I was told yesterday by two different Ford Dealers in the UK that they expect the RS Focus to go out of production in 2017 when the new Focus goes into production.
This means that there will only be a few thousand units ever made, what a great shame
Got to love how they planned it out. While it sucks for those that want to get one going forward, it will benefit current owners and those that wish to get one second hand. Value of these will hold well throughout a reasonable timeframe..
But one thing to look forward to is what the next RS is going to be like. They did great improvements to the new Raptor compared to the last one
Maybe it'll go out of production at the end of 2017? Sucks that there's going to be such limited amount of Focus RS being produced. The original RS is going to hold onto its value very well especially with the driving it's meant for. A few Focus RS' are going to be scrapped on track and that's going to reduce the amount that's still running in the world.
A lot of fans are going to be disappointed and Ford will need to deliver an even better Focus now that the bar has been set so high.
This is very contradictory with what many Ford executives have said to the press only a few weeks ago. I remember watching one interview where they specifically asked about production numbers and the Ford Executive replied that it was not going to be a limited production car with production runs similar to the FoST.
Ford's Marketing Director said that they are building less RS than ST and not much about the 2017 model year.
It's around the 2:55 minute mark int eh video adn he doesn't say anything specific.
From what I've read (nothing official, but seems logical), FoRS Mk III production will stop around August 2017 (whenever the Saarlouis plant changes over to Mk IV Focus production).
It will of course vary from dealer to dealer and as you can bet dealers will be going with the flow of the market, so when ever there is strong demand you can expect that they'll mark prices up. Best to keep your source so of information for tracking demand open to forums, contacts at dealers, etc. Doing that you might be able to get in at a great price.
Not sure how accurate this is but GTSpirit says that there's around 500 2016 Focus RS left in the UK and this was on the 20th of April, so last week. There's still hope for those of you in the UK before production ends next year.
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