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Written by Ollie Kew
We haven"t looked at a hot hatch so far in TG"s guide to concept cars. And the reason is simple. 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- 4500 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 wilder bodywork and a power output north of 190bhp. Well, this was 12 years ago.
Date written: 30 Aug 2016
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We haven"t looked at a hot hatch so far in TG"s guide to concept cars. And the reason is simple. 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- 4500 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 wilder bodywork and a power output north of 190bhp. Well, this was 12 years ago.
Date written: 30 Aug 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4829
