A standard Mk2 RS can just about handle 305hp through the front wheels. Imagine it with 20 per cent more oomph ...

You can do some neat stuff to the way your Ford Focus Mk2 works, but first you have to gain access to the data system. If you know some Russian, and don’t mind a bit of dongle rewiring ...

All three previous generations of Focus RS models featured some form of specialised ... detached wheel hubs in the Mk2, or the Mk3’s torque vectoring rear differential and drift mode all ...

The Ford Focus ST Mk2 launched in 2005, and it was a very effective tool in reframing people’s perceptions of hot Fords. In the old days, the XR range was the warm option and the RS cars were ...

The Ford Focus RS is frequently referred to, not least by ourselves, as a cut price Nissan GT-R. With a heavily boosted turbocharged engine, a trick four-wheel drive system and an ability to ...

That’s no mean feat, given the huge amount of time and resources put into the Mk2 Focus RS. Launching in 2009, five years after the second-gen hatch went on sale and seven from the original ...