Currently reading: Update: more Ford Focus RS pics

Brand new pictures of Ford's 296bhp megahatch

Ford has released more than 20 pics of its stunning new Focus RS. The low-slung hatch is powered by a 300bhp 5-cylinder petrol turbo unit that should take it to 60mph in less than six seconds. And it's got the looks to match.

>>See all the pics of the stunning new Ford Focus RS

Ford found during testing that the combination of the Quaife limited-slip diff and RevoKnuckle front suspension was so effective that it has abandoned the idea of giving the Focus RS a four-wheel drive system.

>> Read about Jost Capito's appointment as Ford's director of global performance vehicles.

>> autocar.tv: Watch Jost Capito talk Steve Sutcliffe around the new Focus RS

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