kaj

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LOL. touche!

now this, i like. and quite the interesting way to do it. a bit complicated, but "complicated" has been working for the GTR... maybe it will help here as well.

if it's essentially FWD on the straights, that should bode well for MPG. bonus.

Noize

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A friend of mine is the general manager at the local Ford dealer. I popped by there today to find out the latest on the RS.

I talked to one of the sales guys, and he told me (as we already know), that if you haven't thrown your hat in the ring for one of these already, you're too late.

I asked if that was just first allocation, and he said he swept the allocations of other area dealerships, and all are spoken for. To his understanding, it's going to be a one year car and they're only getting four RS Foci EVER, and all of them are sold.

Is this like an Xbox One/PS4 early release thing to ramp demand by increasing perceived rarity, or are they really doing a one-and-done run on these? If so, they'll be extremely rare.

The sales guy brought an ST around and tried to get me to bite on it. I told him no thanks, I just wanted to see what the deal on the RS was. He said that I should consider the ST, because it will fly. I lol'd.

Anyone with more info on allocation, let me know something. I don't want one, but I do want to know what is planned.

Thanks.

gsrboi80

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Well that would suck. I can't see Ford making them a 1 year 1 run vehicle. Not with the demand where it is now

kaj

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i don't see Ford doing all that work to make a one-run vehicle. that just makes no sense, they would loose their asses.

Robevo RS

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you know the Cuga in Europe (they refer in the video for a rear end ) is a Ford Escape here in the states?

My buddy build the ford Fiesta ST with Cuga rear last or a year earlier, so became a 4wd car for rallly cross. Its a little mean machine.

LetsGetThisDone

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Well, I'm sure the reast of world will get more than one run. I think (JUST MY OPINION) is that Ford, for some full retard reason, wanted to test the US market for the viability of really producing the car. Almost like they weren't confident the car would sell, which is reasonable considering their previous failures in the US performance 4-banger market. I think the insane demand will warrant more production for the US on the next run.

WestSideBilly

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Tall is an understatement...

WestSideBilly

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1. He's full of ****.
2. He's trying to sell you a car, not inform you.
3. Car companies don't do the R&D on a $40k car and then only sell them for one year. As kaj said, they'd lose their ***. Ford will sell as many as they possibly can, for as long as they can.
4. He's full of ****.

Noize

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I could tell the sales guy was full of it the second he said "it'll fly!"
I had him hold on to my card for if/when they have an RS open for public consumption.

Noize

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Back on the tires for the RS, these Pilot Sport Cup 2s are coming out now in more sizes.
I run 265/35/18 currently.
For direct price comparison to the two options, but in my size:
Pilot Super Sports: $224/tire (what I have now, regular option on RS)
Pilot Sport Cup 2: $451/tire

Dude! Those are like racecar tires, but you're definitely paying big money to replace them!

ambystom01

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I've heard the same thing regarding this year's allocation.

kaj

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wow. them's pricey. i think i'll stop complaining about my RE-71r LOL.

whtrice

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The local Ford dealership I visit told be they are only getting an allocation for 3 cars and 16 people are on their waiting list. I am number 17 now so 13 people would have to bail. Unless production ramps up these look rarer then WW Evo RS's.

moparfan

He's misinformed and/or trying to sell you now on a car. Rather than limit his income to his non-existent allocation he's trying to move product now using the RS halo.

He'd probably be an even better friend if you paid a market adjustment fee on a RS.

ak47po

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