Report: Next-generation Ford Focus RS to get 2.0L EcoBoost and electric-motor

July 23, 2010May 20, 2012 Omar Rana 2012, Ford Focus, Ford Focus RS, Ford Focus ST, Hatchbacks, Sports Cars

2012 Ford Focus

It was reported yesterday that FoMoCo is scheduled to show the next-generation Ford Focus ST at the 2010 Paris Motor Show in October. However, many Focus enthusiasts are wondering what the automaker has in store for the next-generation Focus RS.

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Derrick Kuzak, Ford’s head of global development, confirmed at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show that the company is working on a “global performance version” of the all-new 2012 Focus. That version will most likely get the 2.0L 4-cylinder turbo EcoBoost making some 250-hp.

Sources say that the next RS version of the Focus could be powered by a turbocharged gasoline engine mated to a torquey electric-motor mounted to the rear-axle. Insiders say that Ford’s Team RS engineers have already started messing around with the 2.0L EcoBoost engine and plan on using an electric-motor for more power. Working together, they system is expected to produce somewhere north of 300-hp.

The 2012 Ford Focus is scheduled to hit markets in early 2011.

Refresher: Power for the 2012 Ford Focus comes from a 2.0L DI Ti-VCT engine making 155-hp and a peak torque of 145 lb-ft. It is mated to a 6-speed manual or Ford”s latest dry-clutch 6-speed Ford PowerShift automatic transmission. Sales of the 2012 Focus will begin in early 2011.

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