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At 6am this morning, the workforce at Ford"s Saarlouis plant started the first of the day"s three eight-hour shifts. The counter that clocks the number of cars built each day was reset to zero, a bell rang and, across 510 work stations, work began.It was an unusual day for two reasons. One, they allowed a numpty to join in the work on the production line, and two, today"s the day the first ever customer-ready Focus RS rolls down the production line and out of the factory. Until today, all Focus RSs you"ve seen were either TT or PP models Tool Tryout or Production Prototype. From today on, these are the cars you can buy.But not this one, because that"s mine. Not literally mine, but in 10 separate places the 165th car to roll through this vast yet calm hub of industriousness bears my mark. It"s the third Focus RS to come down the line today, and the very first right-hooker. And this evening, when it"s finished and has been checked (I"m not insulted about this) I"m going to drive it back to Blighty and introduce it to some proper B-roads.Photography: Rowan HorncastleThis feature was originally published in the May 2016 issue of Top Gear Magazine.
Date written: 14 May 2016
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At 6am this morning, the workforce at Ford"s Saarlouis plant started the first of the day"s three eight-hour shifts. The counter that clocks the number of cars built each day was reset to zero, a bell rang and, across 510 work stations, work began.It was an unusual day for two reasons. One, they allowed a numpty to join in the work on the production line, and two, today"s the day the first ever customer-ready Focus RS rolls down the production line and out of the factory. Until today, all Focus RSs you"ve seen were either TT or PP models Tool Tryout or Production Prototype. From today on, these are the cars you can buy.But not this one, because that"s mine. Not literally mine, but in 10 separate places the 165th car to roll through this vast yet calm hub of industriousness bears my mark. It"s the third Focus RS to come down the line today, and the very first right-hooker. And this evening, when it"s finished and has been checked (I"m not insulted about this) I"m going to drive it back to Blighty and introduce it to some proper B-roads.Photography: Rowan HorncastleThis feature was originally published in the May 2016 issue of Top Gear Magazine.
Date written: 14 May 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 3417