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Old 04-10-2005, 10:44 PM   #1
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I was wondering if its possible to get Focus RS is Australia?

would be better than getting a WRX or an EVO, too many of them on the roads.
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Old 04-10-2005, 10:53 PM   #2
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There is a Focus ST turbo coming to Australia. It's got more power than the RS model. But you could probably import an RS.
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Old 05-10-2005, 12:04 AM   #3
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No, no RS' in AU.

Wouldn't have much luck either, be quite hard to import one of them

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Old 05-10-2005, 12:10 AM   #4
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No, no RS' in AU.

Wouldn't have much luck either, be quite hard to import one of them

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Than go the ST. 165kw and 320nm. Runs a straight 5 cylinder turbo engine and a 6 speed manual (no auto available)
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Old 05-10-2005, 01:29 AM   #5
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The only chance of getting one imported would be as a personal import.
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Old 05-10-2005, 08:24 AM   #6
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Any idea when the turbo ST will be coming? Any idea on price? Is the turbo ST AWD or just FWD?

I recon it would be pretty hard to import an RS? Cause you would need to either import it for race or live outside the country and have proof you have been using it for more than a year. Thats the only way isn't it?
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Old 05-10-2005, 09:12 AM   #7
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Yep, that's how I'm considering bringing one back
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Old 05-10-2005, 09:16 AM   #8
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What go live overseas for a year?
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Old 05-10-2005, 11:00 AM   #9
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Yes thats what lincoln is doing

The ST is FWD only just the same as the RS

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Old 05-10-2005, 12:08 PM   #10
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I thought the RS was a turbo AWD?

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It would have been interesting to see the RS Focus released here - a 4WD, turbocharged, Rally-homologated beast of a hatch - but the ST170 can still hold it's own in the current hot hatch climate, providing moderate acceleration with brilliant handling characteristics.
Source: http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring.../XRT_st170.htm
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Old 05-10-2005, 02:50 PM   #11
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That's wrong, here are some articles on my website on the RS:

http://www.mymane.net/photos/EVODecember02
http://www.mymane.net/photos/EVOOctober02
http://www.mymane.net/photos/CAROctober02

Yes, I'm moving to the UK for a few years. I may just have to come back with an RS... we'll see
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Old 05-10-2005, 03:00 PM   #12
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So I might as well get the Zetec (Or a ST170? are these available in Aussie?) And then turbo or supercharge it myself.

Pitty there's no AWD version :(

I'm tosing up between the Focus and a Corolla Sportivo (I currently own a 97 Corolla)
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Old 05-10-2005, 06:38 PM   #13
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OH DEAR GOD there's no comparison between a Focus Zetec and a Corolla Sportivo. The Tivo might be a damn sight quicker in a straight line but daaaaamn it's got NOTHING on the handling of even a base model Focus. I'll grant the Sportivo is a good value proposition, but just boringly styled, looks like any other Corolla with a bodykit and I've heard you have to change gears every 2 milliseconds to keep the 6-speed on the power band. Out of interest, a 2.0 96kw Focus Zetec has the same torque as a 141kw 1.8 Corolla from memory. Power isn't everything and the difference in performance isn't as the figures suggest, real world the Focus would keep a Sportivo more than honest on anything other than a dead straight road.

If you're planning Turbo, then a Focus would be a fantastic base as a car that already handle really well. I'd recommend the Zetec as a cheaper base, but you'd pick up a well priced ST170 if you looked hard enough. Welcome anyway!
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The Zetec is an infinitely superior car to the Sportivo with both neck-a-neck speed wise.

The ST would annihilate the Sportivo, wait for that if speed gets you hard.
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So I might as well get the Zetec (Or a ST170? are these available in Aussie?) And then turbo or supercharge it myself.

Pitty there's no AWD version :(

I'm tosing up between the Focus and a Corolla Sportivo (I currently own a 97 Corolla)
Yes there are ST170's in AU, I have one lincoln has one as well as a couple of other members on this site

Very hard to find 2nd hand, but there are some out there

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