Ford Focus RS (C346MCA - 2016)
The third generation Ford Focus (also known as MK III) debuted at the 2010 North American International Auto Show as a 2012 model. The cars shown were a 4-door sedan and 5-door hatchback, also debuting a new 2.0L direct injection I4 engine. A 5-door estate (wagon) was previewed at the Geneva auto show a month later.
This generation of Focus would be the first Ford vehicle designed under the tenure of CEO Alan Mulally and his "One Ford" plan, which aimed to leverage Ford's global resources into creating more competitive vehicles that could be sold globally in each segment with minimal changes.
The "One Ford" plan would reunite the North American and global Focus line. The previous North American version was thus discontinued, and the new model was launched simultaneously in North America and Europe on May 2, 2011, both having started production near the end of 2010. Production in Asia, Africa, and South America followed later.
Ford debuted the all-electric Ford Focus Electric at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2011 to compete with the Nissan Leaf and the Chevrolet Volt and announced the hot hatch ST model at the Paris Motor Show in September 2010.
The Ford Focus was the best-selling car in the world for 2012
Focus RS
Following the merger of Ford's North American Special Vehicle Team (SVT), the European TeamRS and the Australian FPV divisions to the development of Ford's global performance vehicles, Ford's Advanced Product Creation and Performance Vehicles director Hermann Salenbauch announced that the decision to sell Ford Focus RS/SVT to North America depends on feedback from the media and customers. However, the product would only appear 2 years after the release of the third generation Focus models. On August 4, 2011 Ford's global boss for small cars, Gunnar Herrmann, revealed to magazine Drive that the third iteration of the hot-hatch was in the works. The new RS was expected to arrive towards the end of 2015 in Europe and the rest of the world; in North America it will arrive after 2015 . On January 21, 2015, Ford released a teaser video previewing the 2015 Ford Focus RS and announced a February 3, 2015 web-streaming reveal event from Cologne, Germany. At the 2015 Geneva Motor Show the production ready MKIII Ford Focus RS was unveiled packing the turbocharged 2.3 L I4 engine found in the Mustang EcoBoost with over 320 HP. In the Focus RS, the engine itself produces 345 HP. The car is equipped with Ford's all-new Torque-Vectoring All-Wheel-Drive system, as well as upgraded suspension and brakes. The RS will boast a model specific aerodynamic package that helps to differentiate it from other Focus models. The RS is capable of sprinting to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 4.7 seconds, as well as completing the standing quartermile in 13.46 seconds at 103.65 mph (166.81 km/h).
[Text from Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Focus_(third_generation)
This Lego miniland scale Ford Focus RS (C346 - 2016) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 96th Build Challenge - The 8th Birthday, titled - 'Happy Crazy Eight Birthday, LUGNuts' - where all previous build challenges are available to build to. This model is built to the LUGNuts 21st build challenge, - "Millennium Marvels" featuring vehicles built post year 2000.
Ford Focus RS (C346MCA - 2016)
The third generation Ford Focus (also known as MK III) debuted at the 2010 North American International Auto Show as a 2012 model. The cars shown were a 4-door sedan and 5-door hatchback, also debuting a new 2.0L direct injection I4 engine. A 5-door estate (wagon) was previewed at the Geneva auto show a month later.
This generation of Focus would be the first Ford vehicle designed under the tenure of CEO Alan Mulally and his "One Ford" plan, which aimed to leverage Ford's global resources into creating more competitive vehicles that could be sold globally in each segment with minimal changes.
The "One Ford" plan would reunite the North American and global Focus line. The previous North American version was thus discontinued, and the new model was launched simultaneously in North America and Europe on May 2, 2011, both having started production near the end of 2010. Production in Asia, Africa, and South America followed later.
Ford debuted the all-electric Ford Focus Electric at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2011 to compete with the Nissan Leaf and the Chevrolet Volt and announced the hot hatch ST model at the Paris Motor Show in September 2010.
The Ford Focus was the best-selling car in the world for 2012
Focus RS
Following the merger of Ford's North American Special Vehicle Team (SVT), the European TeamRS and the Australian FPV divisions to the development of Ford's global performance vehicles, Ford's Advanced Product Creation and Performance Vehicles director Hermann Salenbauch announced that the decision to sell Ford Focus RS/SVT to North America depends on feedback from the media and customers. However, the product would only appear 2 years after the release of the third generation Focus models. On August 4, 2011 Ford's global boss for small cars, Gunnar Herrmann, revealed to magazine Drive that the third iteration of the hot-hatch was in the works. The new RS was expected to arrive towards the end of 2015 in Europe and the rest of the world; in North America it will arrive after 2015 . On January 21, 2015, Ford released a teaser video previewing the 2015 Ford Focus RS and announced a February 3, 2015 web-streaming reveal event from Cologne, Germany. At the 2015 Geneva Motor Show the production ready MKIII Ford Focus RS was unveiled packing the turbocharged 2.3 L I4 engine found in the Mustang EcoBoost with over 320 HP. In the Focus RS, the engine itself produces 345 HP. The car is equipped with Ford's all-new Torque-Vectoring All-Wheel-Drive system, as well as upgraded suspension and brakes. The RS will boast a model specific aerodynamic package that helps to differentiate it from other Focus models. The RS is capable of sprinting to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 4.7 seconds, as well as completing the standing quartermile in 13.46 seconds at 103.65 mph (166.81 km/h).
[Text from Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Focus_(third_generation)
This Lego miniland scale Ford Focus RS (C346 - 2016) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 96th Build Challenge - The 8th Birthday, titled - 'Happy Crazy Eight Birthday, LUGNuts' - where all previous build challenges are available to build to. This model is built to the LUGNuts 21st build challenge, - "Millennium Marvels" featuring vehicles built post year 2000.