Thread: 08 Focus WRC
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20th December 2007, 11:00 #11
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Seems like it's going to be AWD and they've said they are looking to take on the Impreza and EVO
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20th December 2007, 14:27 #12Originally Posted by Tomski
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20th December 2007, 15:21 #13
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The thing is Mitsubishi and Subaru do quite well out of their cars. The downfall of group A road cars was the fact that to have a big turbo on the rally car you needed a big turbo (and the associated lag) on the road car and that wasn't a good thing in the slightest. The Focus ST is selling quite well. I would think that unless Ford get the price very much wrong that a 4wd turbo version would probably sell quite well.
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20th December 2007, 19:33 #14
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Wonder if Ford will maybe also produce a Group N Focus from the new RS?
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20th December 2007, 19:48 #15
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Originally Posted by ste898
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20th December 2007, 19:58 #16
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Will it have a 2.5l engine for sure? I would think that if and it is an if Ford was going to go 4wd I would have thought they would consider something that people could go out and rally easily.
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20th December 2007, 20:21 #17
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Originally Posted by Daniel
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20th December 2007, 20:47 #18
Another Ford PR excercise?..
The previous Focus RS was also rumoured to be 4wd long before it reached production. I'll believe it when I see it.
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20th December 2007, 21:06 #19
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Ok cheers c4
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20th December 2007, 22:15 #20
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Aren't Subaru also using a 2.5 litre engine these days?
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