Description
Documentation
Welcome to the sale of our stunning MK2 Ford Focus RS with just 52 Miles and 1 previous owner from new. This car is spotless inside and out as you can imagine with only 52 miles. The car is completely standard and has never been touched, it has been dry stored its whole life and has never seen the rain. The car has just been serviced and had its cambelt done as the cambelt is due every 10 years or 100, 000 miles. The previous owner was a farmer who bought it and then decided he didn’t want to drive it as of the muddy conditions where he lived, he then put it in dry storage until he decided to sell and get it MOT’D in 2015 and first service in 2016 which even then he did not drive it far, we then purchased the car on the 2nd of April 2017. The car was then trailered to have an mot and service. It has been serviced and MOT’D every year since regardless of mileage. The car is always put on a trailer each year for its service and MOT to keep the mileage to a minimum, and has been in dry storage ever since we purchased the car.
Overview
Few hatchbacks have made a bigger impact than the second Ford Focus RS did when it burst into our world in January 2009. It wasn’t just the headline output figures of 300bhp and 324lb ft. Here was a fast Ford with the visual clout to put many mid-engined sports cars in the shade. Any lingering regrets that it didn’t have four-wheel drive were soon blown away by the character and delivery of the turbocharged five-cylinder engine and a chassis that did a remarkably fine job of channelling those rampaging horses through the front axle.
Bodywork & interior
This car is spotless inside and out, there is not a single stone chip, scratch or dent on this car. These cars very rarely come to market in this condition and especially with only 52 miles from new.
Mechanics
The range of modifications from the ST to RS was extensive, the latter benefitting from new con-rods, pistons and crank on top of the usual work around the turbo and exhaust. Drop 305hp and 324lb ft in a FWD hot hatch now and it would be competitive; back then it must have felt ballistic. While there's more lag and a little less willingness to rev than the latest hot hatch turbos, the mid-range feels super strong (thank the extra 500cc over most hot hatches for that) and the noise is fantastic. In case you hadn't guessed. It lends this RS a more endearing character than the four-cylinder cars, the noise more authentic and cultured than the augmented racket in the new RS
