8/3/2023 0 Comments 2016 ford focus![]() ![]() They come covered in a mix of cloth and leather as standard, while full leather can be ordered as part of a $2785 package that includes heating for the front seats, a heated steering wheel, heated mirrors, and a navigation system. A pair of thickly bolstered Recaro bucket seats is the sole major upgrade made here to the Focus cabin. It’s fair and truthful to complain that the RS’s interior is just as cluttered and cheap as that of the $18,100 version, but that’s par for the course in this class-no one ever bought a Subaru WRX STI for its interior. (Since we first published this story, Ford has informed us that bigger, longer, smokier slides are possible if you press and hold the stability-control button after selecting Drift mode.)ĬHARLIE MAGEE It’s Not What’s Inside that Counts In the Focus RS, you can attempt to understeer by accelerating at the limit of cornering grip, but the car calmly continues to rotate, rather than plow toward the outside of the corner. Transverse-engine, all-wheel-drive vehicles typically carry the bulk of their weight on the front axle-the Focus RS has 59.4 percent of its weight on its nose-and prefer to bias the torque to the front tires. In that sense, the system does provide a service. We were expecting Drifting for Dummies instead we got an understeer-mitigation system. As soon as the driver even thinks of dialing in opposite lock-a key element of a controlled drift-the ghost of a fun-hating lawyer shuts down the party. The RS rarely skates around corners in smoky, sustained oversteer. When you do manage to break the rear tires free, Drift mode manifests as a brief wag of the tail before the brakes haul things back into line. There’s also a trick torque-vectoring system that can shuttle as much as 70 percent of the engine’s thrust to a single rear wheel, a delightful six-speed manual, and enough grip to rival a Porsche.Īll that traction is at odds with the RS’s Drift mode. You get 350 of each-ponies and pound-feet-in a 3459-pound package. The Focus RS’s 2.3-liter turbocharged inline-four delivers power and torque as if the two have been packaged in a Kirkland-branded bundle. It’s like buying horsepower in bulk from Costco. But with the Focus RS, doubling the $18,100 starting price of the plebeian-spec Focus nets more than twice as much car. ![]() It takes thousands of dollars to trim tenths of a second from acceleration runs or to gain hundredths of a g in lateral acceleration. Paying for performance is a fool’s game-financially, at least. 2016 Ford Focus RS Battles the STI and Golf R!.2016 Ford Focus RS: 14 Things You Need to Know. ![]()
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