[WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I'm sorry if I go completely off topic here but when the Mk2 Focus RS was released I was rather upset they strapped a 305 PS engine to a FWD-drivetrain - for the sake of cost. While the whole revo-knuckle affair was working rather okay you couldn't get too mad but still I guess people happily would have paid the extra dough on AWD.

I don't blame Capito on it but I hate this whole save-money-no-matter-at-what-cost-mentality.

Look how much love the Mk3 RS receives. It's all in those four powered wheels

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I know what you're saying, but the Mk2 RS also had unique body panels as well as the suspension etc. Although made on the standard production-line this still cost money and a saving had to be made elsewhere... hence the FWD. Plus they didnt have a suitable platform for 4WD either.

Now people may love the Mk3 RS for its 4WD, but the saving has this time been made via its looks, ie. it's just a basic 5-door Focus with no wide-arches or vents.

This was disappointment to me as an RS should look like an RS.

[sorry for the OT]