Ford has a long history of keeping its hottest cars available only beyond the US. Finally the RS is here, and it's good. Tim Stevens Former editor at large for CNET Cars Tim Stevens got his start ...

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Ford Focus and 2018-2022 Ford EcoSport vehicles. The oil pump drive belt or drive belt tensioner may fail, resulting in a loss of engine oil ...

Robert has been an auto enthusiast his entire life. He started working on cars at a young age, learning the basics from his father in the home garage on the weekends. Over the years, he learned as ...

Wow, the Focus RS. It’s the best modern Ford product I’ve driven. It’s the best sport compact I’ve ever driven, not including small sports cars. It’s quite an achievement, and it’s so popular that ...

Ford introduced the first ever Focus RS in 2002, reviving the RS (Rallye Sport) badge after having popularized it before with rally homologation specials like the Escort RS 1600 or the Escort RS ...

Ford couldn't have released the Focus RS at a better time. The Mitsubishi Evo is officially dead, and the Subaru WRX STI is getting long in the tooth. The most recent generation of the STI is only ...

Ford confirmed back in February it would finally sell Americans the Focus RS, and this month Ford revealed pricing and option packaging for the much-anticipated hot hatch. As usual, the press release ...

CARS.COM — Ford’s three-cylinder EcoBoost engine has been a success in Europe, where it is available in ten Ford models sold across the continent. The three-cylinder first appeared in the U.S. as an ...

It's a dreary day at Ford's Lommel test facility tucked away in a nondescript corner of northeast Belgium. About as far away from a canyon road in California or a serpentine pass in the Smoky ...

The hot hatch market is hotter than ever right now, the missing MazdaSpeed3 notwithstanding, which means that consumers win both coming and going. The Volkswagen GTI is the best, most refined example ...

Welcome to Critic’s Notebook, a quick and off-the-cuff collection of impressions, jottings, and marginalia on whatever The Drive writers happen to be driving. Today’s edition: the 2016 Ford Focus ST.