If the rumoured words of a Ford insider are anything to go by, we’re in the middle of the end of an era – and we haven’t even realised it yet.  Sure, the economy’s been better, but we’ll pull through… right?

According to British web rag iMotor, a conversation with an unnamed Ford staffer revealed that [...]

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While the Top Gear lads have been busy thinking up new Stig introductions, Fifth Gear has managed to get a bum on a seat in the 2009 Focus RS - Jason Plato’s in fact.

Fifth Gear claims that this is the first TV drive of the Focus RS.

Has Ford managed to pump 224kW (300hp) and 440Nm through [...]

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Hot hatch fans rejoice! The first production 2009 Ford Focus RS has rolled off the line at Ford’s Saarlouis plant in Germany.

The eagerly awaited 224kW/440Nm Focus RS is one car that we expect will shrug off the Global Financial Crisis and have no trouble finding homes across the globe.
“We are excited that a new RS-badged [...]

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We’ve known most of the important stuff about Ford’s upcoming Focus RS for some time but one thing remained a mystery, and that was the price. Originally expected to be set at a rather hefty €39,000 ($79,000 AUD), we can now confirm that the latest hot-hatch from Ford will hit the market at a much more [...]

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Déjà vu? You better believe it! Having already revealed its upcoming and highly anticipated ’09 Focus RS at this year’s London Motor Show in July, the folks from Ford are so excited that they are planning to whip the covers off the ‘green-meanie’ once again – in Paris.

The city of romance and overpriced espressos will be [...]

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You may remember the mysterious teaser image (above) released last month when Ford decided to give us a taste of their upcoming Focus RS. The eagerly awaited hot hatch has been the source of much speculation with many saying that it will finally be an alternative to Subaru’s WRX and Mitsubishi’s EVO.

It was only a [...]

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In what amounts to great news for performance hatch enthusiasts, Ford have confirmed that their Focus RS hatch will go into production and to celebrate, they’ve released the now standard teaser image, but this time there is nothing bad to hide – it looks hot.

The Focus RS hatch will be the most recent iteration of [...]

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The on again off again Ford Focus RS is well…on again. The folks at Car Magazine have managed to snap a Focus RS test mule as it finished a few hot laps of the Nurburgring earlier this week. If it really is on again then Car Magazine are of the opinion that Ford will unveil [...]

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