010

The Merkur was a Ford Seirra wasn't it? Just the nameplate was changed for North America...?

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - Focus man. Focus. - 03-28-2010

Yes sir. No Cosworth bits for NA though. I would love to have one now. When I was younger there was a guy who had one on my paper route. I would drool on it every day.

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - ZTWsquared - 03-29-2010

Spinal,Mar 26 2010, 11:03 PM Wrote:i dont think its 500hp thats a little too much for a 4 or 5cyl to be a reliable DD, but id say a solid 300-350. if it does come here, its probably gonna be expensive.
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Apparently the 500 refers to the 500 units to be built, and the engine is 2.5 T with 350 hp, I heard it was actually created by Mountune Performance

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - Spinal - 03-29-2010

looks like my guess for the HP estimate was pretty close lol.

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - ZX3_2NV - 03-30-2010

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Yup another car we won't get

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - reldridge - 04-01-2010

*drool*

That would make me do bad things, like take out a huge loan.

I will own a Merkur one day, oh yes, I will...

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - Focus man. Focus. - 04-01-2010

Oh SNAP, I just came a little. :P

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - CanadaSVT - 04-02-2010

Drivesthebeast,Mar 28 2010, 06:55 AM Wrote:The Merkur was a Ford Seirra wasn't it?  Just the nameplate was changed for North America...?
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There was the Merkur Sierra or whatever 4 door. That pic is the Merkur x4ti or something like that.

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - CanadaSVT - 04-02-2010

Focus500RS Press Release

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5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - CanadaSVT - 04-02-2010

Ireland gets the fewest copies at 3

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - NikiterZTS - 04-02-2010

So whats the price on one of these bad boys?

5 Days Till The Focus Rs500 - Focus man. Focus. - 04-02-2010

CanadaSVT,Apr 1 2010, 07:07 PM Wrote:
Drivesthebeast,Mar 28 2010, 06:55 AM Wrote:The Merkur was a Ford Seirra wasn't it?ÃÂ Just the nameplate was changed for North America...?
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There was the Merkur Sierra or whatever 4 door. That pic is the Merkur x4ti or something like that.
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Merkur XR4Ti =

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Merkur Scorpio =

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