Ford are planning to take the new Focus RS to the Nurburgring to try and grab the hot hatch lap record, having being beaten to the punch by Renault and the Megane R26.R last year.The Focus RS was spotted at an industry pool day last week, an event where manufacturers share time on the ‘Ring testing their prototypes. The belief is that Ford were setting...

Fifth Gear have got their hands on the new Ford Focus RS. Watch the video below, as Jason Plato takes the new 163mph super hatch on a test drive around some fantastic mountain roads. “Ooh, she’s a bit nervous on entry … but that’s not a bad thing, is it?” Does he like it? Of course he does. Does he think it’s the best hot...

Mountune Performance, the people responsible for the Ford Fiesta ST185 and Focus ST260, are having an open day on Sunday 18th January. If you can make it you’ll be able to have a look around their workshop and be one of the first to see the new product in their 2009 line up. Performance Ford magazine will be attending to report on the day. You’ll...

As the February launch of the 2009 Ford Focus RS gets ever closer the pre-launch hype will start to build, and part of that will be the inevitable ‘first drives’ from every motoring publication. The first of the ‘we’re first to drive ride it’ articles would appear to be from Car magazine, who’ve kindly left their thoughts on...

Ford have announced the price of the 2009 Focus RS.If you happen to have 25 grand stuffed under your mattress (well, it wouldn’t be in the bank at the moment, would it?) then you can exchange that for a shiny new Focus RS and get £5 change. In comparison, a top-spec Focus ST3 with 225bhp costs ‘just’ £20,408 so at £24,995 the RS is...

Drip, drip, drip – it’s the sound of information on the 2009 Ford Focus RS being fed to the motoring press. Last week we saw the new RS being driven into the Millenium Stadium by Marcus Gronholm, followed by the release of a new set of photographs (see gallery below). Well, in addition to the photos there’s now a video on Youtube from the photo...

Here’s the first live footage of the 300bhp 2009 Ford Focus RS in action at the Cardiff Millenium Stadium as part of the Wales Rally GB, with none other than WRC champion Marcus Gronholm behind the wheel. He was taking part in a parade of Ford Rallye Sport (RS) models of past and present, which included some classics – a 1970′s Mk1 Escort RS,...

Good news for Ford fans, as a team of Focus STs will be competing in the 2009 British touring Car Championship.It’s been a long time since Ford were seen in the BTCC, where the Mondeo battled the likes of the Renault Laguna and Vauxhall Cavalier. However, this is not a return to the sport by Ford. Instead, independent team Arena Motorsport will be...