Focus RS Blunder
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>Get call from Ford Dealership
>2 Alotments for Focus RS
>Fully Loaded
>"Only 42K before markup!"
>5K markup
>47k for a focus before taxes, etc
Ford fucked up royally
Who in their right mind would buy a 50k focus with an 18k interior.
You could buy a fully loaded mustang gt for less than that and it'll be nicer on the inside
the dealer is being a dumbass you dumbass
but some dumbass dumber than your ass will buy that rs you dumbass
I feel like when a brand has something they know will be successful but doesn't want it to be they mark up the prices to make it fail and go, "well we tried, back to focusing on mustangs!"
>>14905198
yeah that's way too much. I would pay near the same amount I paid for my sti maybe a grand higher, but that's it.
>>14905198
Call dealers until one will give it to you for msrp or less. Someone will.
>$50,000 for a fucking Focus
>>14905270
maybe if you happen to find a dealer with an allotment in the middle of bfe. outside of that the $5k+ markup is standard.
Shelby Stang starts at $47k ...
It is sorta weird
Cutoff for it should have been at the base GT cost. But hey it's a ford, after its quick depreciation it'll be pretty good
>>14905337
>Beater Focus RS
3-5 years, sign me the fuck up. I'll pretend to be Colin McRae on the gravel service roads.
>>14905298
Yeah they get an even higher mark up.
Local dealer has one 58k + 10k markup = 68k on the window. No shame.
I know nothing and also a faggot
what is a markup? why not just list the price with this "markup" on the sticker?
stupid people buying cars with redikulus markup
>>14905257
Why would you pay the same amount as your slow STI?
>>14905378
They just tack on a number and call it market adjustment when a car is hyped as fuck.
i'm just blown away by these prices...
>>14905396
Here's your reply.
>>14905378
Markup is the price the dealership tacked on. Sticker is from the factory so Ford has no say on the markup. They do have the power to fuck up the dealer if they frown upon markups but ford doesn't.
>>14905412
>they do have the power to fuck up the dealer if they frown upon markups but ford doesn't.
what manufacturers do care?
>>14905430
Some.
>hey dudes, we're trying to fight the Golf R and STI here, wtf?
>>14905198
if I wait a few years would I be able to get the RS sticker price?
>>14905449
Wait a few months when owners switch on Drift Mode and end up as tree ornaments.
>>14905455
pretty much this
plus, god knows what issues are going to creep up with this car
but, let's be honest, most people will buy them, hoard them for a couple of years, and try to resell them for more
>>14905198
I hear you OP.
I was looking at a Focus ST just a few weeks ago since the lease on my '14 Accord is coming to a close soon. Sat in it and the interior turned me off hard... after leaving it, getting back in my Honda felt good.
>>14905455
Taking bets focus rs is new treequinox
>>14905463
I don't see this has being the type of car people would hoard.
>>14905467
I thought my mustang had a shitty interior for a 30k car, but man, when i sat in a focus, it was amazingly shitty
i test drove a mazda 3 a couple of weeks ago and it's miles ahead quality wise
>>14905362
not really. some faggot will buy it.
and then I KNOW WHAT I GOT.
the real shame is that this buzzbox is twice the price of the Falcon FG X UTE XR6. slightly less power output but just drop in a bigger turbo in the 4L engine
>>14905198
>honda puts a turbo in the 1.5L new civic
>1.8L has no such option
>the smaller engine is forced induction for an extra 20kw over the NA only 1.8L
NO NO NO NO
YOU FUCKING PUT THAT TURBO IN THE BIGGER CAR YOU DONT RESELL YOUR CHEAP 1.5L ENGINES ASS A PERFORMANCE UPGRADE
I'd rather wait until the Fiesta and Focus ST's drop in value.
>>14905583
Ran into a FoSt today, had the loudest BOV ever.
>>14905198
>>14905365
Have to wait until demand dies down, they're still pretty new and the first year is always when the demand is the highest
They both have relatively limited production and there is enough ford fanboys to want them at a level that matches the limited production
>>14905578
This aggrovates me so much
Gm did the same thing with the 1.4 turbo sonic vs 1.8na sonic
>>14905198
As stupid as the price is, the bigger blunder is putting a clutch based lsd that can barely take the stock power. Cant wait to see how many are blown in the first year.
Cushy interiors are for fucking nerds.
>>14905198
Nobody buys it for the interior. It's a boyracer chariot of dubious build quality, not a leased BMW 318i for the unsuccessful white collar worker.
>>14905765
Can barely take the stock power? How did you come to this conclusion
>>14906028
http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/car-technology/a28036/what-tuners-need-to-know-about-the-2017-ford-focus-rs/
I've seen several video reviews claiming the same concern about it.
>>14905578
>>14905720
Didn't Hyundai do the same thing with the Veloster Turbo? The fuck is going on man?
>>14905765
How exactly do you "blow" a clutch based LSD?
>>14906098
I think you need to read the article you posted.
>>14906099
>implying anyone gives a fuck what hyundai is doing
>>14905578
That's for fuel efficiency, you idiot.
>>14905365
GT350Rs go for 100K+ rn at dealers
>>14905298
No it doesn't it starts at 55k
>>14905198
>If the RS focus released in 2000
>would have cost 33,987 USD.
Amazing how that is, in 26 years inflation jumped the price nearly 15k.
>>14906396
>in 26 years
meant in 16 years.
>>14906396
it's amazing if you dont understand inflation, i guess
>>14906415
The problem is most of the people here don't understand that currencies flux over time. Especially when it's Australians or Canadians, they don't understand there currency has dropped by 40-60% value in the last few years.
>>14905198
Car looks shit. It's not worth 30k let alone 50k.
Even with 360 hp it can't outrun ugly. Ford is smoking crack, lol 50k. Fuck that.
>>14906286
That's a non R model bud
>>14906450
Looks miles ahead of a new wrx/altima. Atleast ford is trying to innovative a little rather than live on their name alone.(nissan, honda, subaru, toyota,.....)
>Paying more than 20k for Ford tier cars
>>14906422
20% lad, where did you get 40-60?
Just bought a 14 focus st st3 loaded 12k miles for 21k out the door. How did I do senpia?
>>14907335
Ya got hosed.
>>14905392
Boomers still fucking everything up
>>14907368
How's the bus?
>>14905578
>Renault Wind / new Twingo has either 1.2 with tarbo or 1.6 NA
>1.6 makes more power anyway and is the sport option
>mfw I'm relatively sure they made it this way so autists have a project to tackle aka to tarbo their 1.6 for even moar powarr
>>14905240
AKA the Chevy SS
>>14905396
^ DRIVES HIS MOM'S HONDA
>>14905198
why cant they just settle on a universal car platform? or does it make more sense to them to make every single engine configuration incompatible such that once they discontinue parts after five years the car is toast and its time to buy a new one?
well fuck this, back to working on my opel astra.
thats a fully loaded new camaro 2SS and it rapes the M4. holy shit this is the down fall of Ford, first they fucked up the new mustang by making it slower than the camaro, now the focus wont outsell the STI.
Holy fuck ford. glad i dumpped my 80 shares
>>14907481
>why cant they just settle on a universal car platform?
this is bait
>>14905198
Why even consider the Focus RS senpai?
When you want comfort and the performance of a Focus RS but without the markup and embarrassment looking like a immature boy racer there is another option.
>>14907753
Yeah, if it doesn't get bought back out from under you. kek
>>14905198
Really shame they are so hard to get. Right now i'm looking at a WRX that i'll probably get into, wish it was a hatch though
>>14905378
It's an american thing, where dealerships are allowed to charge you more for no reason at all.
Hence why Tesla are doing it properly. All dealerships can go fuck themselves.
>>14908301
>Really shame they are so hard to get
because preordering one was soooo hard
>>14908287
good joke anon!
>>14908413
>preordering a car you haven't driven yet
Nope
>>14906098
It's just going to take time. When the S2000 first arrived, a lot of the aftermarket stood around and scratched their heads. Comptech's first attempt at forced induction literally did nothing.
It just means you'll have more time to plan out your build.
>>14908769
>never having anything nice ever again
>>14905503
>tfw Mazda won't release a new Speed3 with that glorious interior
Welp, guess I'll keep driving my '09 until the wheels fall off
>>14909084
>focus rs
>nice
>>14907335
Not bad, sounds pretty good to me.
If I didn't buy my '14 5.0 then my next choice was going to be a Focus ST.
>>14906330
Yes it does.
