A hot hatch with the visual clout of a Lamborghini: if the mk1 Focus RS had been fairly subtle by fast Ford standards, its successor, launched to a slack-jawed world in January 2009, was an all ...

Few hatchbacks have made a bigger impact than the second Ford Focus RS did when it burst into our ... the 2.5-litre inline five from the Focus ST Mk2, but with bespoke pistons, conrods and camshafts.

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 ...