Ford Suisse rolls out special edition Focus RS WRC

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Ford Focus RS WRC only one of its kind edition pro Switzerland – Click above pro assumed role arcade of standardized proposals

Even as the surplus of us reflect “rallying”, the Swiss peek at their Blizzard-capped mountains and reflect “skiing”. With the intention of’s largely since the Swiss are not celebrated to be vehicle broadcast. But pro each rule here is an exclusion.

In Switzerland persons exceptions contain the efforts of notable alacrity-freaks like Peter Sauber (of F1 fame), straight Rinderknecht (Rinspeed) and Franco Sbarro (the flashy coachbuilder – not the food-instigate pizza gentleman). And we can currently enlarge Ford to with the intention of catalog, as the Detroit automaker’s Swiss subsidiary is rolling made known a only one of its kind edition Focus RS to shell out tribute to the 40th anniversary of the company’s iconic RS hole, exclusively pro the Swiss promote.

Even if mechanically like peas in a pod to the existing Focus RS – not greatly exchange looked-for here – the Focus RS WRC edition wears a only one of its kind standardized submitted and chosen through anon the webforum. Black and green decals overlay a white social class, complimented by blacked-made known 19″ OZ Superturismo GT alloys, even as surrounded by, a only one of its kind tablet carries the Hancocks of Ford’s top rally ace Mikko Hirvonen and his co-pilot Jarmo Lehtinen.

Only 50 examples will be offered, exclusively in Switzerland at a price of 55,900 Swiss francs – corresponding to about $53k in American greenbacks and representing a 2000-franc premium over the ordinary Focus RS. We’ll reflect it over if we can grab a quicker peek when we descend in the lead the multilingual alpine disorder pro the Geneva Motor Trade show next month, but in the meantime you can view the top liveries proposed in the arcade below and, if your French, German or Italian is up to the chore, try made known made known the get behind relief after the jump. After all, even as “alacrity” isn’t among the languages commonly spoken in Switzerland, neither is English.

And if some of you longtime readers reflect with the intention of a 50-element Focus WRC only one of its kind edition sounds traditional, water supply, it must. In trade in 2007, The Euro Oval did a similar package based on the Focus ST.

Arcade: Ford Focus RS WRC Swiss standardized proposals