We're revealing an RS unlike any other this is a high-performance hatch with a game-changing torque vectoring all-wheel drive system that's really going to help put a smile on the driver's face I'm thrilled that Ford decided to make the new Focus RS a powerful all-wheel drive piece so you can really tailor the handling character of the RS to suit different conditions and yes one of those is a unique drift mode for those special Ken Block moments

so it's a bit hard to know how to interject this one really because it's already been around for a full year it's already had the full buildup in the pomp and circumstance we already built it virtually as a giant hair we haven't even driven properly on the road until now this is it this will Focus RS now we already know that is karma just asthma quick rundown how about John Bachelor my brake horsepower and giving it an easy substitute and 325 pounds per talk

but the real story here is the forward drive system I think the majority of people I spoke do you think it's a good idea to have a local drive system with that much power I'm sort of in agreement he's holding preservation until I actually drive a car because I really like a scrappy from big fan of the new Civic type-r which invariably be one of the cars that this will have to be the rope round very challenged

also neat I like that this I was a bit worried for all other fans he wasn't really Anna is very fancy this system can send 70% of the power to the rear axle and then it can demote all of that oil to feel necessary you can actually send that power to one or other of the wheels at the back to in extreme circumstances

it will actually send even more power back and the result of this is that when you drive it hard even in really dry conditions like we've got here it really does actually have something of a rear-wheel drive sports car feel to it there's a little edge to it when you go when you turn into corners when you power out there's just a sense of kind of mobile adjustable chassis

it's really fantastic absolutely can you like their own throat Oh and feel the rear axle moving around and help that's my cue side static Rima what you drive around faster steering Focus ST I think his self centers to struggling there's been memory I was a bit worried there was going to be a bit of a me on this too but you know what he's got an actual build of way to it

I think that's for freely good thing between that and the drive system and this pretty amazing engine Ashley there's not much look turbo lag it's a complete liar the whole car is just joyous I'm just not right level regression where it works really really well he's on track which is good because they have actually given us access to the track at Valencia stick it in track mode and the Focus RS is quite remarkably grippy and neutral as a front-end grip so you can really throw in that it really flatters you

it really stays true to the light that you want and it's a we recite really really fast stick it in drift mode and all of a sudden that rear-wheel drive nature is fully out absolutely nailed the throttle and the backend of steps out nice and progressively keep your toe in and it pulls itself right again it's remarkably easy to do this really is going to flatter drivers

it's gonna make you look like such a hero when potentially you might not a clue what you're doing and it's pretty much going to save you but you know what sometimes cars with this kind of technical wizardry and this kind of reputation can be a bit of a disappointment but we can definitely say that the Focus RS is not one of them if anything it actually manages to exceed those expectations which is just extraordinary

and I think you're looking at the new king of the hot patches

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwe're revealing an RS unlike any other this is a high-performance hatch with a game-changing torque vectoring all-wheel drive system that's really going to help put a smile on the drivers face I'm thrilled that Ford decided to make the new Focus RS a powerful all-wheel drive piece so you can really tailor the handling character of the RS to suit different conditions and yes one of those is a unique drift mode for those those special ken Block moments so it's a bit hard to know how to interject this one really because it's already been around for a full year it's already had the full buildup in the pomp and circumstance we already build it virtually as a Giants hair we haven't even driven properly on the road until now this is it this will Focus RS now we already know that is karma just asthma quick rundown how about John Bachelor my brake horsepower and giving it an easy substitute and 325 pounds per talk but the real story here is the forward drive system I think the majority of people I spoke do you think it's a good idea to have a local drive system with that much power I'm sort of in agreement he's holding preservation until I actually drive a car because I really like a scrappy from big fan of the new Civic type-r which invariably be one of the cars that this will have to be the rope round very challenged also neat I like that this I was a bit worried for all other fans he wasn't really Anna is very fancy this system can send 70% of the power to the rear axle and then it can demote all of that oil to feel necessary you can actually send that power to one or other of the wheels at the back to in extreme circumstances it will actually send even more people back and the result of this is that when you drive it hard even in really dry conditions like we've got here it really does actually have something of a rear-wheel drive sports car feel to it there's a little edge to it when you go when you turn into corners when you power out there's just a sense of kind of mobile adjustable chassis it's really fantastic absolutely can you like their own throat Oh and feel the rear axle moving around and help that's my cue side static Rima what you drive around faster steering Focus ST I think his self centers to struggling there's been memory I was a bit worried there was going to be a bit of a me on this too but you know what he's got an actual build of way to it I think that's for freely good thing between that and the drive system and this pretty amazing engine Ashley there's not much look turbo lag it's a complete liar the whole car is just joyous I'm just not right level regression where it works really really well he's on track which is good because they have actually given us access to the track at Valencia stick it in track mode and the Focus RS is quite remarkably grippy and neutral as a front-end grip so you can really throw in that it really flatters you it really stays true to the light that you want and it's a we recite really really fast stick it in drift mode and all of a sudden that rear-wheel-drive nature is fully out absolutely nailed the throttle and the backend of steps out nice and progressively keep your toe in and it pulls itself right again it's remarkably easy to do this really is is going to flatter drivers it's gonna it can make you look like such a hero when potentially you might not a clue what you're doing and it's pretty much going to save you but you know what sometimes cars with this kind of technical wizardry and this kind of reputation can be a bit of a disappointment but we can definitely say that the Focus RS is not one of them if anything it actually manages to exceed those expectations which is just extraordinary and I think you're looking at the new king of the hot patches youwe're revealing an RS unlike any other this is a high-performance hatch with a game-changing torque vectoring all-wheel drive system that's really going to help put a smile on the drivers face I'm thrilled that Ford decided to make the new Focus RS a powerful all-wheel drive piece so you can really tailor the handling character of the RS to suit different conditions and yes one of those is a unique drift mode for those those special ken Block moments so it's a bit hard to know how to interject this one really because it's already been around for a full year it's already had the full buildup in the pomp and circumstance we already build it virtually as a Giants hair we haven't even driven properly on the road until now this is it this will Focus RS now we already know that is karma just asthma quick rundown how about John Bachelor my brake horsepower and giving it an easy substitute and 325 pounds per talk but the real story here is the forward drive system I think the majority of people I spoke do you think it's a good idea to have a local drive system with that much power I'm sort of in agreement he's holding preservation until I actually drive a car because I really like a scrappy from big fan of the new Civic type-r which invariably be one of the cars that this will have to be the rope round very challenged also neat I like that this I was a bit worried for all other fans he wasn't really Anna is very fancy this system can send 70% of the power to the rear axle and then it can demote all of that oil to feel necessary you can actually send that power to one or other of the wheels at the back to in extreme circumstances it will actually send even more people back and the result of this is that when you drive it hard even in really dry conditions like we've got here it really does actually have something of a rear-wheel drive sports car feel to it there's a little edge to it when you go when you turn into corners when you power out there's just a sense of kind of mobile adjustable chassis it's really fantastic absolutely can you like their own throat Oh and feel the rear axle moving around and help that's my cue side static Rima what you drive around faster steering Focus ST I think his self centers to struggling there's been memory I was a bit worried there was going to be a bit of a me on this too but you know what he's got an actual build of way to it I think that's for freely good thing between that and the drive system and this pretty amazing engine Ashley there's not much look turbo lag it's a complete liar the whole car is just joyous I'm just not right level regression where it works really really well he's on track which is good because they have actually given us access to the track at Valencia stick it in track mode and the Focus RS is quite remarkably grippy and neutral as a front-end grip so you can really throw in that it really flatters you it really stays true to the light that you want and it's a we recite really really fast stick it in drift mode and all of a sudden that rear-wheel-drive nature is fully out absolutely nailed the throttle and the backend of steps out nice and progressively keep your toe in and it pulls itself right again it's remarkably easy to do this really is is going to flatter drivers it's gonna it can make you look like such a hero when potentially you might not a clue what you're doing and it's pretty much going to save you but you know what sometimes cars with this kind of technical wizardry and this kind of reputation can be a bit of a disappointment but we can definitely say that the Focus RS is not one of them if anything it actually manages to exceed those expectations which is just extraordinary and I think you're looking at the new king of the hot patches you\n"