Ford Focus RS Mk3
Drift Mode happened. We were there.
12 reviewers · 29 videos
Reviewers agree on its performance, but split on handling and fun to drive.
across 12 reviewers
"it does have a significantly greater amount of grip than what I was used to in this"
Zygrene · ▶ 5:26"The steering is not the best. You don't have very good feedback. You don't have very good loading or communication in the various modes."
Jubbal & Cars · ▶ 14:00"definitely my favorite hot hatch like by far that I've driven so far"
Zygrene · ▶ 15:26"it's trying to sort of do both and succeeds at neither"
JayEmm on Cars · ▶ 18:05"But for the majority of your daily driving with one of these things, it's very, very smooth."
Regular Car Reviews · ▶ 0:42"I can feel everything not through the steering wheel but through just you know the seat of the chassis it just transmits a lot of bumps from the road"
Zygrene · ▶ 3:19"I think this is one of if not the best choice"
TopherDrives · ▶ 27:39"the Focus RS is not cheap speed anymore it's $40,000 and with dealer markups that is in sport used sports car territory"
Savagegeese · ▶ 2:25Performance
4.5/512 of 12 reviewersconsensus“it pumps out a ridiculous 350 horsepower and 354 lb of torque”
positive · Zygrene · ▶ 2:17“350 horsepower and 4.7 seconds 0 to 100 km or 61 M an hour that's a second faster than in the Mustang”
positive · Autogefuhl · ▶ 15:18“Holy crap, this thing's fast. Woah!”
positive · Redline Reviews · ▶ 13:48Handling
4.0/512 of 12 reviewerssplit“it does have a significantly greater amount of grip than what I was used to in this”
positive · Zygrene · ▶ 5:26“great handling with this car that's for sure so a lot of fun racing wise commands are directly transported onto the road”
positive · Autogefuhl · ▶ 27:26“The steering is so sharp and so direct.”
positive · Redline Reviews · ▶ 16:06Fun to drive
4.5/512 of 12 reviewerssplit“definitely my favorite hot hatch like by far that I've driven so far”
positive · Zygrene · ▶ 15:26“it's just so entertaining it has such a soul and a unique character”
positive · TopherDrives · ▶ 15:05“I just can't believe they put drift mode in a car I think that hands down is the best reason to buy the RS”
positive · TheStraightPipes · ▶ 20:07Daily drivability
2.5/512 of 12 reviewerssplit“I can feel everything not through the steering wheel but through just you know the seat of the chassis it just transmits a lot of bumps from the road”
critical · Zygrene · ▶ 3:19“for a normal City ride the suspension is too rough so unless you really feel like a massage always when that happens it's not really suitable for bumpy road”
critical · Autogefuhl · ▶ 21:17“I think this is the worst riding car I've ever been”
critical · Savagegeese · ▶ 5:33Value
3.5/512 of 12 reviewerssplit“this car is around 40K MSRP right uh it was 4220 MSRP”
Zygrene · ▶ 1:52“it's by the way the same price you pay for an Golf R but here you get more horsepower”
Autogefuhl · ▶ 2:01“the Focus RS is not cheap speed anymore it's $40,000 and with dealer markups that is in sport used sports car territory”
critical · Savagegeese · ▶ 2:25Hear it in the reviewer’s words
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