if they can manage a Focus hatch with performance equal to my GTI I'd be really interested in one. I do not expect to get a "proper" Focus RS with 300 bhp but certainly 200 bhp would be fine.
Sadly I suspect a car like that will not be high on the list, initially at least.
Ford insiders have told me that the Focus ST is pretty much confirmed for North America, and also Ford has shipped 3 Focus RS to the States to gauge some feed back.
Hermann Salenbauch, Ford Motor Co.'s director of advanced product creation and global performance, says the decision to sell the Focus RS here will depend on reaction from U.S. car enthusiasts, such as Focus SVT owners.
Ford is looking for "feedback from the media and customers," he says. "How much do they like it? Is it really what they want? We are pretty confident that it is."
Here is one of the RS that was spotted in Michigan
http://tiny.cc/FocusRSAll that said when and if Ford decides to offer the RS in N.A.The RS model for the United States would be based on the new platform, Salenbauch says. He did not say when it would arrive.
