Ford Future Thread

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Ford has made the right decision keeping away from the 'yawn' class group N...hopefully they will build a S2000 car with the stunning new Fiesta.

Is it really a good decision that they have never properly tried to exploit their rally successes with a proper 2ltr turbo 4wd road car? Are you really glad they haven't? Only reason they are not in N4 is they dont have the car which is a loss to Blue oval fans everywhere(even those who live in the WC of the UK(Cumbria :-)))

[Roy]

In was in that magazine maybe month or two ago. I don't have that issue with me now, but I'll try to find it ASAP.

I am very interest in that interview/article too

Is it really a good decision that they have never properly tried to exploit their rally successes with a proper 2ltr turbo 4wd road car? Are you really glad they haven't? Only reason they are not in N4 is they dont have the car which is a loss to Blue oval fans everywhere(even those who live in the WC of the UK(Cumbria :-)))

From marketing view I don't understand nothing about S2000. All what I see is little cars. Maybe technical the best solution for S2000. (I don't know.) The most cars on the way is the class of Golf, Astra, Focus, C4. Why should Ford (and other factoryteams) put a lot of money in a car that not sell enough.

I think is a good idea for Ford to go further with the Focus in N4 or if it is possible to make a step with that car in S2000. That is the best, in marketing point of view.

[Tom206wrc]

I strongly wish Ford to enter the S2000 world !!!

[Roy]

Maybe Ford flower power next year?

http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk...0Flower%20Show

Pics:
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[Tomi]

I belive Fords and also Citroens future in WRC depends on the response they get considering the letter all manufacurers did send to FIA conserning the event calender changes the manufacturers want in 2010.

[DonJippo]

I belive Fords and also Citroens future in WRC depends on the response they get considering the letter all manufacurers did send to FIA conserning the event calender changes the manufacturers want in 2010.

Yes together with ISC/North One they made a proposal to FIA for new calendar format. They were proposing that starting from 2010 there would be 14 events, 8 permanent and 6 rotating in the calendar. Unfortunatelly this proposal was leaked all over the world before it was finalized and now it is used to do politics inside FIA, does not look good...

Jarmo Mahonen, member of WRC council, is afraid that if FIA won't change the calendar as manufactures want there will be two of them leaving WRC in 2010 and those two may very well be Citroen & Ford. He also says that he has never seen manufactures being so united as they are now.

He is also wondering the behaviour of some FIA leaders who have been critical about Loeb's outlook at the same time when the president of FIA has been seen in his own adventures...

More about his thoughts over here, only in Finnish... http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/s...r/default.html

[ste898]

Is it really a good decision that they have never properly tried to exploit their rally successes with a proper 2ltr turbo 4wd road car? Are you really glad they haven't? Only reason they are not in N4 is they dont have the car which is a loss to Blue oval fans everywhere(even those who live in the WC of the UK(Cumbria :-)))

Ford are bring out a RS Focus (about time) but hopefully they wont waste their time on a Group (Yawn) N car......

Your name is so fitting to you B.S

No, I think Ford has some huge plans to give some new product for this year rally

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Ford are bring out a RS Focus (about time) but hopefully they wont waste their time on a Group (Yawn) N car......

Your name is so fitting to you B.S

Focus RS means what exactly? I was talking about 2ltr turbo 4wd cars, anything I have read tells me that the RS wont be any of this, and as a guy who likes cars I think this is a shame, I had a Puma 1.7 before but no blue oval product has appealed to me for a while, I had hoped they would have made a real car again this time round but sadly it seems not :-/

oh, and thanks for the complament :-)

[sal]

The new RS Focus wont be 4 wheel drive as they reckon the extra weight would dent the performance and add too many £££s. Will cost about £23k but am holding my breath as to when it will appear as too many Ford projects have bitten the dust in the past..

It's a shame they never built a 4 wd car after the last Escort other than the Focus WRC as a lot of clubmen and National drivers have ended up in rice munchers as a result.