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Written by Ollie Kew
Concept" hot hatches are usually extremely thinly veiled production cars. Manufacturers stick bigger wheels and brighter seatbelts in an otherwise road-ready hatch, stick it on the show stand, and watch online forums go into a quick-darling-sell-the-dog-immediately" meltdown. Hot hatches are supposed to be easy to justify.With that in mind, let"s rewind to 2004. Ford has wrapped production of the Focus RS, a controversially wayward but sensationally fast and aggressive hot hatchback that reportedly made a near- 4,500 loss per car produced, due to its hand-finished build. But the RS fans are salivating. They want a new flagship. They"re eyeing the current 150bhp Fiesta ST, and wondering what it"d be like with wilder bodywork and a power output north of 190bhp. Well, this was 15 years ago.
Date written: 11 Feb 2019
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ID: 14808
Concept" hot hatches are usually extremely thinly veiled production cars. Manufacturers stick bigger wheels and brighter seatbelts in an otherwise road-ready hatch, stick it on the show stand, and watch online forums go into a quick-darling-sell-the-dog-immediately" meltdown. Hot hatches are supposed to be easy to justify.With that in mind, let"s rewind to 2004. Ford has wrapped production of the Focus RS, a controversially wayward but sensationally fast and aggressive hot hatchback that reportedly made a near- 4,500 loss per car produced, due to its hand-finished build. But the RS fans are salivating. They want a new flagship. They"re eyeing the current 150bhp Fiesta ST, and wondering what it"d be like with wilder bodywork and a power output north of 190bhp. Well, this was 15 years ago.
Date written: 11 Feb 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14808