HP increases in production cars compared to racers of a few years ago

[Rollo]

I own some Ford shares (not many) and I admire Ford for what it's done over the past few years. So I'd really like to buy a Ford vehicle at some point. If they'd just put a hot 4 or 6 cylinder turbo (300hp +) in a good, sporty, SMALLER, daily driver car (like the Focus or whatever), make it AWD (which I HAVE to have at this point) and sell it for less than $35 grand... maybe we could talk.

Such a car exists... and it's the Ford Focus.
http://www.ford.co.uk/Cars/NewFocusRS
Ford Focus RS - 305bhp - £27,895 which equates to 42,132.52 USD. Mind you, there's probably more tax paid on the car in the UK there would be in the US.
Ford has been promising the Focus RS to the USA for some time...

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/06/r...-next-gen-for/
Could the North American market finally get the Ford Focus RS? According to the latest reports, it could happen. But not until after the next-generation model debuts in a couple of years.

Aw well.