The future is bright the future is Green

[FlyingfocRS]

Just been to Dagenham to get a preview of the new Focus RS ahead of the London Motorshow this week.
Pictures do not do this car or the colour any justice at all.
Had a very long chat with the guy in charge of the project who explained how this colour came about.
Basically Ford told him the project could go ahead as long as the car was Green, so they built a clay model, painted it green and showed it to the top brass.
They were initially shocked at the colour, they then explained that they mean't it had to be Enviromentally green not painted Green!
It will be available in White or Blue as well.

[rowpie]

looks wise it destroys the new impreza but so does everything else.

just hope thyey havn't made a mistake not giving it 4 wheel drive.

[FlyingfocRS]

Had a very long and informative chat with Jost Capito the boss of TeamRS.
Think this car re-writes the rules.
Jost - "We were on the handling circuit and the Evo X just couldn't shake us off no matter how hard he tried"
Jost - " Don't ask why this car isn't 4wd but ask why the others can't make a fwd chassis that outperforms their 4wd ones."
The guy is a star, a genuine petrolhead, we hoped we might get a quick 5 minute chat with him. We actually held up the unveiling cause he chatted to our group for over an hour.
He was even prepared to fob off the PR girl trying to arrange the evening press event to come and get his photo taken with us.

One of the chief engineers also talked at length explaining the "revoknuckle" system and other technical details on the car.
The biggest thing that came across was that for Jost and his team this wasn't just some car they had to build as part of their job it was a passion for them.
I was like a kid in a sweetie shop, they had emptied the heritage centre so they could use it for this unveiling, so we parked in a car park next to things like Kankunen's WRC Escort, H1FEV which is a 1993 Mk1 Esccort rally car that Ford built especially as a tribute to FEV1H which was one of the classic Mk1 Rally cars, there was the Capri 4x4 prototype, A RS200 prototype, Cortinas, Transits, Zephyrs, Zodiacs, Anglias, Lotus Cortinas etc etc Didn't know what to drool over first.

[rowpie]

sounds like you had a blast mate.

I'm going down to prodrive in august so no doubt i'll be that kid in a sweet shot as well then.

the big question remains though. you getting one

[FlyingfocRS]

I have one on order yes

[rowpie]

lucky bas

i just got the scooby tweeked a bit so now running 310 brake instead of the original 218 brake. so much more fun although i don't think those of a climate change disposition would approve of my exhaust system now.

when i turn 25 next year i'll be after a go of course when insurance companies stop hating me.... ok there never going to stop hating me but i can hope.

any idea of delivery date and what colour did you go for?

[FlyingfocRS]

Sometime from march onwards.
Electric Green but might change my mind to white once I actually see one.
Can change the colour and spec up until 2 weeks before it's actually built.

[Nightlord]

So tell us then, are you the 10-foot tall giant at the back of the group photo

[rowpie]

na. he's a technology buff. he's the one with the biggest lens......

[FlyingfocRS]

Nah that's Ritchie
He is taller than me though at 6ft 5in
I'm a mere 6ft 4in
I am the one next o Jost Capito
So that's from the right Col, Jost, Alan then me with the untucked shirt and the camera in my hand hanging down.
Yep the ugly one in the middle!