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    Quote Originally Posted by syko View Post
    Ford say that it's got torque steer in check with a new front-wheel-drive system and limited-slip differential so it may work out to be ok.
    Of course Ford are going to say that though.
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    For those that think the Ford Focus RS couldn't sell well here I guess haven't paid attention to how well the VW Golf R32 sold in the U.S.
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    the R32 was AWD though... that may effect it
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    Quote Originally Posted by clutch-monkey View Post
    the R32 was AWD though... that may effect it
    And probably what people pay for a VW won't pay for a Ford.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    And probably what people pay for a VW won't pay for a Ford.
    Not necessarily true either. The Ford GT sold well, SVT Focus sold well, Mustang in all its iterations sold well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lets Gekiga In View Post
    Not necessarily true either. The Ford GT sold well, SVT Focus sold well, Mustang in all its iterations sold well.
    SVT Focus and Mustang are cheap cars. And the GT a retro exotic supercar. They don't really compare to the Focus RS.
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    Official pictures.

    My god it's ghastly...
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    It's ghastly because Ford decided to give it Lamborghini colors.

    If it wasn't a crappy color, it should be alright.

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    thats proper, looks brilliant the st was great in orange and this looks proper in green, although they will have to do a blue one hehe
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mustang View Post
    thats proper, looks brilliant the st was great in orange and this looks proper in green, although they will have to do a blue one hehe
    I was thinking that it looks great as well. I'm not a fan of this color but the car itself is very aggressive and purposeful looking to me. One minor gripe is that I think that the wing is a bit much but I suppose that they made it to keep the boy racer image of the car. This would also keep it inline with its competitors which are the WRX STi and Evo X correct? Or is this considered to be in a different class?

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    Quote Originally Posted by aNOBLEman View Post
    This would also keep it inline with its competitors which are the WRX STi and Evo X correct? Or is this considered to be in a different class?

    suppose you could sort of class it with them things for its racing background but id imagine it will still be fwd and prob aimed against things more like golf gti, leon cupra r etc
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    That looks awesome. It must suck to be so wrong all time Ferrer.

    Shame about the FWD though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mustang View Post
    suppose you could sort of class it with them things for its racing background but id imagine it will still be fwd and prob aimed against things more like golf gti, leon cupra r etc
    OK, I wasn't really sure where this was supposed to fit in. Thanks for clarifying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen View Post
    That looks awesome. It must suck to be so wrong all time Ferrer.

    Shame about the FWD though.
    They have come up with some sort of revised front suspension, which is better capable of handling the power.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wouter Melissen View Post
    They have come up with some sort of revised front suspension, which is better capable of handling the power.
    Doesn't change the fact that it's a crap load of power going to the front wheels.
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