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My god thats a lot of nonsense for one post.
-It won't the fastest RS
-It isn't as quick as a FRS
-Not obssesed with looks (Ireally wouldn't be driving any clio if I were), but (IMO) it's a poor facelift, they've managed to make the finest looking RS (197) into the worst (200)
No, it was the original press car IIRC, and he'd been offered the same car before but couldn't make the numbers work. It has had a lot of work at Zonda (power upgrades etc) but certainly wasn't cheap.
Lol at the children drawing conclusions from a very short video. I look forward to you all buying 200's and then wiping the floor with all and sundry. I eagerly await the road driving stories "i beat a 430scud, and he was def trying innit".
Not vast. It's FWD, there's only so much you can do with spending serious cash and serious stripping. If you line them up (standard vs mod'd) there would be a slight difference, but only slight. Spend the same cash+effort on performance driving training, and the difference over a b-road/track...
Don't think anyone's denying the 200 should be a good car, but to treat this video as indicative of relative performance would be silly.
Autocar is a business, main job being to sell magazines and advert space. These teaser vids are designed to help those aims, had the FRS pulled away, would...
Remove the blinkers fella. I think we all know that a a car with over 100bhp more, an lsd etc should pull away. I have no doubt that the Focis RS is the quicker car, as it should be given the price/power difference. They aren't even in the same segment ffs, it's a teaser designed to stimulate...