Ford Focus RS: Time For Tea?

The pre-Goodwood shakedown gets smoky!

As always there's a great deal to look forward to at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. But while we all love ogling racing cars and lottery win exotica, there's arguably something even more exciting about seeing stuff you might be able to buy.

Nothing typifies affordable performance like a fast Ford. Alright, so the Focus RS is likely to be c. £30K and therefore hardly cheap. But they're always great value for money. That's what has always made them so popular. See the current Fiesta ST's success for proof.

Anyway, here we have a quick video from Ford before its dynamic debut this weekend. And it's good. Really good. Again filmed at Lommel like many of Ford's promo vids, it comprehensively details the new Focus's dynamic repertoire. By which we mean shows it doing lots of skids.

Smoke coming from the rear wheels is good news. The noise is great. See from 0:20 as well where it's understeering at corner entry and then the power is deployed rearwards for a slightly oversteering exit. It jumps beautifully. Anyone worried the Focus RS might be going a bit soft should have their fears allayed by this video. Well, all of them apart from where Imperial Blue has gone...

Watch the vid here.