Fords fastest European production car adds something different to its performance statistics.
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A new beginning
At LotPro.com we see the dawn of a new era for Ford Motor Company here in the states. With the upcoming Fiesta, FoMoCo is bringing one of its best-ever small vehicles over from Europe pretty much intact. And as much as we welcome the new Ford Fiesta, we also yearn for its bigger sibling, the Focus.
Unlike the current mash up of a design that roams the byways of America, the European Focus is blessed with style, handling and, dare we say it, gobs of performance, especially in RS guise. But aside from all those good qualities, it also appears that the RS can be, ahem, quite frugal if you want it to be.
Here is the latest from Ford in that regard:
BRENTWOOD, Essex, October 2009 – Ford’s fastest-ever European production car, the 163mph Focus RS, added a surprising new figure to its remarkable performance statistics – an average fuel consumption of (US) 32 mpg.
This impressive result, one of the best in its class, was officially recorded during the UK’s seventh annual MPG Marathon, which finished this week.
This frugal driving challenge is judged by the improvement in economy over official, manufacturer-supplied figures. The 2.5-litre, 301hp Ford Focus RS used just 10.8 (US) gallons of fuel to cover the competition’s 360 miles, bettering the car’s quoted 25 mpg combined fuel consumption figure by 28 per cent.
At the wheel for the duration of the two-day event was automotive writer Jeremy Walton, who covered the varied route at regular road speeds, guided by co-driver Alyson Marlow. Jeremy said: “This is the fastest RS road car yet, but also the most efficient. This shows that, with a bit of restraint, you can use an efficient, high-performance car in daily driving, without enormous fuel bills.”
Ford Team RS powertrain manager, Len Urwin, led the team that developed the Focus RS engine. He said: “Focus RS was designed throughout to appeal to the heart and the head. This result shows how successful we’ve been, both in making Focus RS a practical day-to-day car – as well as continuing the 40-year RS tradition of exciting, high performance.”
More than half of the UK’s Ford Focus RS allocation has already been sold, with each priced at $42,956 on-the-road.
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