Re: Ford Focus Rally

["Tony Sims" <simstony@domain.elided>]

> Howard is exactly right.  In one of their sidebar
> presentations they showed the semiauto used by the
> Subaru team....$70K for the tranny alone.  Now, I am
> sure that there are alternatives for vehicles to be
> sold to the performance public, ala Subaru WRX and
> prob the Mitsubishi Evo soon.  Right now Ford sells
> every SVT Focus before it even leaves the factory so
> there is no market push to bring alaong the 4WD
> version.  I understand that the years production is
> already sold so buying one is problematic at
> best...you gotta find a dealer who has not sold their
> allotment.
>

I believe Ford has stated that there is a hotter Focus available in
UK/Europe, and we won't be getting it here.  They did the same thing with
the Escort, which was an entirely different car than the sad, cheap US car
of the same name.

Tony
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