RE: Ford Focus RS Heritage Edition launched

[aaron_2000]

David87 said:

Nothing stranger than folk then. I must say I'd find it extremely hard to walk past, say a manual Ferrari 360 or R8 V8 (cars that would also be 'investments') and buy a wrapped Ford Focus for the same money.

I never found the MK2 interesting anyway, but the people that can spend that on one probably don't even notice the cost.

[counterofbeans]

aaron_2000 said:

apparently

Oh, ok then

[culpz]

aaron_2000 said:

The dealer is local (15 miles away) It apparently sold for mid 50's. Are you forgetting £80k Escorts, £100k Sierras and £30k Fiestas? Just like Porsche, any Limited Fast Ford will sell for whatever people want it to sell for.

I'd say that the jury is out on if the MK3 Focus RS will become a future classic and rise significantly in value. I'm fully aware that history dictates that all RS models will hold their value and will eventually go up, even more so with these limited edition models.

I'm just personally a bit skeptical about this new one. I'll probably be proven wrong though.

[nunpuncher]

aaron_2000 said:

The dealer is local (15 miles away) It apparently sold for mid 50's. Are you forgetting £80k Escorts, £100k Sierras and £30k Fiestas? Just like Porsche, any Limited Fast Ford will sell for whatever people want it to sell for.

I find it very hard not to think the arse is going to fall out of that in the not too distant future.

[Rawwr]

If you painted a confederate flag on the roof and painted a black '01' on the side, it'd be a General Independent Lee.

[st33ly]

Where is that dude that was on hear a few weeks ago saying he had two build slots for the red special edition and was wanting £5k for one. Christ if you had £77k to spend on a wrapped focus you need your head looked at. That’s not far of GT3 territory and I know which one we would all have rather than one with a tuned Volvo engine. 😂😂

[IanJ9375]

[fido]

Rawwr said:

If you painted a confederate flag on the roof and painted a black '01' on the side, it'd be a General Independent Lee.

Nissan could take a similar route with the Daisy Juke, though I'm not sure how you could incorporate hot pants into the interior.

[Rawwr]

fido said:

Nissan could take a similar route with the Daisy Juke, though I'm not sure how you could incorporate hot pants into the interior.

And Boss 429 Hogg?

[M1C]

This colour really shows the failings of the styling of this car.

When was the last time an orange 'special' car looked so dull?

I'm not 'hating' on the car but i dont think it's one of Fords finest styling efforts.

The previous model really did have much more presence to it.

[WCZ]

It's an orange focus rs.

deffo knocked the 911 T off the throne in the category of 'people will buy because low depreciation' special editions so far this year

[simonbamg]

Wish they offered the RS with DCT, I’d of had one ages ago

[IanJ9375]

Shmee has managed to bag one so at least one of them will be driven on the road it seems

[oobster]

IanJ9375 said:

Shmee has managed to bag one so at least one of them will be driven on the road it seems

An orange one? I thought it was a red one Shmee was getting.

[David87]

oobster said:

IanJ9375 said:

Shmee has managed to bag one so at least one of them will be driven on the road it seems

An orange one? I thought it was a red one Shmee was getting.

I think he was after both.

[IanJ9375]

oobster said:

An orange one? I thought it was a red one Shmee was getting.

Both - red one will be tuned/updated/customised etc - Orange staying as Ford intended apparently

[Tuvra]

WCZ said:

It's an orange focus rs.

deffo knocked the 911 T off the throne in the category of 'people will buy because low depreciation' special editions so far this year

Low? With only 50 of them being made I'd be happy to put on a very healthy wager that these will NEVER depreciate.

[aaron_2000]

nunpuncher said:

I find it very hard not to think the arse is going to fall out of that in the not too distant future.

I hope it does, wouldn't mind an Escort Cosworth in a few years

[andymac]

So will Ford finish production with another RS500 edition or is this 50 the final edition ?

[IanJ9375]

andymac said:

So will Ford finish production with another RS500 edition or is this 50 the final edition ?

This is the absolute final - last to be produced before the line gets turned off April this year - that's from the MD