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Four-point-seven seconds – the Ford Focus RS will be the fastest car to 100km/h under $60K when it arrives locally next year.
When it comes to bang for your buck, Ford is throwing down the gauntlet to the 0-100km/h times posted by the Mercedes-AMG A45 (4.2sec) and Audi RS3 (4.3sec), both of which cost $75,000 plus.
The new Focus RS is expected to cost around $50K, even less than the previous generation limited-edition front-drive monster that came here priced from $59,900.
The Blue Oval product will also be two-to-three tenths faster than price-point rivals, the Audi S3, Subaru WRX STi and Volkswagen Golf R.
Backing the five-door’s aggressive new styling is an all-wheel drive system with torque vectoring and a dedicated ‘drift’ mode to allow the electronic stability control to permit and help with oversteer slides.
Although Ford continues to drip feed information – this time performance times – ahead of the expected Focus RS arrival in Australia in the first quarter of next year, at least the news continues to be of the exciting variety.
