Great review. Love this car. I have one in grey. Granted it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, some love it and others hate it. Same way I feel about golfs, not my bag, much prefer the focus RS and I was an Audi lover before I purchased this, different strokes for different folks I guess.

I normally love your reviews and will continue to watch, but got to admit this one grated on me a little. I feel like you pre-determined way too much of your verdict prior to driving, and only edged it back enough to say basically "decent for a ford"

Love the colour, used to have a focus, not an RS but it was a good car. I've driven the fiesta st, good fun car too. Great video.

I am a ford focus man had the mk 1 in 2003 loved it remapped with a blue fin remapper scorpion exhaust decated 270 bhp used my RS as a daily driver great car MK2 and MK3 good cars

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The car does way more than an evora but the brakes and tyres don't give up on track. The brakes hold out better than the m2 it actually takes quite a few hard laps before you get any brake fade. I have mine on ps4s and with the twinster awd system the grip and speed out of corners really amazed me. You should maybe try get hold of 1 for a track day or some really fast b road action i think you'd be a lot more fond of the car after it but great review

Good review. This car is jack of all trades. Very fast and practical. Also this car is huuge for a hatchback. And You're not used to turbo-lag because in Evora You've got supercharger which gives instant power delivery :) Focus RS is my dream hot hatch. It's good allround :)

The standard seats have you sitting lower. Good video, keep um coming please.

The best car reviews great presentation

Saw one at work the other day, why do hot hatches keep having to get so big?! Would prefer that running gear in a fiesta sized car !

The bangs, lag and torque sound ideal for me, I love a car that doesn't care, one that is a little bit silly

Getting addicted to your reviews you do seem to seek out the cars a guineunily would like to drive and a few i have had 350z for example not to interested in the modern stuff now a days but I do own one of these brand new 2018 one of the last ones in the same colour as this one the only gripe av got with this video is the mostly front wheel drive feel you gave if you genuinely push these round a corner on full whack they feel more rear wheel drive bias very clever awd system it is capable of sending 70% power to rear wheels and then 100% that to each of those rear wheels in any driving mode you really have to push to feel it tho great review tho a keep them coming 👍

Excellent video

Pass my driving test in mk2 escort & owned escorts.. The last fast ford I owned was a Tarmac spec mk2 escort.....Lots for power does not always equal a better car...as I'm sure you know all too well...I'm sure for 30 something year olds this is a good choice.... I'm more at the softer end of the hot hatch market with my DSG S3.....good view

That car looks like something on the front cover of the 90s boy racers magazine, Max Power.

Good review.

The setting of the dampers can be decoupled from each mode with a push on the left stalk.

great review mate, Im hanging for my delivery

how much would it cost to mk3 driving side switch to the left side? arent the rs mk3 faster than the american made ford rs because it has higher od

Good honest review. Looking forward to what the owner thinks of the Lotus.

Very diplomatic review there, Jay lol. I know what you mean, though. I'm not a fan of hot hatchbacks either.

They look flipping massive on the roads

Great until the head gasket goes like mine did. Then the big ends failed. … Think the engine isn’t really up to what’s been required. The 2.0 ST engine was way better, closed deck block etc.

Brakes are great. Engine is pretty nice. But you have to extend your arm fully to shift gears, the seating position is that of a lorry and it has absolutely insane understeer and crap suspension.

Is there a review on the Golf R?

You said it exactly right, it is a Ford Focus

That's all well and good. But imagine what the 700kg Zenos E10r does with the same engine.

Doesn't the Evora cost twice that of the RS?

Bit on the late side. I bought a 17 and have still had it for longer than this review has been out lol. Not a bad review though.

Me got a 2008 Ford Fiesta Xr4 WQ And a 2018 Ford Focus RS

Jay,so Honda Type R FK8 next then

this car is way faster than the american ford rs it has higher speed od

still don't think it looks better than the mk2 rs with 2 doors and wide body kit " Did the rs focus feel as quick as the m4 you drove on the video the other day?

The Victorian police released a statement when this car was released canning it as irresponsible and threatening harsh penalties for anyone caught hooning in it.

new intro!!

I don't understand how you can complain about the harshness of the seats in a CLA45 AMG and yet these optional Recaro seats are very harsh to say the least, that combined with the harsh ride quality you still find them comfortable.

So it a Ford then

Black wheels again James - No

My vacuum cleaner sounds better mk1 and mk2 all day every day

drove one of these heaps the other month. gotta say I hate feel of em, reminds me of an audi rs3, just push n go type car it felt so artificial. ide love to see one of these pitted against a 04 impreza sti ppp, these things had 340 brake, wat a car. makes these things feel plastic.