Ford Focus RS with 330 hp: Confirmed 2015. The third generation Ford Focus RS will go on sale in 2015, according to senior hands of Ford have confirmed to the British publication Autocar.The new Ford Focus RS engine mount a 2.3-liter 4-cylinder turbo in a transverse position, which would develop 330 hp of maximum power, sent directly to the front wheels, and equip a limited slip differential. Also, new symposer Sound system incorporated to amplify engine noise in the cabin.See the third-generation Focus RS, with 330 hp …

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Things are going to get really interesting in 2015

Honda is also pushing out a near 300HP Civic Type R, not confirmed state side.

The new 2015 WRX and WRX STI is also being redone.

The 2015 mustang as well

Cars that are the most and least fun to drive - Yahoo! Autos

Congrats goes out to Alien_yet_familiar as the winner of the April 2013 Ford Focus ST of the Month Contest! Alien_yet_familiar will receive a brand Superchips Focus ST Redline SCR in-cabin tuner!!

Current Focus ST mods include: Window Tint, Clear Bra.

Focus ST modifications waiting on the kitchen table include: Redline Tuning Hood Struts, E-Focus RMM, and Green Air Filter.

A little more about the winner and their ST:

Originally Posted by alien_yet_familiar

My ST was my graduation gift to myself. I went back to school at 28 to obtain my nursing degree. I worked two jobs while attending school full-time. I graduated in December, and am an oncology RN on an inpatient cancer care unit. My work is precious to me, because I am not only a cancer nurse, I am a cancer survivor - 18 years cancer-free.

I anticipated the ST every day from the moment I heard it was coming to the US. I ordered it in January, and I had a hard time sleeping for days. I brought it home in March, and I couldn't take my eyes off of it. It's my daily driver - 35 miles one way to work every day. I also plan on tracking it, as I do my SVT Contour. Something about the ST tugs my heartstrings. I feel connected to the car, and love everything

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By Daniel Anslow

The Ford Fiesta ST has just gone on sale – with 1,000 orders already placed – and the Ford Focus ST has been in dealers for a good few months now and is the best-selling hot hatch in Europe.

Both cars are EcoBoost turbocharged; 1.6-litre and 180bhp for the Fiesta; 2-litre and 247bhp for the Focus, and now, probably like no other STs before them, these sharpened hatches (and a sexy estate for the Focus too) were developed with track use firmly front of mind. Back lane blasting and everyday commuting are also key points, but with track days on the up, ST drivers are more likely than ever to take to the apex in anger.

And here we are in Wales, near Cardiff, at the not-so-famous but soon to be loved, Llandow circuit. It’s small, very easy to learn, has some nadgery chicanes and corner complexes, and two straights of enough length to get these STs into fourth gear, sniffing around 100mph. Ford chose this tucked away, unassuming little track to showcase their Fiesta and Focus ST models, and I can tell you right now that these are a couple of quick cars that anyone can go fast in.

Electronics are the key
Not more than a few years ago the phrase ‘stability control’ would have car journalists sneering in contempt. Over zealous, power sapping systems with about as much gentle touch as Tyson, that cut the bhp to the powered wheels the moment there was a bit of wheelspin. But these latest ST cars have come a long way from a computed safety point of view, and we can all have some track hooning excitement in an on-the-edge-feeling-car, but without fear of changing the shape of the surrounding scenery.

Some of today’s hot hatches use a mechanical limited slip differential to best apply the power to the tarmac through the driven front wheels, but these Fords use pure computing power and the brakes to automatically keep things in trim. The advantages of this are price, weight and an ability to tune the system until the very last moment before the car goes on sale. Both the Fiesta ST and Focus ST are keenly priced in their segment... [Read More]

Ford just posted an ST commercial to their YouTube page.

The automaker best defined by the Super Duty finally has a proper performance compact once again. The 2013 Ford Focus ST comes to us a decade after the world class 2002-04 Focus SVT, our domesticated version of the first-generation Euro Focus ST, languished on dealership lots. The excellent independent rear-suspension that blessed all Mark I Focus models reacted brilliantly to the performance modifications. The SVT featured a Cosworth-fettled 170-horsepower engine and it ran circles around the lackluster Mark IV Volkswagen GTI.

Ford of Europe then developed a second-generation Focus ST, full of character with its 222-horsepower turbocharged five-cylinder engine providing an offbeat engine soundtrack. I spent a couple of weeks with one in the UK in 2006 and loved it. Excellent steering and chassis dampening allowed the ST to tackle England’s bumpy, cambered B roads at an almost-inconceivable pace. Sadly, Americans were never offered that great Ford, even in base-Focus trim.

As Volkswagen revitalized its GTI with the fifth-generation model (our 2007 Automobile of the Year), Ford had nothing in North America that could battle the legendary German hot hatch. Then Alan Mulally’s “One Ford” re-converged the North American Focus with the new, Mark III European Focus, and an ST soon followed.

The ST has won many comparison tests against cars like the Mark VI VW GTI, but that doesn’t mean the 252-horsepower Focus is good to drive on a daily basis. So I’m going to live with one for a few months to find out how good it is.

I’ve always been a fan of performance hatchbacks. My first car was a 1983 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI. I’ve also owned a 1995 Volkswagen GTI VR6 (with a handful of modifications by Techtonics Tuning), a 2002 Mini Cooper S and a 2003 Mini Cooper S. When I lived in England, my daily driver was a first-generation Focus TDCi (diesel) with sport suspension. When I moved back to the States in late 2004, my wife’s pregnancy put a damper on my plans to buy a VW R32. Our children are now a bit older and the four-door hatchback setup of the Focus ST is perfect.

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From Edmunds.com

Last night while perusing the DirecTV Guide, I came upon an episode of British motoring program Fifth Gear featuring a Tangerine Scream 2013 Ford Focus ST. Whatya know? That exact car just happened to be sitting a few floors below in my garage.

Beyond being incredibly jealous that the pointily sideburned presenter got to drive the Focus ST on a spectacular strip of Norwegian road, I took note of his principal beef with the car: the body style.

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