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Focus mega-hatch to join Ford’s go-fast division Jez Spinks, drive.com.au, July 24, 2008 Ford Performance Vehicles is saying no to Europe’s new 220kW Focus RS but is set to say yes to its own, locally built version. JEZ SPINKS reports. Ford Performance Vehicles will snub Europe’s new Focus RS and instead build its own hot-hatch to create an expanded, four-vehicle line-up. The second-generation Focus RS has just been launched by Ford of Europe at the 2008 British motor show, but FPV says it would prefer to create its own mega-hatch based on the next-generation Focus that will be built in Australia from 2011. “I just can’t see a business case stacking up [for a new FPV model] when the mother car is an imported car,” says FPV boss Rod Barrett. “The opportunity for FPV to expand and consider its expansion plans will be when other... [read full story]
