Just a few hours before the model was set to be officially unveiled, the all-new 2016 Ford Focus RS was leaked by a number of embargo-breaching British publications. Following last month’s reveal of the Ford GT Concept, it has become apparent that Ford has embarked on a new age of performance, and the Focus RS seems to have been more than worth the wait.
Unlike the first two generation of the Focus RS, this one will finally come with an all-wheel-drive system, but it will apparently not be identical to a traditional front-wheel-drive-based systems found in cars like the 2016 VW Golf R or the 2015 Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG. The "All-Wheel-Drive with Dynamic Torque Vectoring" system brings some much expected traction thanks to a "Rear Drive Unit" (RDU), which consists of not one but two electronically controlled clutch packs that, in theory, also act like a limited-slip differential.
With multiple sensors that monitor driving conditions 100 times per second, the RDU can manage both the front-to-rear and side-to-side torque distribution. Get this, despite being front-wheel-drive based, the all-new Ford Focus RS’ system can send up to 70 percent of the available torque to the rear axle, while each rear wheel can receive up to 100 percent of the torque. Ford says that the model can achieve a lateral acceleration that exceeds 1g on the track, but the biggest news is that new RS will also be capable of "controlled oversteer drifts" just like in a WRC vehicle.
Oh, and did we mention that it also has “in excess of” 320 PS (315 horsepower)?
Click past the jump to read more about the 2016 Ford Focus RS.
New Ford Focus RS Gets a Funky AWD System originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 3 February 2015 10:00 EST.
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