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It's going to be a piece of history this car and absolutely justified in my eyes. It's FANTASTIC and I feel well worth the money. No Focus ST re-mapped and tarted up is a close match for that, no chance. My opinion anyway.

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I'll put my comments in now:

The above statement is just ludacrus. With the current economic state and cars losing thousands of pounds just driving it out the show room and then in the first 2 years losing 1/2 their value... which would mean £15,000 LOST on this car.

Everyone knows how much I want this car and how i've been following it and talking about it pretty much every day... this is really, really disappointing to me and unfortunatley if this is what is going to kick us enthusiasts in the teeth with then I shall be cancelling my order and taking my deposit back and get a 2nd hand Evo or such like.

Chris, you're not the only one who feels saddened by this and anyone who says that spending 30k on a Focus really should think twice... it would just be madness in my view.

If the car came out at this price this is how much it would end up costing:

28k for car
1.5 for 1x extra pack
Rent of a garage
Crazy Insurance Bill
£500 for Tracker + £300 yearly monitoring bill
£400 Tax
£.... on how ever much this new dealership tax will cost for such a economically unfriendly car.

Could buy a Porsche for that.

Scotty

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Just found out about this flyer that was given out at the motorshow in Zurich, and it is the first official indication that Ford have given on the prices.



I know that they are obviously in Swiss Francs, but... when you look at the price of a Focus ST on http://ford.ch/ (Swiss Ford website) and convert it into pounds it works out similar to here. That being the case, it could well be the same with the RS and those prices will be their equivalent here, in which case Ford are pricing it fairly expensive, especially after previously estimating it at between £24-25k.

£28,276 for the basic car
£0 extra for white (which is the standard colour)
£368 extra for performance blue
£1,054 extra for ultimate green
£1,190 for the comfort pack (leather sports seats, parking sensors, keyless entry, climate control)
£1,558 for the technology pack (DVD sat nav, anti-theft alarm, tyre pressure sensors)

Now, I had expected that the ultimate green would be at a premium (like with the electric orange on the ST), and although that would be a few hundred more than they charge for the orange, that's not a surprise to me. What is a surprise to me is the basic cost at over £28k. In reality it's £29.5k since no-one is surely going to buy an RS and not have it alarmed - possibly why Ford have said it's only available as an optional extra as part of a pack? Incidently, won't this affect the insurnace group? We knew it would be high anyways, but without an alarm as standard I'd have thought this would pretty much guarantee it to be group 20, and without actually going for that option insurers will laugh at you because of the risk it will be seen as.

If this truely is a real indication, and it is a like-for-like pricing compared to the Swiss, then I think Ford have possibly made a mistake, especially in the current climate. I just can't see it selling in big enough numbers at that level, and certainly not the wild figures of 4-8000 a year that had previously been thrown about. I know that Jost Capito has previously said that they had to make money on this one or it would be the last RS Ford would make, and all I can think of is that they've decided that they've a better chance of making a profit if they sell a small number at a high price, rather than a high volume at a lower price.

I know that at that level certainly I just wouldn't be able to stretch my finances quite that far if it's going to be over £30k, and I'd have no choice but to cancel my order. I suspect a few others around the country might well do the same. I'm gutted now after looking forwards for so long.

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I agree.

Buy a White ST and have it mapped to 300BHP then go to a dealer and buy the revo-knuckles. Hey presto, One Focus RS

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Or buy another FWD car with said Revo Knuckle (its identical I'm telling you lol), lighter (over 19 stone lighter!), same power as its always had, fastest production FWD car round the ring... for ohhh... say £23K?

3-4 weeks to go (hopefully!)

I really reckon this is going to be around the £25K mark for a decently specced car. I'm not 100% on this and perhaps our resident hunk of Swiss cheese can confirm this, but arent cars a lot more expensive over there anyway? I dont think what they price the car at is an accurate way of working out what it'll be here.

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Or buy another FWD car with said Revo Knuckle (its identical I'm telling you lol), lighter (over 19 stone lighter!), same power as its always had, fastest production FWD car round the ring... for ohhh... say £23K?

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Because its still a Renault!

Personally I think the R26R is awesome, but its not an everyday useable car. No aircon, reduced airbags, no radio/CD...... honestly if you're going down this route, spend 10K and get yourself a kitcar!