Focus RS vs Top Gear Cool Wall

[356Speedster]

Last night, we had friends round and were watching TG. When the Cool Wall came on, we knew the RS was inevitably going to get a mention.

However, when Jezza declaired the RS uncool (especially in green), my wife & friends just laughed at me. Uncaring bunch!

At least my order is for a white one tho'!!

[Chipper]

They're so much fun!

[Gareth350]

What do they know?! Everyone who has commented on my RS have said its 'well cool'!

[356Speedster]

LOL!! Jezza likes it really, he did say on the road & living with it daily, it's better than an R26-R, but that doesn't make it cool in TG's eyes.

I guess the Cool Wall should be taken with a pinch of salt.... just made me laff

[peterattheboro]

I've got a cool wall on my fridge (got it in a top gear mag) and the FRS is sub zero

I hope this makes you feel better

[rsstman]

there are plenty of toilet cars in the cool section and good ones in the uncool section. they are just idiots.

[UncappedTag]

Chipper said:

They're so much fun!

Greeeeeeeeeeen envy over here, stunning car chap. I wan't one bad to replace my ST, but have my priorities to think of

[chriz1]

thats all you read on the net is people concerned about what Jezza thinks about cars if he says its crap then its got to be true and vice versa,at the end of the day thats all he is,is a tv presenter

[RS Motorsportz]

Mines is RS blue! Didnt have the guts to go for green or white!

I knew it wouldnt be cool, but thats not what the RS is about...;)

[LuS1fer]

It will never be cool. It's the XR3i of it's time - crass, max-powered, brassy. Doesn't mean it's not a great car but my guess is the people who think it "well cool" are in the younger demographic.

That's the way of the world. As a lad, I used to lust over the big-arched Mk I Escorts plastered in rally lights and the beautifully striped Mk II RS1800s. Except they really were cool.

Nowadays I would venture to suggest that subtle and understated are cool.

[Roop]

LuS1fer said:

It will never be cool. It's the XR3i of it's time - crass, max-powered, brassy. Doesn't mean it's not a great car but my guess is the people who think it "well cool" are in the younger demographic.

+1 It's not special enough to be cool. Although it's more than an XR3i. More RS Turbo +. It's just a production Focus after all. IMHO, to be cool, a fast Ford has to have been built solely with motorsport in mind, and by that I mean homologation specials. RS1600i, RS200, RS Cosworth, RS500 etc.

Although not cool, The FRS2 is an incredibly capable car that dishes out annihilating performance for the money that Ford charge new, whilst retaining complete practicality for daily duties.