![]() 04/25/2018 at 22:31 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
Time for a Wobbles type post.
If Ford is smart and worried so much about margins, they’ll make performance versions of the Focus Active. It’d be a great way to cash in on parts already developed for the European market.
European Focus:
Focus ST - 275hp 2.0T
Focus RS - 400hp 2.3T hybrid AWD
American Focus Active :
Focus Active STX - 275hp 2.0T AWD
Focus Raptor - 350hp 2.3T AWD
Is a Focus Raptor a bit of a stretch? Sure but the original Raptor was too.
If Ford makes the Crosstrek WRX and STI that Subaru won’t, they have a chance to make the same kind of splash that the original Raptor made.
![]() 04/25/2018 at 22:57 |
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I would love a new Focus STx version with the 2.0T to make the Crosstrek STI that Subaru wont. Stick it to them.
Looks like the 1.5Ecoboost with around 180HP is our best bet for at least 2 years.
![]() 04/25/2018 at 23:08 |
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Two big ifs; if it came with AWD and if it came with a manual; this could be a fun car.
![]() 04/25/2018 at 23:10 |
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They’re setting up the Focus “Active” for a huge failure if they don’t offer AWD as even an option from the base model up. Manual might come only on the mythical STx version ( I hope)
![]() 04/25/2018 at 23:11 |
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Focus Raptor sounds like an epic boss fight, mostly because it reminds me of the name Psycho Mantis. I’m gonna need this car...
![]() 04/25/2018 at 23:13 |
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Yeah, I’m glad we’re finally getting the 1.5T. 180hp used to be hot hatch levels ten years ago lol
![]() 04/25/2018 at 23:16 |
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I know right? A slightly more mild version of this would sell like crazy.
![]() 04/25/2018 at 23:34 |
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hot - if the car weighs only 2300 lbs.. not so hot at 2850... “warm” maybe.
![]() 04/25/2018 at 23:44 |
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SVT Focus, 170hp, 2750lbs
MkV GTI 200hp, 3000lbs
Hence the ten years ago qualifier
![]() 04/26/2018 at 00:19 |
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How about doing that to the Fiesta Active also?
The Eco-Sport is a lifted Fiesta anyway so why not a slightly lifted Fiesta based on the Fifth Gen (UK Mk6) as is the present day Ford Ka+ so you could get the Ford Ka+ Active.
((which isn’t much at all smaller than the Fiesta))
![]() 04/26/2018 at 00:25 |
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I’d have an interest in a Focus Active ST (FAST) and RS (FARS).
![]() 04/26/2018 at 07:18 |
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Hell yeah! I’m hoping if the Focus Active sells well, they try the Fiesta Active over here too
![]() 04/26/2018 at 10:06 |
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gods save me but I think the focus active is a pretty decent looking vehicle.
![]() 05/06/2018 at 01:04 |
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God, I didn’t realize what a flat-out carbon copy of the Crosstrek that thing is.