The Ford Focus RS WRC

The Ford Focus RS WRC is a car built for the BP Ford World Rally Team by Ford and M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus Climate 2 litre production hatchback, developed to compete in the World Rally Championship. The RS stands for Rallye Sport and the WRC for World Rally Car, the car's FIA specification.

Like all contemporary World Rally Cars, the car is heavily modified from the production version, with which it shares only the basic shape and some parts of the bodyshell. The car features four wheel drive, rather than the front wheel drive of the road car. The engine used in the 2007 Focus WRC is based on Ford's 2.0 Litre Duratec from other models in the Focus range as rallying rules do not permit the standard 2.5 Litre engine of the Focus ST or road going RS. As with most rally cars, the 2.0 Litre engine is heavily modified and performance was increased using a turbocharger. Also the 2009 Ford Focus WRC uses a Ford 1998cc Pipo built l4 Duratec WRC engine (Four Cylinders, 16 Valves, Bore 85 mm and Stroke 88 mm), Pi electronic engine Management system, Garrett Turbocharger (with required 34 mm inlet restrictor), Air Intercooler, and a Catalytic Converter.

Power is 300bhp at 6000rpm and 550 Nm (406 ftlb) of Torque at 4000rpm

Transmission is a Permanent four - wheel drive with M - Sport designed active Centre Differential, Pi electronic differential control Units, M - Sport / Ricardo Five - Speed sequential gearbox with electro - hydraulically controlled shift, M - Sport / Sachs multi-disc carbon Clutch

Suspension is Front and Rear: MacPherson struts (front)and Trailing Arm (Rear) with Reiger external reservoir dampers adjustable in bump and rebound, and Fully Adjustable fabricated steel links.

Brakes are 300 mm (11.8 in.) Brembo ventilated discs with Brembo four-piston monoblock calipers for Gravel.

Weight is a minimum of 1230 kg (2712 lb.)

Wheelbase is 1800 mm (70.9 in.)

Length is 4362 mm (171.7 in.)

Width is 1800mm (70.9 in.)

Tyres are Pirelli 650 mm for Gravel