New Model Cars

Following our post last month on the forthcoming Ford Focus RS, Ford have now released images and basic information of the new model, which will make its world debut later this month at The London Motor Show.

The car will go on sale in Europe in early 2009 with other markets following. This Focus will not be available in North America.

Compared to the standard 'C302 ' (non-North American) 3 door Focus, the visual features include a aggressive bopdykit, wider wheel arches, large rear diffuser, hood vents, larger 19 inch wheels with 235/35 tyres, fender air intakes (I hope thats not a dummy - shame on you Ford if so!) and a high mounted extreme (for OEM) rear wing. Various elements such as the trim, wing and mirror are picked out in 'Piano Black'.

The London show car is in the vivid Metallic Green, which I kind of like

Inside, the Interior includes Recaro seats with exterior colour matched accents.

The RS features a 2.5 Litre 5-cylinder engine with 300PS and over 410Nm of Torque with a 0-60 time of 6 seconds. Unfortunately the new Focus doesn't feature the 4 wheel drive system, rumoured before launch.