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  • awd was never top in the world. FOr racing rear wheel drive. awd is for mudd.

    Pagani zonda F eated bugati awd like nothing and gumpert apolo is rear wheel drive and its a top car in the world its top 1st in the list. So who likes snow and dirt go for awd. I got rear wheel drive. I had front wheel drive. ANd i can tell u. FOr speed rwd. FOr nobing fwd, for snowing and mudding awd.

  • STI 330S would have been a better match for RS500. fucking idiots put totally diffrent cars and horsepower together so it,s clear which would be the favorite. whats funny is when you put standard focus RS against clio 200cup on a track it,s only 0.9 tenths faster. yet it costs 30k compared to 14k. thats alot of mojo just for the 5 cylinder soundtrack. my next car is gonna be FQ360. wouldn,t pay 30k for a FORD.

  • where is the english subtitle they mentioned?

    

  • ALMERE!!!

    

  • Funny that they don't speak about the STI being a 5 door and the ford a 3 door.

  • Сравнили х4й с пальцем.

  • Owning a Focus RS, I would not want it to be AWD. Part of the cars charm and its nature is all about fun. AWD much like my older Golf R32 is great, don't get me wrong, but it has too much precision. In a mad, crazy looking Focus RS, I want it to act fun and crazy. When someone jumps in my RS, they are just blown away because of its tendency to get the rear out. It just fills you with excitement. FWD is the only way for the RS/500. (But I would like to drive an AWD RS) :P

  • Blah blah blah blah INTERCOOLER blah blah bla SUBARU

  • An evo FQ360 whould easily eat this car, not a chance.

  • FORD!!!!!!!! ♥

  • I WANT BOTH OF THEM!!!

  • ITS A JOKE? OFFCOURSE THE WRX IS BETTER

  • if u bring both of this cars out of the road and into the dirt, bye bye focus rs, ur dealing with the king of rally xD

  • why isnt the sti 400 bhp standard now come subaru the car hasnt moved on since the first generation!!!

  • @scoobyhaz Direct fuel injection in the next gen should improve the power. The current engine does not allow for much more power without having a bigger turbo. Bigger turbo=more lag

  • The RS500 should not be called the RS500 focus there's only one RS500 and it aint a focus

    FORD PLEASE GIVE US 4X4 OR RWD AND GET BACK IN WITH COSWORTH AND BUILT A NEW LEGEND!!!

  • haha 0:31 wtf

  • STis have a horrible top end... my tiburon wouldn't dream of keeping up below ~80 mph, but from 80 upwards....

  • its funny because hes fat

  • It's a pointless comparison. The RS500 is as rare as rocking horses shite whereas anyone can go and buy the STI.

  • @Johntegr You Mean Ken Block's FORD will kill this Ford, he ditched the Subaru for a 0-60 in 1.9s Fiesta about 2 years ago!

    see his recent gymakana vids.

    anyway pointeless reply to a pointless comment, Block's cars cost millions, not thousands!

  • @Johntegr And the STi is still better :) I mean, cmon, its subaru for christs sake. Best car ever

  • Ken Block's Impreza would kill this ford

  • haha Focus górą!!!

  • Fords have soul! Cars for true enthusiasts! The Subaru is a great car but easily lost among the rest.

  • This is largely a comparison between front wheel drive and four wheel drive!

  • why compare a STI against an hardcore, limited edition focus RS500 ???! f***ing stupid.

  • AHEM, north america trying to beat japan.....

    2door AWD vs 5Door wagon AWD lolwut

  • @omar53333 LMAO, the focus is FRONT wheel drive and isn't in any way made in north America, it is a European car built in a german factory! do some research before commenting.

  • @envoking strongly doubt its from germany, maybe uk that tends to tune some vehicle.

    i tough it was AWD, i think i read it somewhere, the point is, a focus will never be as good as Evo or Impreza, another ford fail to the pile....

  • @omar53333 Yea it is built in a german factory, I drive a focus ST which was built in germany, says so on the engine block... so to say the RS is built elsewhere is kinda silly. And as far as comparing the two cars, the focus is a much better performance car, it's designed to be a drivers car, takes more skill to drive the focus then the 4wd sti. But if your after a tamer drive then the scoobie is the way to go simply because the AWD does the work for you.

  • @envoking AWD is easyer to drive yes, but that doesnt make the focus RS have more performance, the STI has some disadvantages, for example its much heavier that the Focus RS, the focus has 351HP while the Impreza has only 224HP(2007 ver), so, that is performance, do more with less. and a AWD car sometimes is more dificult to drive, some times you have understeer another oversteer depends on the configuration of the drive train, so, focus RS, is another failure try to beat our Duo

  • @omar53333 I think you misunderstand where I'm coming from, The Focus "takes" more performance to drive, It's a little more of a hand full to drive in turn takes more performance from the driver to get the most out of it. I previously had a MY010 model STI and i sold it to get my xr5 (st) 4 door model. And in all honesty It's a much more enjoyable to drive then the wrx, It sounds better and has more pull then the scoobie. but i guess like most things, it comes down to personal taste.

  • @omar53333 P.S... even with all that ECU crap where hes locking the diff and the car beeps at him to change gear (computer assist) he still gets throttled by the RS. So even with a computer doing 50% of the work it still can't get away from a focus. so in all honesty the focus is the one with all the disadvantages yet its still biting at the axels of the subie.. you should be praising it not dissing it.

  • @omar53333 Sorry but the Focus is FWD and is designed in England...

  • @ScottiesVlog ok its FWD but a guy told me its builded in germany, another one said in north america and now you say its maded in england, where the f*ck its really made.

  • @omar53333 No not made its designed . It is designed in England . The Focus is part of Fords range of cars made for Europe.Ford has a bunch of designers in England which designed cars like the GT40 and Escort. Most British designed Fords were made for UK roads but that was more back in the 70s-80s .

  • @omar53333 the focus is FWD not AWD

  • @omar53333 the ford is front wheel drive

  • @narcis1234567 yeah i know, i typed wrong, but anyway, the WRX STI is heavier and Focus has much more HP than the WRX

  • The Subaru is great but it's such a pity it looks like a Nissan and way to civilized, no aggressive look. The Ford on the other hands looks like an furious black stallion!

  • Mooie topgear filter op de camera ;p

  • but how cool do you sound, yeahh i have a focus.

  • Why do they sound like they have a mouth full of cock?

  • Theres a Swede in that Ford. A Volvo 5 Cylinder engine, and im the biggest Volvo fan to ever walk to Earth.

  • Hallo,

    waarom doet hij de sprint met de S (sport stand) en niet de S# ( snelste stand) bij de sti. dat scheeld nogal een stuk.

    zucht.... teste wat je wil maar subaru blijft het beste !

  • 00:10 min ! AXEL STEIN oder was

  • Moo und Bill sollen an AIDS sterben ...! Die dreckigen Hurensöhne regen mich so auf man !

  • The Focus may be super quick and capable but it's based on the Focus, the most ugly car in its class and the new one aint much better!

  • @kiereemon what ugly?!!! the new isn't very good looking. but the mk1 and the mk2.5 where absolutly amazing just not in style but in handling, cornering. The best car of its class always beating all the competion!! AND IF YOU REMEMBER the focus mk1 was car of the year!!!

  • the problem I have with lots of cars today like the STi is he said the car did it by itself. I like cars where Im depended to make the car turn correctly or launch correctly. not have the car controll it...

  • I would love to learn tht language

  • WHY GOD, WHY GOD! WHY FORD BUT FWD IN FOCUS RS? WHY!!!!

  • The bad thing about limited releases: they're limited. The good thing: they sell faster than you can say turbo-lag.

  • you have disgraced your family. suicide inly way to regain honor

  • 0:32 ' what the fuck dingmong'

  • WHAT THE HELL?!!

  • We have wallies like this on English TV too.

  • why don't they make the ford RWD or AWD ? especially now that it has 500bhp....

  • @maestrularmelor uhhhh, 500 is the number made. 345 is the hp. mind you that is way too much for an FF but 500 as you thought would be plain outrageous.

  • @leftbehindskyline I see. yeah you're right 500 is the number made i forgot...when i was writing the comment i thought the 500 is the hp...my bad :d

  • 1/4 mile the STI would of spanked it

  • @gotgame19rizla totally! STI should have "spanked" by like 0.3 seconds in the 1/4 mile before it got passed!

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  • gota love a rs500

  • Vet ik kies zelf ook voor de Focus omdat die ook wat fraaier is.

  • what language are they speaking?

  • @kentuckyexplosion they speak dutch

  • 350bhp in a fwd roadcar thats a mistake, they have to get 4wd for this

  • the rs500 should be AWD.... that way sti or evo would cry...till then is another fwd overpowered car.....

  • @mariushades Fuel economy is shit in this car as it is mate. Its powerful enough.

  • @mariushades but I think it would make it slower on high speeds

    even if notmitsubishi evolution x fq-400 in Europe which makes about 400 hp or more

    But I really want an rs in US, hope they would bring to here

  • @alexlugovoy RS is super charged and turbo charged. Fq400 have big turbo and big turbo lag, i belive rs500 AWD will be fun( i dont care about max high speed)

  • @mariushades Oh I trust you

    I would like to get one even if it would fwd

  • @mariushades drive one first.. this defies the rules of fwd cars.

  • @mariushades i dont know about an evo..

  • @mariushades i don't think subaru or mitsubishi are crying... 2 good cars. I think every car company IS crying over the 2012 GTR!

  • @11miksti for now no one is crying, i said if focus would be AWD with that brilliant engine superturbocharged... now i will go see the 2012 GTR, thx for the tip

  • @mariushades

    wolf built a differential for RS....expensive as hell :D 13.900€ and you can have an AWD focus rs :)

  • Evo IX eats both...the only sound u would hear would be nomnomnonomnom

  • @bmwfan4lyfe

    The still make AWD cars today. You can get 3,5 en 7 series with optional Xdrive. And of course also the SUV's the make.

  • Wow. This Ford looks so amazing in matte black! WOW!

  • The sound of the 5 cilinder RS is magnificent, but it can't beat the sound of the Sub's boxer engine and it's shift-indicator-sound!

  • Two favorite cars ...

  • like morec ford rsss

    

  • like the STI more!

  • "What the hell?"

    

  • Subaru got owned l00l.

  • focus 4ever

    

  • That rs500 is cool but this was anything but a fair comparison. A regular focus rs vs STI wouldve been better. Still that focus is freaking cool

  • @ownagemaximus55 a reg RS vs a WRX wouldve been fair..

  • the rs in better!!!

  • y porq no colocan el subaru cs400 .l.

  • Bla bla bla... What the hell? Didn't get that.

  • Both are an excellent car..great in the class!!

  • Subarus have no top speed

  • FUN video! Thanks for the subtitles! Great job!

  • There is an RS500 at my work that one of my bosses took out and got T-Boned. Bent frame, everything... Shame

  • they should race the rs500 against a spec-c sti ;)

  • i would sure like to see the RS500's against the STI-S 2011 model !!

  • The ford kicked his but so hard, it made him briefly speak English. Haha!

  • mormons are idiots

  • Argue all you want guys but both these cars are an absolute joy to drive. I've driven the suby and a focus RS (not the 500) and they both will have you smiling from ear to ear. Two great cars in their class.

  • Fake race.. guys just leave it..you don't have it..come greece to show you how we are doing it.!!! bb chicks

  • At the end of the day, it's still a Ford Focus. 

  • @pittshnogle with the same logic, at the end of the day the subaru is still a base model impreza

  • @matt25675 which, in my opinion, is far better than a ford focus.

  • @matt25675 So why does the Subaru say STI right in the grille? I believe this is an STI model not a base model..... Don't get me wrong I love STI's and I hate to see this but that RS is a beast...

  • @noriushavok Ummmm..... you completely missed the point of matt25675s comment. He knows its an STI. The comment was made that "At the end of the day its still a Ford Focus", which is true, but at the a the end of the day its also still just a Subaru Impreza as well. People can't compare these to the base cars because they both suck.

  • @coreymvincent I didn't miss any point; YOU missed everything here. matt25675 said this is a "base model impreza," I just simply pointed out that it is not, it is an STI. Read his comment again before you try and correct someone. I did not misunderstand his comment.... YOU misunderstood his and mine.... double wammy for you guy. You're trying to add words to what his post actually says, which makes no sence. You claim that, "The comment was made that.....? So you're assuming? He never said that!

  • @noriushavok I well say it again...you missed the entire point of the comment. Fail.

  • @matt25675 yes! they have to test against a ra-r

  • at 1:42 (0-100 Sti 5,2 RS500 5,6 ) the rs driver is just the better driver but the sti is the better car AWD dominates FWD in all ways.A good start with awd is not so easy like a fwd vehicle. The Subaru has 50hp less but is 0,4 sec faster .....thats AWD :-)

    And theres a really big diffrence between the qualitiy of a Subaru and a Ford

    Sorry for my bad englisch :-)

  • OPAAA

    

  • 300 hp\400nm subi vs 350 hp\450nm Focus of course the Ford"Volvo" will win in a straight line any idiot can figure that out. Sure Ford is a nice bit of kit but the subi is more refined everyday performance car good for all road conditions. Also the Ford is actually a Volvo, the chassis designed by Volvo, 5 cylinder engine is Volvo the only Ford item on the car is the Ford badge on the trunk/boot. At least the subi is all subi & not parts used from other manufactures.RS500=boy racer look at me.

  • @555Starscream Go fuck yourself that is a straight Ford right there mate body panels and all Who rules the Rally motor world Ford does Who rules the drag racing world Ford Does dont talk shit about Ford

  • @555Starscream One more thing Ever seen Jack Roush Jrs Boss 302 or Vaughn Gittens Mustang they dominate there league tell me they suck now

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  • The focus rs 500 is a great car, but the only reason it won is because fwd cars have the ability to put more power down in a drag race than awd, put those 2 on the nordshcleife and the subaru will spank it!

  • At 0:32 he said what the fuck

  • Wow RS500 fantactic =)

  • @Marshmallowrex

    Still talking shit about STI's while you're driving a busted ass Honda? lol okay

  • @Marshmallowrex

    subaru have rally pedigree.. prestige

    ford..dont. you have a ford gt, thats about it.

  • ford lighting. ford mustang cobra. ford contour svt. wait scratch that last one. cant really say the gt is all ford had to offer.

  • @lovinLL

    comon man you cant say the ford lightening and svt are good.. il agree with the mustang tough

  • @SubiNwoofer subaru shit

  • @marcvie9

    and you drive a..?

  • @SubiNwoofer focus?

  • @marcvie9 possibly the crappiest car i have ever driven.

  • @SubiNwoofer crappiest? it has the best steering in the world and its affordable for normal people subaru is crap some doesnt even has a radio and it costs 10x then a focus

  • @marcvie9 sti costs maybe 3x more than the BASE model..

    subaru wrx $40k aus 0-100km in 5 seconds. you tell me thats not affordable for that kind of power.

    Which car are you buying that doesnt have a radio?? you are being ripped mate

  • its still a ford focus.

  • Der RS500 hat 50ps mehr aber ja!

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  • the guy in the subarus fat to car ratio was too high lol

  • Already saw one RS500 in Finland

  • lekker lick lekker shnell....thats what i always say.

  • The subaru looks ........errr........shit.

  • Among the video reviews and roadtests SUBARU always lose

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  • focus es una chingoneria........ el único que le gana es el peugeot...... pero el francés no tiene repaldo en el servicio.....

  • @picosorevive jajajaja, de qué habla?

  • @launchini100 que en las agencias Peugeot al menos en la mayor parte de México no te dan un buen servicio de postventa, lástima el carro es excelente.

  • they need to actually use the RS500's engine with this configuration in a volvo...

  • A stock mid 80's Mustang GT has only about 200hp, so 0-60 is half a second slower. You can beat its naturally aspirated 5.0 windsor without breaking it, doing 19-20MPG average (The Focus RS 500 does 22MPG)

    Sorry, but I'm not impressed. I expected more after 25 years.

  • @Nomasain

    What about when you hit a corner? Ever thought of that?

  • @DubRighteous Sure, the RS would win no doubt, but I don't see why a good cornering car cannot have improved acceleration & MPG as well...

  • @Nomasain

    That's because the Mustang is RWD so it puts its power better on the a straight line than the Focus. Also this Focus is heavier because current cars are more equipped and safer than before. Put several airbags, ABS, TC, ESP, EBD, Navigation system and all those extra gadgets and the car gets heavier. But compare your fox body Mustang to a 2011 Mustang GT and I'm sure it has improved a lot on performance (almost 2 sec on the 0-60 and what about 1/4 mile times??).

  • i wish they had that rs500 in america cuz i wud instantly trade in my subaru

  • that guy looks like a lesbian. anyway, its a nice car

  • heard that the new subaru has a big big turbolag-___-

  • my uncle has a blue rs, upgraded to a rs500 . 370 hp. it's a sick ride people, i drove it. i'll take the ford focus rs 500 over the wrx sti any day

  • ik koop de wrx sti

    aangezien de ford uitverkovht is -.-"

  • hehe kölner kennzeichen:)

    

  • is that germany? damn ur men looks like a women and women like men

  • @danceforuu iceland you tool, and thats just rude

  • @iriddell1 dude its holland and its not rude its the truth ,you TOOL

  • @legomonster608 i think your just jealous because you look like a pig-dog.

  • @danceforuu its holland and yes they do

  • i am a fan of ford, but the subaru is made for rallying.........

  • Flawed video! You put a limited edition RS500 into a race with standard Subaru Impreza STI....... Lets make it an even race, put in a limited edition Impreza in the mis meet the STI Cosworth..

    search youtube "for top gear Focus Subaru Volvo"

    Would you rush out to buy a volvo ??? i wouldnt, theres no way i would buy a FORD neither, day to day driving Subaru wins every time!

  • The RS looks to be a great car, but I'll take AWD over FWD anyday. If it was going to come down to handling stock for stock , IMHO the EVO would have made for a better test comparison with the RS.

  • RS fucking great car!

    

  • Does anyone know if the RS is available in the US??

  • FOCUS!!!!!!!!!!! RS POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • NEVER THOUGH I WOULD SAY THIS...but ford has finally made a car capable of street racing.. =)

  • yeah but there's only 500 of them..

    while the STi anyone can get hahahaha

  • @Pockyball yes thats why he makes the Ford RS, better then the subaru sti.

  • @Pockyball Ford have annoced they are making more of these rs 500's now though, u just order it and get one....

  • @Pockyball even my old Tuned ST beats easy the STi ... nothing speciall

  • netherland! ford rs500