Inform: Tellurian ‘high-performance’ Ford Focus various to parent U.S. SVT chronicle?
It might not be an earth-shattering explanation or anything – Ford’s own Jost Capito pronounced about as much the integrate weeks back – but Ford has reportedly confirmed at the Geneva Engine Show that it is merging the European as well as American high-performance divisions into asingle section. First up on A Blue Oval’s hi-po radar will be the hotted-up chronicle of a new next-gen Focus.
Will a car carry an ST, RS or SVT badge? That you don’t nonetheless know. Nor do we know what engine will be powering a hot induce, yet our best theory That goes along nicely with rumormill provender would be the four-cylinder EcoBoost. Maybe Ford will find a couple of more ponies lurking insideof in the new 2.0-liter turbocharged and direct-injected mill. We’d additionally gladly take a Powershift six-speed dual purchase gearbox.
All-wheel or fron t-wheel drive? Dunno. Hatchback bodyshell? Probably, and we goal so. Sale date? No clue, though certainly not prior to 2011 hits and substantially well into a year. Price? We’ll see. Obviously, there are approach more questions than answers at this point, but you can consider our seductiveness officially irritated by the notion of a return to genuine performance from Ford’s notasked (in the U.S. at least) Focus height.
Gallery:2011 Ford Focus
[Source: Inside Line]
