Ford previewed the all-new Ford Focus RS, a high performance road car that debuts the progressive Ford Performance All-Wheel-Drive, providing class-leading cornering speed, thrilling performance and driving enjoyment that was unbridled.

Besides enthusiasts that are satisfying, these vehicles help deliver the One Ford strategy of the company's for innovation, product superiority and prosperous growth in every element of its own company.

It is an excellent example of our love for innovation through operation and creating vehicles that make people's hearts pound."

Produced with a tiny team in US and Europe, the brand new Focus RS is the third generation of following versions established in 2002 and 2009, Focus RS automobiles.

Sporting a striking outside layout that provides cooling system and improved aerodynamics, the fresh Focus RS offers technologies new to the RS marque.

The all-new Focus RS is the very first RS version that will also be made for the majority of marketplaces at Ford's Saarlouis, Germany, manufacturing plant starting late in 2013 and will be sold all over the world.

"We're intensely attentive to the standards we've set ourselves with RS operation models over time, and rest assured this new auto lifts the game to another degree.

"Just as significant is the reality that with technologies including EcoBoost, we can show how an initiation that powers virtually every car in our range may also function as the pulse of our finest performance automobiles."

Progressive Ford Performance All-Wheel-Drive offers unmatched management

The all-new Focus RS use the advanced new Ford Performance All-Wheel- Drive to provide a fresh degree of managing motorist and capacity enjoyment, joining excellent traction and grasp with cornering speed and unmatched agility.

The Ford Performance AWD system relies on double electronically-managed clutch packs on each and every side of the back drive unit. These handle the vehicle 's front/rear torque split, and can also command the side to side torque distribution on the back axle - delivering the "torque vectoring" ability, which includes a remarkable effect on treatment and cornering stability.

The front/back and side to side torque distribution to suit the present driving scenario is constantly varied by the control unit in the back drive unit, tracking input signals from several vehicle detectors 100 times per second. A maximum of 70 per cent may be redirected to the back axle. Up to 100 per cent of the available torque in the rear axle may be transmitted to every back wheel.

During cornering, the back drive unit preemptively redirects torque to the outer back wheel instantly according to inputs including yaw, lateral acceleration, steering wheel angle and rate. This torque transport gets the result of "driving" the car to the curve, realizing enhanced turn-in and equilibrium, and nearly removing lead.

With flexible limitation management and inert, as well as the means to reach managed lead drifts in the course; the Focus RS delivers the best fun-to-drive experience.

"This AWD system is a breakthrough technology, capable of providing supreme cornering and handling in the limit," said Dave Pericak, manager, Global Ford Performance.

Other chassis attributes that are exclusive include sports suspension with anti roll bars, bushes and spring speeds that are stiffer than those seen in the Focus ST, and two-mode switchable dampers, which offer a stronger setting. A carefully tuned electric power-assisted steering system, working having shorter link arms and a more stiff front suspension knuckle design, provides linked and responsive steering system with excellent feel.

"The Focus ST and Fiesta ST demonstrated that we are able to reach sporty steering feel with an EPAS system, as well as the RS lifts the bar. The carefully tuned set out to supply fantastic motorists with steering system that's quite direct, accurate and well balanced - as well as the RS delivers," Pericak included.

The exterior design of the vehicle has additionally been developed to support the objects that were dynamic. Aerodynamic lift forces are eliminated by careful aerodynamic optimisation rear spoiler and underbody characteristics, as well as the ultimate layout provides a balanced functionality with zero lift front and back for optimum high speed handling and stability.

Exceptional powertrain for increased output signal

Ford's EcoBoost technology powers almost every new Ford vehicle and the Focus RS. The especially engineered 2.3-litre EcoBoost engine has degrees of power and torque that translate into remarkable acceleration when joined with the extraordinary AWD traction.

This engine has, nevertheless, been updated by way of an all-inclusive bundle of layout changes.

Increased output signal is created by way of a fresh low-inertia dual-scroll turbocharger with larger compressor that produces greater air flow, along having a considerably bigger intercooler. Engine breathing additionally is improved through a big, as well as a less restrictive intake design -bore high performance exhaust system having an electronically controlled valve in the tailpipe which helps optimise the balance of sound result and rear pressure.

The cylinder head is mounted on a powerful head gasket with improved thermal capacity, and is made from an updated alloy material effective at withstanding higher temperatures. The cylinder block uses more powerful high-tensile cast iron linings.

Engine cooling system additionally continues to be given the greatest precedence, with engineers creating added space inside the very front of the car to house a bigger radiator pack - the largest ever fitted into a Focus - which offers the amount of cooling system needed for circuit use that was challenging.

Scrupulous calibration work has ensured the power unit provides exceptional low end responsiveness using a strong mid range pull, rising into a free-revving top end as much as a maximum rev limit of 6,800 rpm.

Inspiring performance requires an inspiring soundtrack. Ford Operation engineers have tuned the RS to provide a sporty and rewarding sound nature using the distinguishing burbles, pops and crackles that are an RS touch, during spirited driving.

The six-speed manual transmission has been optimised for the enthusiast driver to deliver much more precise and quicker shifts. Both the clutch along with the transmission happen to be upgraded with elements that were more powerful to handle the increased torque output of the engine.

Using its high efficiency EcoBoost design advanced turbocharging and featuring direct fuel injection, dual independent variable camshaft timing, the engine also provides significantly enhanced fuel consumption. With Auto-Start-Stop fitted as normal, preliminary figures suggest that CO2 emissions will be reduced compared with all the last version.