Ford's Focus RS has won Top Gear Magazine's 'Best Driver’s Car' and the overall ‘Car of the Year’ trophies.
Despite many criticisms from many quarters of its front differential affecting the steering, Top Gear granted the awards to Ford, saying "Whether carving across a B-road, tackling the test track or raging around a race track, the Focus RS fizzes with a frenzied excitement no rival can come close to capturing… We jumped out of it, grinning broadly and knew we’d found a winner".
There's been plenty of demand for the new car. The RS brand creates excitement and this is the first RS for some years. The Focus RS is now officially sold out in the UK, with all the first year’s production of 2000 cars now taken up.
Ford Focus brand manager, Cathy Davies, said: "This award, together with the news our first year's production is now sold out, truly vindicates our passion for the RS".
Over to you - have TG made the right choice? What's your drivers' car of the year?
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