Ford Plans Ultra-Powerful Focus RS Model

Will Focus RS Come to North America to Do Battle with Subaru WRX STi and Mitsubishi EVO IX?

If you were planning to enter a drag race, which car would you choose? A BMW M3 or a Ford Focus? If you said the M3, you'd be runner

If Ford actually builds something similar to the ultra-hot Focus RS in the near future, the BMW M3 better watch its back. (Photo: Artist's Rendering)

up to the Focus driver; that is if Ford actually builds something similar to the ultra-hot RS in the near future.

While the previous RS never made it to North America, Ford would be smart to make the next-generation available on this side of the Atlantic, if only to draw some much needed attention to its domestic car lineup.

A small domestic capable of rivaling top-tier rally replicas such as the Subaru WRX STi and Mitsubishi EVO IX, the latter

Unlike people in North America, Europeans already pay homage to the Focus regularly as it vies for World Rally Championship (WRC) supremacy. (Photo: Ford Motor Company of Canada)

not available in Canada due to our country's unique five mph bumper restrictions, would give some much needed respect to a model which Europeans already pay homage to regularly as it vies for World Rally Championship (WRC) supremacy in a series that boasts some of the greatest drivers and most technologically advanced machinery in the world.

First of all, Ford's Focus is a very good car right out of the wrapper. It handles well, delivers decent power in top-level trim, is put together with Euro-like precision and is considered one of the most reliable models in the C-segment, according to Consumer Reports.