His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...

The Ford Focus RS is the ridiculously powerful hatchback Europe has been teasing us with for years. But now the heavens smile upon the U.S. and will grace us with Ford's craziest family car. Except ...

Nelson Ireson October 16, 2014 Comment Now! A new generation of the awesome Ford Focus RS is no longer the subject of rumors, as prototypes for the car have been spotted for well over a year now. The ...

Having grown up in the Detroit area, Jeff has always been fascinated with cars. As a teen, he would help his neighbors work on their off-road trucks, and during high school, he spent his weekends ...

I was at a PT appointment when my therapist looked out the window, did a double take and asked: “Are you driving that blue thing this week?” When I said yes, he asked: “What in the heck is it? A ...

After decades of sitting on the wrong side of the Atlantic looking longingly at any number of fabulous Ford Focus RS models, we in The States will finally get the Focus RS performance hatchback.

On paper, the original Focus RS won’t blow your mind with its performance figures, but the way it behaves on a twisty mountain road will make you want to burn the paper, sell your SUV, and buy one as ...

Kenneth Hall January 29, 2009 Comment Now! Ford’s upcoming Focus RS sports hatch was first revealed in concept form at the London Motor Show back in July, and then again at the Paris Motor Show, but ...

Ford's RS (Rallye Sport) marque is now 40 years old. After legendary rally inspired models like the Escort RS 1600 or the Escort RS Cosworth, in 2002 the RS division launched the first ever Focus RS, ...

Along came the third-generation Ford Focus RS, and all anybody could talk about was Drift mode. Seldom has a vehicle made going sideways such a priority, yet in all the "road-going rally car" furore ...

The Ford Focus RS is America's first RS and the most powerful version of the hatch that has ever been offered. Enthusiasts who wanted an RS for years but could never get one snatched the car up at the ...

Count me among the embittered, my frustration growing with each passing year as another European sports wagon or hot hatch fails to make it to this side of the Atlantic. But the tide is slowly turning ...