2016 AWD Focus

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Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: CT8
I just can't get excited.

Viagra?
It will take more than that . All the things that are included in the cars electonics are like dating a girl with Herpes. She is really hot but the Herpes bug isn't worth the risk for the new car [pleasure]
 
Originally Posted By: rjundi
Plenty of hot hatches out there but Subaru still remains strong. I don't see it changing.


The Ford probably won't need a new head gasket every 100K miles like the Subaru will.
 
Originally Posted By: zzyzzx
Originally Posted By: rjundi
Plenty of hot hatches out there but Subaru still remains strong. I don't see it changing.


The Ford probably won't need a new head gasket every 100K miles like the Subaru will.


Subaru is over the head gasket problems and has moved on to excessive oil consumption ...
 
This car may not poach too many WRX/STI buyers, there's a strong chance that it'll simply fill the void left by the EVO. Although obviously the type of person who wants an STI will probably cross shop this.
 
I like the new RS. If the last RS with the 2.5L 5cyl Volvo engine was out here when I was car shopping, I would have strongly considered buying one.
 
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: CT8
I just can't get excited.

Viagra?


Then you'll be driving a Fiat 500 CUV.....
 
Originally Posted By: zzyzzx
Originally Posted By: rjundi
Plenty of hot hatches out there but Subaru still remains strong. I don't see it changing.


The Ford probably won't need a new head gasket every 100K miles like the Subaru will.


Subaru turbo since 1983 is abscent of this issue so your statement is baseless dribble in context of this thread.
 
Originally Posted By: itguy08
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: CT8
I just can't get excited.

Viagra?


Then you'll be driving a Fiat 500 CUV.....


Wow - that couldn't have worked better if it was planned!
 
Originally Posted By: Rand


Note to subaru: WHERE THE HECK did you put the wrx hatchback?


According to the Subaru engineer instead of putting money into developing two bodystyles they put it into developing perfected chassis. The 2015 WRX and STI are incredible cars for what they are. Subaru is still a small maker although its market share is getting large/growing in USA that others like Mazda and VW envy.
 
Originally Posted By: rjundi
Originally Posted By: Rand


Note to subaru: WHERE THE HECK did you put the wrx hatchback?


According to the Subaru engineer instead of putting money into developing two bodystyles they put it into developing perfected chassis. The 2015 WRX and STI are incredible cars for what they are. Subaru is still a small maker although its market share is getting large/growing in USA that others like Mazda and VW envy.



I would rather they have put the money into making the hatch perfect and dropping the sedan. Of course, that's just my personal preference.
 
Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
I like the new RS. If the last RS with the 2.5L 5cyl Volvo engine was out here when I was car shopping, I would have strongly considered buying one.
Volvo is Chinese?
 
Originally Posted By: itguy08
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: CT8
I just can't get excited.

Viagra?


Then you'll be driving a Fiat 500 CUV.....
I hope not.
 
Originally Posted By: MCompact
I'm 58 and I will definitely consider an RS if I'm in the market when the car goes on sale.


Same here, and I have you beat by almost 2 years.
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The only thing that has kept me out of the 'rally twins' (EVO/STI), is the Nippon nameplates.
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(I'm allowed to think that way, despite the flaming for it, on this site and elsewhere.
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It is really cool that a domestic nameplate is FINALLY offering a real, rally type ride, IN THE USA!!
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Does this car have an optional DSG?

Anyway, if someone crashes into my car and I get a good settlement, I would highly consider this or the VW Golf R.

Also, if I do end up buying this car, I will get a Calvin sticker. He will have a Ford shirt, and take aim at the car makers that I hate.
 
Looks great. I just hope the interior is a big upgrade over the regular focus. Taking a focus interior for the ST is something I can stomach since the price is right for what you get. But a regular focus interior in a $35k+ car is something that would bug the heck out of me.
 
Originally Posted By: dailydriver

Same here, and I have you beat by almost 2 years.
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The only thing that has kept me out of the 'rally twins' (EVO/STI), is the Nippon nameplates.
27.gif
(I'm allowed to think that way, despite the flaming for it, on this site and elsewhere.
wink.gif
)

It is really cool that a domestic nameplate is FINALLY offering a real, rally type ride, IN THE USA!!
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Even if the car is just as un-American as the Nippon twins?

Nameplate origin doesn't mean much these days. A Ram is a truck built by an old Italian company currently HQ'd in Britain.

Sure, I think Ford is building cool stuff these days too, but to say that the Focus RS is anything other than European seems to be disingenuous.
 
So I read an article comparing the AWD system on the golf, focus, and STI. Golf basically isn't really awd except for short periods of time when it's needed. Focus is a bit better. STI is still the best by quite a bit. I don't have the link but it's on /r/Subaru right now if someone wants to see it.
 
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