Ford Escort RS vs Focus RS: Which is the better RS? 

so the milage doesn't go up ;)

Did Colin Macrae and Nicky Grist not feature in the WRC in a Focus RS forgive me if I am wrong .

That's why jolly club who ran Martini deltas ditched them for cosworths then is it you bum

That's died for you. Bunch of sneaky wankers!

Basically, the mk 3 Ford Focus RS is the equivalent car today as the 1996 Escort RS Cosworth. I think the Focus RS is better value, more up to date, faster but still has character which is essential in a fast ford.

_That_Croatian_Petrolhead_ c'mon man check out the mobil one rally car.

Caleb Bilton. i did...

_That_Croatian_Petrolhead_ pretty awesom.i fell in love with this car when i was 10.we live next to maramarua forest,used to be a stage in wrc.ari vatinen and the team did there service at a barn on our farm..

Caleb Bilton Wow...

Damien Leggatt lol, is that 355 the same one thats blowing up in most of the focus rs's as we speak? Ford still stands for Found On Road Dead... for a reason, u get a bigger engine with a shite interior, and the engine will blow up on you if u put the pedal down... ill keep my gti thanks 😎

GTI was a slow peace of crap...lol...

Not compared to the mk 3 Escort though.

Well, the mk 3 focus RS has just started to increase in value this year and this is very promising. In the future, it will most likely be remembered as one of the last "old school"(modern classic) racing hatches with similar attributes to the Escort RS Cosworth. No doubt, there are quite a number of people who remember the 1996 Escort RS Cosworth very fondly, and rightly so. It was indeed an excellent car for the nineties and these cars were highly sought after a while after. Today it remains a unique modern classic car, yet today, of those that remain are generally modified examples, some good, and some not so good. Obviously, an original unmodified example usually commands the highest value. People in the future will probably compare the Ford Focus mk 3 RS as being much more similar to the 1996 Escort RS in comparison as to how we see the cars currently. It's interesting because now we can see there's quite a different between the two vehicles and this is mainly down to technology. Die hards also tend to see the Escort RS Cosworth as being greatly superior (which it isn't), presumably because of less insulation, slightly closer to the ground, less doors, etc,etc... the usual stuff.. Admittedly, when the Escort RS Cosworth (or Cossie) was launched, it seemed a road/ racing car in terms of technology, ergonomics, safety and modernity. Yet it certainly had a hefty price tag, that's for sure and far too expensive for most folks. It was more expensive to produce, than the mk 3 Focus RS, and it was well known that it was part made of Sierra Sapphire and Ford Escort (pre 1996) parts. However, it was a Cosworth, so I would say this remains a bonus over the Focus RS. So all in all, it may be worth a little more, say, in 20 years than the Mk 3 Ford Focus RS .

The Mk3 will definitely increase in price.

myoutlaw Yea.....a dead engine after 10.000km. You're on the wrong side of youtube buddy, this isn't your place.

myoutlaw...erm you know the RS'S (well some of them) have volvo engines.....which will out live the planet!

The engines in the new focus RS live about 6 months if your lucky.

*lives....and You're.......just saying.

Coming from the Grammar Queen himself.............just saying.

The current Fiesta ST can.

DJ Paranoia soley because it's "newer" your one of those ppl think newer is automatically better Oh brother

Tyler Wallace and you're "one of those" who assume I think something's better bc it's newer. Nowhere did I state the Focus RS is better because it's newer. Work on your reading comprehension. It's newer so I expect it to be faster. I fully understand and respect the Escort.

DJ Paranoia "OFCOURSE bc it is NEWER as in because it's newer it has to looks better simply because the years thet were produced . #TeamRS" like the team RS at the end wasnt cringe worthy enough

Tyler Wallace you've made no point at all still. I said the RS looks better and it's because I believe it looks better. I can have a subjective opinion about how a car looks smh. Again, nowhere did I indicate the RS is better because it's newer. Oh...and #TeamRS

DJ Paranoia ok so "ofcourse because it's newer and styled as such" means what right after you say something of a camparitve nature?

I have an Escort cosworth, and i can tell you that they ARE fast, and they are a lot more mechanical to drive then the new focus.. The focus is faster and more comfortable, but the cosworth has is something very special, and you feel it when you drive. Having said that, the escorts are NEVER stock, they more or less come with the 330kit and it really helps the car!

Next you will tell me they do 330hp on 803 green injectors that are 384cc and not even good enough for 290hp ! Not fast drive crap and have the worst gearbox known to man !

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a2epPsop0tE.html they do make 330 or thereabouts. as for the gearbox, you are right, not the best of gearboxes, but you have to remember that this is a 30 year old car... but since you come to vids like this and are all angry, what 90`s car do you think is the best?

you sir know not a thing about cosworths, stardard injectors are good for about 300hp with the fuel pressure turned up with the correct map, greens are good for up to 360hp-380hp again with the right setup, then you can put in greys but it is lumpy low down as there is too much fuel for idle but are good for aleast 460hp, as all these injectors are for the 1980s (30+ years old) there is the Siemans injectors now with the right set up are good for 1000+hp still with four only, as the old way was to put in eight. As for driving the escort is a lot easyer than a 2 wheel drive cossie,

kevin w mk2 is the Volvo engine

That Volvo engine was the Audi 5 cylinder out of the group b quattro........they bought the design off Audi.......