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Ford Focus RS500 hacks out onto the Internet ahead of schedule

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Filed under: Performance , Europe , Hatchback , Ford , UK 2011 Ford Focus RS500 – click above for high-res image gallery We’ve been waiting patiently for the digital reveal of the stonking new Ford Focus RS500, but apparently others aren’t quite so cooth. According to one of our inside sources at the Blue Oval, the RS500′s site was breached and the pictures have begun leaking out onto desktops in Europe. In response, Ford of Europe has announced that “Due to overwhelming interest shown for the new Ford Focus RS500, Ford has decided to release more information today.” Uh-huh. Admittedly, while we can’t condone the hacker’s methodology, judging by these photographs we can understand their hurry, because Ford’s latest limited-edition hot hatch looks to be a real corker.

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Video: Memory Jog – Revisiting the Mercury Tracer

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Filed under: Classics , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Mercury Classic Mercury Tracer – Click above to watch the video after the break “It’s peppy,” the salesman said as an enticement to buy… It’s not that the Mazda 323/ Ford Laser-based first-generation Tracer was a bad car, but the Escort apparently called stronger for our own hard-earned dollar, so we drove home in a brand new 1989 wagon. Ford apparently figured this out with the second-generation Tracer, which was joined with the Escort as part of a comprehensive redesign in the early 1990s. Must have been a step in the right direction – that car managed to make it onto Car & Driver’s 10Best list

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Ford to merge U.S. and European performance lines; Focus RS coming to America?

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Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Europe , Hatchback , Ford 2009 Ford Focus RS – Click above for high-res image gallery Our friends across the pond in Europe have always good things to say about the Ford Focus RS , leading to a great deal of angst in America since the Blue Oval Boys have never brought the hi-po Focus Stateside. News from Jost Capito, the man in charge of aligning Ford ‘s performance divisions all around the globe, has us anxiously awaiting the time when that gross oversight is finally corrected. Automobile recently got the chance to sit down and chat with Capito, and the conversation quickly turned to the new global Ford Focus platform that was recently unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show . According to Capito, Ford is still deciding what to call the next-gen high-performance Focus, saying only, ” I don’t see RS in Europe going away, and I don’t see SVT in the U.S

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Rumormill: 350-hp Focus RS Clubsport coming, next-gen RS to get hybrid power

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Filed under: Hybrid , Performance , Europe , Hatchback , Ford 2009 Ford Focus RS – Click above for high-res image gallery It’s no secret that we openly covet the Ford Focus Rallye Sport . Unfortunately, the Blue Oval never found it in its heart to let the hottest version of its Focus hatchback into the United States… or any version of the European Focus for that matter.

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AB’s Top Five Introductions from the 2010 Detroit Auto Show

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Detroit Auto Show , Etc. We love auto show season, mostly for the chance to see all the coolest new cars and concepts that the world’s best automakers have to offer. This year at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show , though, there weren’t nearly as many new models to point our DSLR lenses at…

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Detroit 2010: Next-gen Ford Focus a C-segment savior [w/video]

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Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , Hybrid , Sedan , Hatchback , Ford , Electric Next-gen Ford Focus live unveiling – Click above for high-res image gallery It’s taken far too long, but an all-new Ford Focus has arrived and we’ve just seen it in the metal here at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show . Complete with a new platform, new engine, some shapely sheetmetal and a host of tech, this new Focus that we’ll finally be sharing with Europe and the rest of the world promises to set a new bar for the small car C-segment. The Focus will initially be available in the U.S. in both four- and five-door hatchback body styles, with a three-door hatch and coupe likely in the works as well.

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