Ford Focus ST WRC Edition for Switzerland
Filed Under:
Last WRC season, Ford won the Manufacturers title for the first time in 27 years by accumulating 195 points overall but missing out on the Drivers title by 1 point (Loeb 112, Gronholm 111) and the Swiss are going to celebrate! And celebrating they do with a Focus ST WRC Edition, limited to 100 lucky Swiss who are willing to part with 44,900 Francs.
The road-legal rally replica rides on 19-inch BBS rims wrapped in Pirelli tyres (PZero Nero 235/35 R19 TL ZR 91Y), has special side mirrors, frontspoiler and a hatch with carbon-inlays as well as WRC decals. The interior has besides a WRC badge, a carbon-look to it.
As the name suggests, the special edition is based on a Focus ST with 2.5 liter Duratec Turbo engine delivering 225 horses at 320 Nm torque. Floor the pedal and you'll be on 100km/h in roughly 6.8 seconds and it will keep going till you hit 241km/h. Braking is thought of too, front brakes have 320mm discs with four-piston calipers and in the rear you'll find 280mm discs with two-piston calipers.
The last thing Ford needs, more cars for Europe. For God's sake it's an American brand and it's not doing well in America. Come back to America and regroupe. Don't try to better a market that is not doing to horribly. Fix the broken one! I think that if they were to build a bigger variety of small economical cars they shouldn't waste their time. Help the struggling Canadians and Americans who are losing their jobs because of the lack of Ford cars being sold. If I were Ford I would concentrate very hard with trying to make their North American market skyrocket than watch it sink! Step one, make them economical, step two, make them a hybrid, and step three honestly, make your cars quality caars because those are the three things that North Americans are looking for in automobiles nowadays!