Focus St 500(Dont get too excited)

[Jon GT2]

http://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/rsocbb/showthread.ph...

Edited by Jon GT2 on Friday 27th July 13:46

[_Lee_]

All sounds interesting but where's the engine upgrade?

[Dave_ST220]

In reality nothing more than the milenium specials they came out with, engine upgrades are availble from some dealers(Wolf upgrades). A tweek of 30ps would have been nice but this is Ford...........

[Jon GT2]

Removed.

Edited by Jon GT2 on Friday 27th July 12:15

[Flasher]

Where did this come from? Nothing on the Ford website...

[Dave_ST220]

Removed as requested

Edited by Dave_ST220 on Friday 27th July 12:29

[cj_eds]

Dave_ST220 said:

Removed as requested

Edited by Dave_ST220 on Friday 27th July 12:29

I'm too late. Bring it back mods

Edited by cj_eds on Friday 27th July 13:29

[Flasher]

cj_eds said:

Dave_ST220 said:

Removed as requested

Edited by Dave_ST220 on Friday 27th July 12:29

I'm too late. Bring it back mods

Edited by cj_eds on Friday 27th July 13:29

Apparently it's going to be a limited edition in black with red leather and a few other bits and bobs. Nothing on Fords website yet.......

[Flasher]

Still not sure why it's been deleted really. My local dealer is quite openly pushing it...

Anyway, heres what the badge will look like



And it's going to be Black with red leather and silver stripes to commemorate the GT40 winning Le Mans....

[Witchfinder]

So not 500 horsepower then?

[Jon GT2]

Dealers up and down the country are speaking to customers about it and have been for some time but sadly Ford werent appreciative of me attempting to promote this new and exciting model,i think its due to a lack of communication within Ford and maybe they hadnt realised that the dealers had already been briefed,whatever the truth there is plenty of information out on the net and hopefully 500 eager buyers.One good thing that comes out of all of this is that Ford and are watching and interested in what is being discussed so maybe you have more influence than you realise.

[Nighthawk]

Jon GT2 said:

One good thing that comes out of all of this is that Ford and are watching and interested in what is being discussed so maybe you have more influence than you realise.

The only thing FMC are managing with any real success is fecking things up.

They've missed the boat so many times with models arriving far later than planned or poorly spec'd against their competition.

I've always been an oval fan and to a large extent......the oval pays my mortgage, but I have to see when it comes to giving the customer what they want, 9 times out of 10 they couldn't hit a barn door with a cannon @ 10yds

[Mark83]

Word is the ST500 is going to be a Panther Black ST3 with full silver stripes and full red leather interior and I'm sure Ford will put a nice premium on top.

[Dave_ST220]

Nighthawk said:

Jon GT2 said:

One good thing that comes out of all of this is that Ford and are watching and interested in what is being discussed so maybe you have more influence than you realise.

The only thing FMC are managing with any real success is fecking things up.

They've missed the boat so many times with models arriving far later than planned or poorly spec'd against their competition.

I've always been an oval fan and to a large extent......the oval pays my mortgage, but I have to see when it comes to giving the customer what they want, 9 times out of 10 they couldn't hit a barn door with a cannon @ 10yds

Sad but true

[Jon GT2]

I would assume that this thread is being followed with interest so cannot comment really more than i have done.

[cj_eds]

Jon GT2 said:

I would assume that this thread is being followed with interest so cannot comment really more than i have done.

If its being followed then here's a slight hint.

FOCUS RS.

Thank you.

In fact, b**er it, can we have a Cossie Focus & Mondeo? Vauxhall have the VXRK8 or whatever its called. Although admittedly it was built by GM's department that know how to build decent cars - aka Holden.

[Podie]

cj_eds said:

...Cossie ...

IIRC Cosworth is no longer Ford owned.

[cj_eds]

Podie said:

cj_eds said:

...Cossie ...

IIRC Cosworth is no longer Ford owned.

Its not, but a Sierra or Escort Cosworth is one of those cars I'd love to own, and to see a modern day equivalent would be great.

Edited by cj_eds on Monday 30th July 14:33

[Flasher]

Well, I might look at replacing mine later this year, and if I could find out something about the ST 500 it would be nice!

I can't believe they are keeping it a secret!

[Jon GT2]

Your local dealer should have information for you though pricing wasnt finalised from what i understand,i would expect a press release sometime soon.