The Amazing Experience with a 12-Year-Old Ford Focus RS

I'm so excited about this car, really am because I was a bit worried that after 12 years, honestly, we uploaded a video of this car on February 20th, 2011. So, that's almost to the day 12 years ago, and I was worried that it might let me down a bit, you know, that the car was better in my memory than it actually was, but it's not, it's amazing. Well at least in this setup with this Miltec exhaust and intake, a little tune on it, I really want to own this car, I really do, but I don't want too many cars, but I also want a lot of cars, so it's a real problem, like I guess you guys can relate to that.

Okay, so let's do a little tunnel run, making sure not to pass 70 kilometers an hour. Oh, that is a good sound, that is a good, it sounds really like deep turn off traction control or listen to that intake, what makes me sound like a wastegate? Oh, that is so lovely, so it sounds natural sometimes, you know, when you're close to the rev limiter or at full Boost 1.4 bar for this Focus RS, which is double the turbo pressure of an ST. But you have like this this bang in the exhaust, the very deep and loud bang sometimes not all the time, which is what you want, you just want it to feel natural, it also bangs and crackles a lot on like the rev limiter, which is really nice.

So, you do have a bit of flair there, it's nothing, it's really it just falls a bit, and uh, there's nothing scary. Handling is really good, as I said, it just feels like it's new, and it's called that KW suspension. Oh, that is nice, that is freaking nice, foreign so legendary already. Okay, so let's hit a rev limiter in second gear here, oh what a car, what a car, I'm so happy that it still holds up after all these years, and it's even more special than you know when it came out because back then, you had more of these like big engine hatchbacks. But now this is such a unicorn, please wow, wow, wow.

I do feel like it, you know, it also has to do with the fact that this particular one feels this fresh and has been dug to perfection, you know, it's not too loud, it's not obnoxious or any more obnoxious than it already is. Oh yeah, it really grips, that is quite quick, big bag all the up shift there a bit of wind noise should be so of course, we also measured the 100 to 200 performance around 11 seconds from 100 to 200, which is actually quite impressive running almost RPM there and it picks up so well. It's it's quite a big turbo but it it's up oh that combination of like flutter and exhaust pulpits freaking cardboard.

These engines, these two and a half liter five cylinders from Volvo apparently they are quite resilient, so if you leave it completely stock, it should be fine anyway apart from the stock intake manifold apparently it's not the best. But they seem to be doing all right. Car rack actually has another customer with India but the general opinion seems to be that these engines are quite sturdy interior is not really that special apart from those seats of course we do have a bit of carb in there, but it's not really common I think. But it just tells me that Ford spent their money on the right things you know it's in the instead of hard to drive apparently choice in development was between having this crazy exterior four-wheel drive it was one of the questions asked when developing it should we go for four-wheel drive which you know is expensive to develop or should it look it does and I'm actually quite happy that they went for this exterior and all four wheel drive because you know even though you would be much more able to put the power down, it just takes away a lot of the fun as well managing that power on those front wheels is just part of the fun.

And it actually goes really well, last pull to the Border oh lovely lovely lovely wow, you thank you so much for allowing us to take out your amazing Ford Focus RS Mark II, it it really did not disappoint and you've got an amazing example here in the perfect spec with the perfect mods and it is in amazing condition. And honestly, it drives like it's new so thank you really appreciate it uh go check out dupe and his company correct techno Center using the link in the description to you guys thanks for watching hope you enjoyed it you can subscribe by click the big button in the middle you can also check out this video or this playlist see you the next one bye

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this POV review by auditor now my name is Max and today we are taking a trip down memory lane because this is a 2009 Ford Focus RS so it's the Mark II Ford Focus RS and it is absolutely epic one of the coolest cars Ford has ever made in my opinion uh I mean just look at those flared wheel arches The Stance of this thing the aggressive front and and wow this spec is just 10 out of 10 if you ask me I think this is this makes me really really want one honestly it's one of those cars that I got in I started driving it like 10 minutes ago and I was like yeah I want one I need I need this one it is so amazing um this is actually upscar who is a fellow YouTube celebrity you might know him if you're Dutch because he does the outer rake clock your old videos which means like they take very high mileage cars and they take a look at them uh in you know what condition they are and if there are any faults and stuff like that he also owns goreck techno Center which is a workshop and he also makes his own videos on their channel so go check them out I'll link it in the description and he's got one of the coolest Ford Focus rs's in the Netherlands if you ask me this performance blue is the rarest of the three colors that were available at launch Ultimate Green Frozen white performance blue this is the way to go I mean almost everyone went for that Ultimate Green because that was the launch color and it was you know out there it was very flashy but this is the color if you ask me I think this looks it's like they designed it to be this color honestly with this like all this black in the front RS badge there the super aggressive front that just looks like it wants to eat you yeah this is amazing now they made eleven and a half thousand of these Ford Focus rs's I'm not sure what the uh numbers are color wise but this is the rarest and it's also the coolest it just looks like a rally car as well because you has added these mud flaps front and rear which I am a sucker for those I think that looks so cool and we've got these RS Wheels as well super super nice with that multi-spoke look also looks like a rally wheel if you ask me uh these are 235 section tires at the front 19-inch Wheels with Michele Pilot Sport for S Tires it's got ABC racing brakes as well now the suspension on this car is very special it's called Revo knuckle and it was designed to basically eliminate a lot of the torques there you get in a front-wheel drive car with a lot of power so it's a re-engineered McPherson system which is a lot lighter and a lot less expensive to develop than a multi-link or a double Wishbone suspension would be and by adding the revo knuckle they basically separate the uh steering from the suspension so it means that you don't have the problem of the front wheels and the front suspension having to cope with the bumps and the acceleration the power the braking oh and the steering all at once and even though it still has torques there this one especially because it's been tuned uh it is actually an amazing system and it works really well now it's a three-door focus which means that you got this enormous door which is just look at that thing and it's so heavy but you still have like a relatively practical car as you can see we've got a child seat back there you have a proper back seat and then these amazing blue bucket seats so this combination is even rarer to have like the blue bucket seats with the blue car the seats were way too high from the factory but Europe has lowered these a bit so seating position is quite a bit better actually and then at the rear we've got this massive Wing so cool again those mud flaps really add something for me because they just Square out the car even more it makes it look like a rally car so it just fits I think it really fits well so suspension wise I actually just spotted some Yellow Springs there so I think this car is a KW sprinkle exhaust absolutely massive as you can see and this is a proper proper exhaust it is real and it sounds amazing and it's from miltac and it's the perfect exhaust for this car because it's not too loud but it does sound amazing so to open the bonnet get this forward logo out of the way and then with the key twist it ah just turn the key and then open it okay so what we've got is a two and a half liter five cylinder engine derived from Volvo all right so uh yeah we're back I'm still here uh they were actually super super nice guys and uh genuinely interested in the car but uh yeah they knew that we were filming here a lot and they just wanted to talk to me about sound and speed on the German roads which I can understand and they were super nice about it so yeah what we've got here is a two and a half liter five cylinder engine derived from Volvo and it was also in the Focus ST of this generation and uh the way they got extra power from it this has 300 horsepower 440 newton meters stock and that is because it has a bigger turbo a bigger intercooler it's got a forged crankshaft it's called different pistons and some kind of coating and uh yeah they really really extracted a lot from this engine even though you know it's a relatively big engine big engine small car absolutely love that concept but they could take even more from this when they released the Focus RS 500 in 2011 which had 350 horsepower with a bigger turbo an even bigger intercooler still but this car has been tuned I'm not sure if it has the mountain package which would be around 350 horsepower but apparently this car has 370 ish horsepower right now with a puma speed intake manifold as well a different intake and an ECU remap and it sounds so nice it it really is the speech bolt for this car if you ask me so close that back up and let's get out of here before I do get arrested now they probably wouldn't and of course we've got these flared arches now this car has done 140 000 kilometers and apparently even though this looks amazing on the outside it really does and it is you know there because the car has a wider track so they needed to widen the car to house those Wheels but apparently it's not been done really well on the inside and uh apparently they just rust away so yupe has had this car apart completely apart and well it's 140 000 kilometers but it feels like it's brand freaking new it really does and that is because you took it apart and fixed everything and he also changed all the rubbers on the suspension and stuff like that so it honestly feels like it's new and it's just amazing oh I'm so excited about this car I really am because I was a bit worried that after 12 years I mean honestly we uploaded a video of this car February 20th 2011. so that's almost to the day 12 years ago and I was worried that it might you know let me down a bit you know that the car was better in my memory than it actually was but it's not it's amazing well at least in this setup with this miltec exhaust an intake a little tune on it I really want it I want to own this car I really do but I don't want too many cars but I also want a lot of cars so it's a real problem like I guess you guys can relate to that okay so let's do a little tunnel run making sure not to pass 70 kilometers an hour oh that is a good sound that is a good it sounds really like deep turn off traction control or listen to that intake what makes me sound like a wastegate oh that is so lovely so it it like pops and bangs but in the best way possible it sounds natural sometimes you know you close to the ref limiter or at full Boost 1.4 bar for this Focus RS which is double the turbo pressure of an st but you have like this this bang in the exhaust the very deep and loud bang sometimes not all the time which is that is what you want you just want it to feel natural it also bangs and crackles a lot on like the rev limiter which is really nice so you do have a bit of forks there it's nothing it's really it just Falls a bit and uh there's nothing scary handling is really good as I said it just feels like it's new and it's called that KW suspension oh that is nice that is freaking nice foreign so legendary already oh it is a future Classic this thing I think I've said it before everything with flared arches a fact a scientific fact okay so let's hit a rev limiter in second gear here oh what a car what a car I'm so happy that it still holds up after all these years and it's even more special than you know when it came out because back then you had more of these like big engine hatchbacks but now this is such a unicorn s please wow wow wow I do I do feel like it you know it also has to do with the fact that this particular one feels this fresh and has been dug to Perfection you know it's it's not too loud it's not obnoxious or any more obnoxious than it already is oh yeah it really grips that is quite quick big bag all the up shift there a bit of wind noise should be able so of course we also measured the 100 to 200 performance around 11 seconds from 100 to 200 which is actually actually quite impressive running almost RPM there and it picks up so well it's it's quite a big turbo but it it's up oh that combination of like flutter and exhaust pulpits freaking cardboard so these engines these two and a half liter five cylinders from Volvo apparently they are quite resilient so if you leave it completely stock it should be you know fine anyway apart from the stock intake manifold apparently it's not the best but they seem to be doing all right car rack actually has another customer with India but the general opinion seems to be that these edges are quite sturdy interior is not really that special apart from those seats of course we do have a bit of carb in there but it's not really common I think but it just tells me that Ford spent their money on the right things you know it's in the instead of hard to drive apparently choice in development was between having this crazy exterior four-wheel drive it was one of the questions asked When developing it should we go for four-wheel drive which you know is expensive to develop or should it look it does and I'm actually quite happy that they went for this exterior and all four wheel drive because you know even though you would be much more able to put the power down it just takes away a lot of the fun as well managing that power on those front wheels is just part of the fun and it actually goes really well last pull to the Border oh lovely lovely lovely wow you thank you so much for allowing us to take out your amazing Ford Focus RS Mark II it it really did not disappoint and you've got an amazing example here in the perfect spec with the perfect mods and it is in amazing condition and honestly it drives like it's new so thank you really appreciate it uh go check out dupe and his company correct techno Center using the link in the description to you guys thanks for watching hope you enjoyed it you can subscribe by click the big button in the middle you can also check out this video or this playlist see you the next one byewhat's up ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this POV review by auditor now my name is Max and today we are taking a trip down memory lane because this is a 2009 Ford Focus RS so it's the Mark II Ford Focus RS and it is absolutely epic one of the coolest cars Ford has ever made in my opinion uh I mean just look at those flared wheel arches The Stance of this thing the aggressive front and and wow this spec is just 10 out of 10 if you ask me I think this is this makes me really really want one honestly it's one of those cars that I got in I started driving it like 10 minutes ago and I was like yeah I want one I need I need this one it is so amazing um this is actually upscar who is a fellow YouTube celebrity you might know him if you're Dutch because he does the outer rake clock your old videos which means like they take very high mileage cars and they take a look at them uh in you know what condition they are and if there are any faults and stuff like that he also owns goreck techno Center which is a workshop and he also makes his own videos on their channel so go check them out I'll link it in the description and he's got one of the coolest Ford Focus rs's in the Netherlands if you ask me this performance blue is the rarest of the three colors that were available at launch Ultimate Green Frozen white performance blue this is the way to go I mean almost everyone went for that Ultimate Green because that was the launch color and it was you know out there it was very flashy but this is the color if you ask me I think this looks it's like they designed it to be this color honestly with this like all this black in the front RS badge there the super aggressive front that just looks like it wants to eat you yeah this is amazing now they made eleven and a half thousand of these Ford Focus rs's I'm not sure what the uh numbers are color wise but this is the rarest and it's also the coolest it just looks like a rally car as well because you has added these mud flaps front and rear which I am a sucker for those I think that looks so cool and we've got these RS Wheels as well super super nice with that multi-spoke look also looks like a rally wheel if you ask me uh these are 235 section tires at the front 19-inch Wheels with Michele Pilot Sport for S Tires it's got ABC racing brakes as well now the suspension on this car is very special it's called Revo knuckle and it was designed to basically eliminate a lot of the torques there you get in a front-wheel drive car with a lot of power so it's a re-engineered McPherson system which is a lot lighter and a lot less expensive to develop than a multi-link or a double Wishbone suspension would be and by adding the revo knuckle they basically separate the uh steering from the suspension so it means that you don't have the problem of the front wheels and the front suspension having to cope with the bumps and the acceleration the power the braking oh and the steering all at once and even though it still has torques there this one especially because it's been tuned uh it is actually an amazing system and it works really well now it's a three-door focus which means that you got this enormous door which is just look at that thing and it's so heavy but you still have like a relatively practical car as you can see we've got a child seat back there you have a proper back seat and then these amazing blue bucket seats so this combination is even rarer to have like the blue bucket seats with the blue car the seats were way too high from the factory but Europe has lowered these a bit so seating position is quite a bit better actually and then at the rear we've got this massive Wing so cool again those mud flaps really add something for me because they just Square out the car even more it makes it look like a rally car so it just fits I think it really fits well so suspension wise I actually just spotted some Yellow Springs there so I think this car is a KW sprinkle exhaust absolutely massive as you can see and this is a proper proper exhaust it is real and it sounds amazing and it's from miltac and it's the perfect exhaust for this car because it's not too loud but it does sound amazing so to open the bonnet get this forward logo out of the way and then with the key twist it ah just turn the key and then open it okay so what we've got is a two and a half liter five cylinder engine derived from Volvo all right so uh yeah we're back I'm still here uh they were actually super super nice guys and uh genuinely interested in the car but uh yeah they knew that we were filming here a lot and they just wanted to talk to me about sound and speed on the German roads which I can understand and they were super nice about it so yeah what we've got here is a two and a half liter five cylinder engine derived from Volvo and it was also in the Focus ST of this generation and uh the way they got extra power from it this has 300 horsepower 440 newton meters stock and that is because it has a bigger turbo a bigger intercooler it's got a forged crankshaft it's called different pistons and some kind of coating and uh yeah they really really extracted a lot from this engine even though you know it's a relatively big engine big engine small car absolutely love that concept but they could take even more from this when they released the Focus RS 500 in 2011 which had 350 horsepower with a bigger turbo an even bigger intercooler still but this car has been tuned I'm not sure if it has the mountain package which would be around 350 horsepower but apparently this car has 370 ish horsepower right now with a puma speed intake manifold as well a different intake and an ECU remap and it sounds so nice it it really is the speech bolt for this car if you ask me so close that back up and let's get out of here before I do get arrested now they probably wouldn't and of course we've got these flared arches now this car has done 140 000 kilometers and apparently even though this looks amazing on the outside it really does and it is you know there because the car has a wider track so they needed to widen the car to house those Wheels but apparently it's not been done really well on the inside and uh apparently they just rust away so yupe has had this car apart completely apart and well it's 140 000 kilometers but it feels like it's brand freaking new it really does and that is because you took it apart and fixed everything and he also changed all the rubbers on the suspension and stuff like that so it honestly feels like it's new and it's just amazing oh I'm so excited about this car I really am because I was a bit worried that after 12 years I mean honestly we uploaded a video of this car February 20th 2011. so that's almost to the day 12 years ago and I was worried that it might you know let me down a bit you know that the car was better in my memory than it actually was but it's not it's amazing well at least in this setup with this miltec exhaust an intake a little tune on it I really want it I want to own this car I really do but I don't want too many cars but I also want a lot of cars so it's a real problem like I guess you guys can relate to that okay so let's do a little tunnel run making sure not to pass 70 kilometers an hour oh that is a good sound that is a good it sounds really like deep turn off traction control or listen to that intake what makes me sound like a wastegate oh that is so lovely so it it like pops and bangs but in the best way possible it sounds natural sometimes you know you close to the ref limiter or at full Boost 1.4 bar for this Focus RS which is double the turbo pressure of an st but you have like this this bang in the exhaust the very deep and loud bang sometimes not all the time which is that is what you want you just want it to feel natural it also bangs and crackles a lot on like the rev limiter which is really nice so you do have a bit of forks there it's nothing it's really it just Falls a bit and uh there's nothing scary handling is really good as I said it just feels like it's new and it's called that KW suspension oh that is nice that is freaking nice foreign so legendary already oh it is a future Classic this thing I think I've said it before everything with flared arches a fact a scientific fact okay so let's hit a rev limiter in second gear here oh what a car what a car I'm so happy that it still holds up after all these years and it's even more special than you know when it came out because back then you had more of these like big engine hatchbacks but now this is such a unicorn s please wow wow wow I do I do feel like it you know it also has to do with the fact that this particular one feels this fresh and has been dug to Perfection you know it's it's not too loud it's not obnoxious or any more obnoxious than it already is oh yeah it really grips that is quite quick big bag all the up shift there a bit of wind noise should be able so of course we also measured the 100 to 200 performance around 11 seconds from 100 to 200 which is actually actually quite impressive running almost RPM there and it picks up so well it's it's quite a big turbo but it it's up oh that combination of like flutter and exhaust pulpits freaking cardboard so these engines these two and a half liter five cylinders from Volvo apparently they are quite resilient so if you leave it completely stock it should be you know fine anyway apart from the stock intake manifold apparently it's not the best but they seem to be doing all right car rack actually has another customer with India but the general opinion seems to be that these edges are quite sturdy interior is not really that special apart from those seats of course we do have a bit of carb in there but it's not really common I think but it just tells me that Ford spent their money on the right things you know it's in the instead of hard to drive apparently choice in development was between having this crazy exterior four-wheel drive it was one of the questions asked When developing it should we go for four-wheel drive which you know is expensive to develop or should it look it does and I'm actually quite happy that they went for this exterior and all four wheel drive because you know even though you would be much more able to put the power down it just takes away a lot of the fun as well managing that power on those front wheels is just part of the fun and it actually goes really well last pull to the Border oh lovely lovely lovely wow you thank you so much for allowing us to take out your amazing Ford Focus RS Mark II it it really did not disappoint and you've got an amazing example here in the perfect spec with the perfect mods and it is in amazing condition and honestly it drives like it's new so thank you really appreciate it uh go check out dupe and his company correct techno Center using the link in the description to you guys thanks for watching hope you enjoyed it you can subscribe by click the big button in the middle you can also check out this video or this playlist see you the next one bye\n"