Og i den anledning slippes en begrenset serie på 1500 stykker i Nord-Amerika til høsten.
Ford har sett hva som rører seg i ulike nettforum, og der var en gjenganger fargemuligheter. Så denne Limited Edition blir mulig i fargevalget Race Red. Nitrous Blue er den andre fargen. Det er mer enn rød lakkfarge som skiller disse fra normalen. Quaife leverer godsaker til fronthjulene. Taket blir svart sammen med takspoileren og sidespeilene. Smidde felger, og ellers ganske så fullspekket blir denne mulig å bestille i sommer. Eneste negative her at at disse blir kun å få i USA og Canada. Men vi har jo håp om at Ford Europa finner på noe i samme gate. Hva om du kunne velge mellom blå eller rød?
2018 Ford Focus RS: Limited Edition Revealed | Focus RS | Ford Performance
SEMA 2017 åpnet dørene i dag og Ford Performance har noe de vil vise oss.
Kun for track use er meldingen, men garantien gjelder fortsatt. Så da ser vi dette i Focus RS på treffene våre neste år?
Sakser fra pressemeldingen:
The Drift Stick – internally called Project Wicked Stick and led by Ford Performance program manager John Wicks – was born out of the Focus RS industry-first Drift Mode and developed by the same team.
“The passionate engineers at Ford Performance are also enthusiasts,” said Dave Pericak, global director, Ford Performance. “Everyone here is encouraged to think outside the box, so project ‘Wicked Stick’ was born. Our engineers will leverage the learnings from its development for many future products for Ford Performance and, ultimately, take back even more of an innovative spirit when they rejoin our mainstream engineering teams.”
The Drift Stick is an aluminum lever between the driver’s seat and manual transmission, which uses the innovative Ford Performance all-wheel-drive system in conjunction with the antilock braking system, opening up the rear-drive unit clutches and applying hydraulic pressure to lock the rear wheels to induce drift with the simple pull of a lever. The results are clutch-free drift turns very similar to the experience of a real rally car.