Ford returned to work on the most powerful version of the Focus RS

The suspension design of the new Focus RS, the company announced last spring.

Company Ford resumed the development of the most powerful version of the model the Focus of the third generation - RS. It is expected that the hot hatch will appear in 2015.

According to Barb Samardzic, Vice-President of the European Ford to develop new products, the latest research has shown that customers are interested in the appearance of the model lineup of the company charged with the car in a variety of segments.

We have enough room in the lineup for the hottest cars in the compact, medium and full-sized segments. We can do like cars in ST version, which can also be machines on every day, so more serious racer-oriented options RS-said the representative of the Ford Foundation.

Although Samardzic not formally confirmed the emergence of a Focus RS third generation, some other representatives of the company, who wished to remain anonymous, said that work on the new has already begun.

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It is expected that the hot hatch will get a new 2.3-liter four-cylinder turbo engine with a capacity of about 330 horsepower, front limited slip differential, and RevoKnuckle front suspension with individual rotary fists, which minimizes the effect thruster at high speed. As the model of the second generation, the future RS will remain front-wheel drive.

Previously it was assumed that the future Focus RS can get a hybrid, in which the petrol engine will work alongside an electric motor driving the rear wheels. The possibility of occurrence of this hybrid in August 2011 refuted the head of the Department of compact cars Ford Gunnar Herrmann. The implementation of such ideas was deemed too expensive.

To suspend the development of the new Focus RS company announced last spring. Such a decision Ford explained the desire to focus on the release of other modifications, including the electric version of the Focus, other models that use its platform, such as crossover Kuga new generation.