Haha yeah maybe if it were awd but it's not. The Evo X sawd system is awesome. From tarmac gravel to snow. Each giving torque splits to the front and rear. I love my X
I got to admit that Focus RS in white looks much better than green and blue. But as much as I love that Focus RS, I take the Evo. The 10th generation Lancer is where Mitsubishi really got the styling right.
I'd have to agree I had the evo 10 FQ 300 with the SST gear box and I had nothing but problems with it, after spending 1500 quid on a new cam chain after 36000 miles I traded it in for the focus RS and I love it the sound is brilliant, it makes me wish I'd gone for this in the first place.
Hi I'm from the future. There is an upgraded stronger chain now! The engine is an open deck design on the Focus and has proved unreliable, unlike the semi-closed design on the evo.
wooh my evo won :) that being said, this was done in the MT... after driving with the TC-SST in S-Sport, it's really hard to do handbrake 180's and also hard to get a good launch.
Just an FYI - we have a few companies here in the US that track the reliability of automakers, such as JD Power and Consumer Reports, etc and according to them, many of the US Fords match the reliability of the japanese autos, and exceed the average reliability of the volkswagens, bmws, audis, etc. I'm not a huge ford fan at all, I just figured you might want to check it out.
100% agree. they're starting to do so though, ive seen commercials for the mondeo being sold as the new taurus. but i also read somewhere that the focus rs will NOT come to north america because it would be too costly to streamline manufacturing processes here (as NA focus and EUR focus are 2 completely different cars) shame.
@JetpackJamiie very true and top gear is a great program with some twisted tests etc..people gotta love it for sure! That said, never forget clarkson and co got drivinglessons from tiff needell in the early stages...they'll probably won't drive that bad , especially looking at some of the drifts they make in some neatly powerfull cars. But they are just not interrested in the real racing-bit of it all , like many people. So yes , FG is boring, but in my thinking also a good addition to TG .
A friend of mine has a tuning company and so a dyno at his company factory. He owns a Focus rs and an new rs 500 and put it on a dyno. The normal focus only had 230 hp and the rs 500 something around 260 he said. They tried to tune the rs (normal one) and didn't get it over 300 hp. I've heard this shit before with other fast cars ! I'm a big fan of the focus rs and this was a real slap in the face for me, and also for him spending 45000 euros on a RS 500
Well even with the same hp focus is going to lose very bad!!! I saw evo vs lambo on a track and the evo win !!! People dont understand that evo is here from the 90" ,this car was build for race , and not for having nice seats ,nice entertainment etc.... Just pure racing. Evo is other Lv and this evo x is about 8 years old.
@opuliski Stop watches have been used in every form of motorsport since their inception. Even with the cool gps timing gear in our race cars we still use stop watches from the pits for our own feel for the pace. To your credit though, there's just no way to get that ten thousanths place in your timing with the stop watch. You still have to use modern timing gear for that. -cheers-
That's funny, Jay Leno owns both of them to, he said he has never had a single problem out of ether. And did use the term "bullet proof" to describe the motors.
These guys know how to drive because, the old man there is Tiff Neddell. A legendary F1 racer. He also used to work for top gear, but obviously found it is script to biased. So.. Yeah. Tiff's no vulgar, he's honest to his opinions, and I very well respect him for that.
@RSTBADBOY yeah and the ST engine is just taken from the Volvo T5's, infact my dad has a Volvo V70 R which is 300 bhp so they've probably just put that one in the RS.
are you kidding me, how many evo vs. sti vids do you need, i'm sure there's more than a million of em on youtube, and about 5 million more on the web. We don't need another one of those
It is available here, they've bought 400 to this country so far, most of them were pre ordered but there is the odd one popping up in the show rooms, mainly in that vial green color!! Lol. I think there are more on the way very soon but i think i'll stick to the Mountune ST, same performance figures, more comfort and better economy for a hell of a lot less money.
I think one thing that would revamp Ford's market to young people would to bring the Ford Focus RS to America that car can compete with the Evo X and the WRX STI
True.. Even with a TCS, the driver was still losing traction on 2nd gear. That's one of the reason why it's losing time. Not only that, since it's FWD, and has too much power for an FWD, it's putting too much pressure on the front tires, which causing to lose loose grip faster, and wearing out the tires faster. That's why it was having bad understeer, and it was affecting the breaking performance. I think the Focus wouldve won if it was at least a RWD or 4WD..
The Evo only gets Chassis que's from the Lancer. The AWD came from the Galant VR-4 in 1992 when the Evo 1 was introduced into the rally circuits. The only reason it retained the LANCER name was because it was easier to name it the Lancer Evolution rather than start a whole new line of cars after putting together a Rally ready frankenstein out of other mitsubishi cars/parts. It is NOT an evolved version of the Lancer, considering Dodge/Chrysler ALSO owned the rights to the Lancer.
Esperaba este resultado, pero aún así, no queda nada mal el focusillo contra el "4 patas" evo. Tiene su mérito particular para tirar solo de alante. El evo, muy bién como siempre. Por cierto, curiosa la prueba del penalti de fútbol, me a hecho gracia.
The 4 wheel drive will have edge at some point. Can't directly compare a 4WD and a 2WD head-to-head. I will still go for the Mitsubishi Evo in this case.
FQ 400 vs RS 440 Would acctually be a challange with the Stig as the 2.5L is not as squeezed from factory as the Evo MR but with the right parts... The Focus is better value for money, comfort + the ad ons equals less than the extortion of over 50k for new FQ 400
