Wait is Killing Me

I'm guessing at Frankfurt they will make big announcements on other details that we don't know such as pricing.
I'd say few vehicles will be available for the media and journalists for test drives and first drive reviews would be written by then.
I read from another forum that would be when dealer order system will be open as well.

I hope the wait doesn't kill you before the Focus RS comes out.

From what I've been reading on the interwebs, US market not to have Recaro seats. Wtf.

It'll make for a good excuse to go for something aftermarket

Anyone planning on upgrading the seats?

S.Elliot said:

It'll make for a good excuse to go for something aftermarket

Anyone planning on upgrading the seats?

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Might not have to go "aftermarket" if a supplier sells the stock UK parts in the US. That's what I'm hoping for. A company like Mountune that is backed by ford, to carry items not offered to US dealerships as options like the Recaros. Nothing about it being an emissions item so no real reason it isn't sold in the US market other than maintaining the status of UK RS being better than US because more options. A lot like they did in the past, offering cars in UK that make ours look inferior.

SPOOLISH said:

From what I've been reading on the interwebs, US market not to have Recaro seats. Wtf.

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no it'll have recaros just potentially not those recaros... probably similar to the ones we get in the mustang... Something about the other ones not meeting crash regs or something...

Jobber said:

no it'll have recaros just potentially not those recaros... probably similar to the ones we get in the mustang... Something about the other ones not meeting crash regs or something...

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Oh yea? Man, that sucks. Well, if were still getting them I'm sure ford US won't flop and make them lame. I wonder if shelby will get involved with power packages for the RS.. That would be sweet.

Starting to wonder if anyone will be brave enough to customize the factory seats because I sure wouldn't mind having some suede inserts done in diamond stitching.

My guess is same recaro as ones in ST model.

Those mustang seats with blue stitching in the Focus RS would be killer, only downside is you'll be sliding around on it more than you would with fabric seats.

The Focus St seats aren't too bad but it would be nice if the RS came with an all leather seat option. Will the RS include an all leather trim option?

ExtremeFocus said:

The Focus St seats aren't too bad but it would be nice if the RS came with an all leather seat option. Will the RS include an all leather trim option?

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All leather in a car you want to throw around will not keep you in your seat. I rather have suede, at least that will help hold you in and just overall do a better job at catering to the experience.

garu said:

Those mustang seats would be killer.
Unfortunately, these should be what we will be getting here in NA.
ie. Exactly same ones from ST model.

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ughhh you had to ruin it for me... I HATE the ST seats...not that they're bad or anything... they're just not sexy ahah

centurion said:

All leather in a car you want to throw around will not keep you in your seat. I rather have suede, at least that will help hold you in and just overall do a better job at catering to the experience.

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I think it's dependent on what you plan to do with your RS. I most likely won't be doing anything like Ken Block in my Focus RS so leather sets will work better for me and they are easier to clean.

Suede will be better if you plan to take the RS to the track.