{"id":341154,"date":"2010-02-19T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/19\/ford-to-merge-u-s-and-european-performance-lines-focus-rs-comi\/"},"modified":"2010-02-19T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T20:32:00","slug":"ford-to-merge-u-s-and-european-performance-lines-focus-rs-coming-to-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/341154","title":{"rendered":"Ford to merge U.S. and European performance lines; Focus RS coming to America?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Coupe<\/a>, Performance<\/a>, Europe<\/a>, Hatchback<\/a>, Ford<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

2009 Ford Focus RS – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nOur friends across the pond in Europe have always good things to say about the Ford Focus RS<\/a>, leading to a great deal of angst in America since the Blue Oval Boys have never brought the hi-po Focus Stateside. News from Jost Capito, the man in charge of aligning Ford<\/a>‘s performance divisions all around the globe, has us anxiously awaiting the time when that gross oversight is finally corrected.<\/p>\n

Automobile <\/em>recently got the chance to sit down and chat with Capito, and the conversation quickly turned to the new global Ford Focus platform <\/span>that was recently unveiled<\/a> at the Detroit Auto Show<\/a>. According to Capito, Ford is still deciding what to call the next-gen high-performance Focus, saying only, “I don’t see RS in Europe going away, and I don’t see SVT in the U.S. going away.”<\/p>\n

Regardless of what it’s called, we could very well see the speedy Focus take on multiple forms – similar to the path Ford has taken with the car in Europe with both a Focus ST<\/a> and top-level RS<\/a>. Previously, we heard rumors<\/a> that a <\/span>240-horsepower Ecoboost-powered Focus ST could hit the scene within 18 months, followed by the latest RS, which could sport a 350-horsepower all-wheel drive hybrid powertrain, within the next three years.<\/p>\n

There are plenty more interesting tidbits in the interview, click here<\/a> to follow along.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Gallery: 2009 Ford Focus RS (green)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

[Source: Automobile Magazine<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Ford to merge U.S. and European performance lines; Focus RS coming to America?<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/h6>\n

Read<\/a> | Permalink<\/a> | Email this<\/a> | Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Europe, Hatchback, Ford 2009 Ford Focus RS – Click above for high-res image gallery Our friends across the pond in Europe have always good things to say about the Ford Focus RS, leading to a great deal of angst in America since the Blue Oval Boys have never brought the hi-po […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}