The times of twitch steering wheel of worn front tire and tugging at the front are a thing of the past. Ford can deliver on promises and, once Mustang and Ford GT in a few months before his next rocket that will cause a sensation worldwide.
2016 Ford Focus RS: The Optics is a promise
This time a couple of sizes smaller in the core, the Focus, but not less curve hungry - on the contrary. The appearance suggests, that this has in common with a standard RS-focus in terms of propulsion not much. The front with the huge cooler throat would be suitable as a vacuum cleaner while at the rear a huge apron and a mighty wings perched.
Mustang engine with 320 hp
In this case, the engine output is according to the power-hungry competing requirements significantly paler than expected. The turbocharged four-cylinder with 2.3 liters, which also drives the basic version of the Ford Mustang, should also drive produced in Saarlouis Ford Focus RS sporting performances. But with 320 hp, it has less power than many expected.
Gone also are the days when the 2016 Focus RS was still on the road with the unique sound of the babbling 2.5-liter five-cylinder Volvo Swedish design. Which carried 305 standard horsepower and 500 in a limited version even 350 horses on a Revo - were burned Knuckle front axle on the floor.
Four-wheel drive for greater propulsion
The best news is, however, that the Focus RS is the first time equipped with a useful all-wheel drive to transform the lush engine performance in a meaningful way in propulsion. This ultimately led gehapert in previous generations. Meanwhile, most competitors with its more than 300 hp four-wheel drive on the road.
Absence last joker in league only BMW M2 comes with rear-wheel drive only 2016 and the Honda Civic Type R, which continues want to try it on the front axle with almost 300 hp.
Torque Vectoring curve for fans
When sportiest 2016 Ford Focus RS is switched manually by six gears. In addition to the variable all-wheel drive is to provide grip a dynamic torque distribution (Dynamic Torque Vectoring) between the individual wheels. Up to 70 percent of the drive power to flow to the rear axle. In extreme cases, it is completely passed there on a single wheel. To perfectly match the power distribution between the front and rear, left and right respectively the current driving situation, evaluates the on-board electronics 100 times per second from a wide variety of sensor signals.
Thus, the controller can use information about the steering and yaw angle, lateral acceleration and the speed traveled already the outer rear wheel forward more torque when turning into a curve. Special tires in size 235/35 R 19 support the driving dynamics not only in the border area. On request, semi slicks.
Ford Focus RS Price
The world premiere of the Ford Focus RS at the Geneva Motor Show 2015. Focus RS Price?, Ford has not yet been known, he comes in shades of blue, gray, black or white.
Photo Credit: © Ford
Photo Credit: © Ford
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