Friday 23rd January 2015

Escort RS v Focus RS v Focus RS: Time For Tea?

Focus RS Mk3 excitement running at fever pitch? Allow an old Autocar vid to help further!

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Fast Fords are always big news. Upcoming models, the price of classic heroes, making already fast ones even quicker still. If it's got an ST, RS or any such similar badge on it, we're interested. Everyone is interested.

So with the latest teaser vid of the third generation Focus RS racking up thousands and thousands of views, it seemed a good time to revisit the past masters. Conveniently enough Autocar has this vid from when the last RS was launched (six years ago now!) and it's just the thing to further whet the appetite for the new car.

Surprise number one: Escorts have got really expensive. Back in 2009 it was suggested £13-£15K could get you a Cossie. Today the entry point is £16K, with prices for RS Cosworths on PH reaching a ludicrous £45,000.

Surprise number two: Focus RS Mk1s haven't got expensive. At the time of the video £9K was enough for a good'n; in 2015 that still buys a very nice RS like this one. The cheapest RS Mk2s are now £17K, an incredible performance given they were £25,000 new.

And one last thing that could come as a shock. The Escort RS Cosworth may not be as good as you remember. But the video can explain that.

Watch it here.

 

[Tom1312]

I would hardly say the Escort isn't impressive.

Might not be the fastest, but at the traffic lights that jump off the line is still mega (compared to other two) and still more than fast enough.... Unless your up against one of the new uber hatches.

Edited by Tom1312 on Friday 23 January 16:13