focus rs 345hp

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

This one will be a regular production model, not a limited release like the last one, it has standard Focus panels, not flared ones like the previous model, and it will be available right across the globe, so it will have development costs spread further across more sales. All that should offset the extra cost of AWD.

I'd expect it around 55-58k.

I hope you're right...but...
I honestly hope I'm surprised and proven wrong like I was with the pricing of the Mustang.

I mean let's face it...we're quite used to paying "The Australia Tax" on any imported goods from software to computers to cars. We pay far more than other nations do.
Couple that with our unique ADR rules which add costs to imported cars (because apparently humans driving cars here are more fragile or something than humans in other countries so we need a lot of extra safety requirements and details) and we just sigh and pay sometimes up to double for cars that happen to come from another country, even one of the minority of RHD countries where you would think they can just ship the cars straight in with no modification. Doesn't work like that sadly.

Should be a ball tearer and sell well in the niche market of people who buy expensive performance cars, provided people wanting "a fast Ford" are willing to open their eyes to other possibilities besides "large four door V8 sedan" as a philosophical "This Is The Only Fast Car There Ever Can Be" outlook...