- My mom would not like this car.
(exciting hip-hop music)
(car engine revs)
Guys, you heard the news.
Except for the Mustang and a new, weird, lifted Focus thing,
Ford said that they're gonna stop making cars!
(imitates crying)
What?
Which means, no more hot hatches!
Which means, no more Focus RS.
In fact, they've already stopped making the RS in April.
And there's only a thousand of these puppies left
for the U.S. market.
That's it.
I think I might cry again.
What's out there on the dealer lots
is all there is, folks.
So, should you go out there and buy one?
Well, luckily for you,
Galpin lent me a brand new 2018 Focus RS
so I can tell you all about it.
This is the new car show.
Hatchbacks are the (bleep).
They haul your friends,
they haul your stuff,
and they look so cute doing it.
So what's not to like?
Well, I guess a really slow hatchback
would be something that you're (sad music)
not in love with
but this one's not slow.
I gotta tell you,
life is a lot better with a sweet sounding 2.3 liter
ecoboost engine with 350 horse power under the hood.
With that power and 350 pound feet of torque,
the Focus RS is more powerful
than the Civic Type R and the STI
which you can't even get as a hatchback anymore.
This is a track car in a practical car wrapper.
(car engine roars)
Now, this car isn't as crazy, boy racer,
video-gamey as the Civic Type R
but more extreme than the Golf R.
This color is called Race Red
and it is gorgeous and loud
and draws a lot of attention
and makes me definitely want to turn down my stereo
at the Starbucks.
(loud upbeat music)
It's sporty yet civilized
when you're just poking around town
but you can tell at a moments notices
she's ready to roll!
(car engine roars)
There are four driving modes to chose from.
Normal mode, perfect for cruising through
the school zone when you gotta pick up your baby bro
and the principal's there
and he doesn't like your hot hatch.
He doesn't like your cracks and your burbles.
You can definitely tell that the suspension is tuned
for handling and not for rough pavement
but it's totally livable.
Just not for my mom.
My mom would not like this car.
She would say it's too bouncy.
Sport mode opens up an exhaust valve
to release that beautiful crackly crack crackle.
It enhances steering feed back
and quickens the throttle response.
Big Brembo front calipers are cooled by actual break ducts
that actually go through the front bumper.
The 19 inch wheels are forged and they're wrapped
in super sticky Michelin Super Sport tires
that add tons of grip.
For 2018, they added a Quaife LSD
which handles torque distribution to the front wheels
so you can take full advantage of all that power.
In Track mode, things get serious.
It very, very noticeably stiffens up
the two-position adjustable shocks.
The (beep) gets real stiff.
It kicks stability control down a notch
and tells the all wheel drive system,
hey, all wheel drive system!
You gotta allow for tighter cornering!
Last, but certainly not least,
is Drift mode which gives the all wheel drive system
a unique set of parameters for,
what else?
Sweet, sweet, beautiful, smooth, four wheel drifties.
(car tires screech)
For it's final year of production,
Ford gave the RS some special equipment.
In addition to the Quaife LSD and Dynamic Torque Vectoring,
it gets a gloss black rear spoiler and mirror caps,
which look very nice against this red paint,
standard nav with a huge eight inch screen,
heated front seats,
and a heated, leather wrapped steering wheel
which comes in clutch in this 110 degree,
Souther California weather.
But, if you live where it snows,
all wheel drive mixed with the warm butt and warm mitts
is a very compelling package.
I've heard I have a very compelling package.
Funny, cute-ish, and I make a million dollars a video.
Hit me up!
The Focus RS starts at around $41,000
which sounds like a lot of money for a Focus
because it kind of is a lot of money for a Focus.
While the power, the noise, and the track-sculpted looks
start to justify paying that amount of coin,
it's when you actually get in the car
that you think, huh,
did I pay too much money for this Focus?
The leather trimmed RECARO seats grip to your sides
and have beautiful, luxurious faux-suede inserts.
To be honest, they're a little tight on your fat boy host.
If I were gonna get this car,
(muffled electronic voice)
Shut the (bleep) up you (bleep) phone (bleep).
(upbeat music)
If I got this car, I would definitely get the RECAROs
and hopefully it would motivate me to go to the gym
and potentially have less beer a week.
Stay in school, kids, drink your milk.
When you're driving it,
the car is planted but you're sitting up kinda high.
Sorta like a bus driver.
You know what, it actually reminds me
of when I used to drive a bunch of Volkswagens.
It feels a lot like a Mark 3 Golf
which I don't care what you guys say
is my favorite genre.
You can get this car with a back-up camera
but you don't have any help in your blind spot
so keep your head on a swivel.
What you do get is a lot of dash.
It's just the normal Focus dash.
The only difference is this group of gauge pods
all wrapped in carbon fibber.
There is so much that is awesome about this car.
For a track Focus 350 horse power hot hatch,
it's actually surprisingly quiet
and absorbs the pot hole filled streets
of Los Angeles very well.
There's also a sweet-sounding 10 speaker Sony stereo,
dual climate control,
and remote keyless access
which I don't know why we mention anymore.
It's in every single car.
And, yeah, it's a $40,000 Focus.
But is a Focus that's focused.
There's plenty of room to carry groceries
or track wheels and tires and a jack
and it's still a completely practical car
that just so happens to sound like this.
(car engine roars)
(groans)
The Ford Focus RS might be
the perfect, fun, daily driving, track car for me.
Or you.
So don't wait until it's too late
'cause this is truly the end of an era.
This is the end of the post Evo fun compact car era.
This is all of your faults.
And mine because none of us bought these.
Yo, so as you guys probably know,
YouTube does not pay us to make videos.
Because of that, we work directly with advertisers
and that allows us to bring you guys new videos everyday.
I would like to know,
what advertisers you would like us to work with.
So, we put together a little survey.
You can click a link in the description below.
If you fill out the survey,
give me your email address.
I'll pick one of you and I'll send you 50 bucks
from my pocket.
It's my Lambo fund.
I love you.