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  • Ford Performance prototype

  • Filmed on public and closed roads in Europe and US.

  • ESP and traction control deactivated.

  • Always obey speed limits.

  • This is the inside story of the rebirth of an icon

  • the Ford Focus RS.

  • From the design studio to the test track, and

  • from Arizona to the Arctic

  • we follow the team

  • as they strive to revive a famous name.

  • We're not gonna put out a vehicle that doesn't deserve that RS badge.

  • And we'll follow Ford rally and Gymkhana superstar Ken Block

  • as he joins the RS team.

  • Ford Focus RS

  • Rebirth of an icon

  • Six weeks ago in Lommel Belgium

  • the RS sign off drive did not go well.

  • Is that it? That's it.

  • Wow, that is horrible.

  • Yes.

  • That's not good.

  • It feels a little weak

  • Ford's product development chief Raj Nair delivered a brutal verdict.

  • Not signed off.

  • Today over 4,000 miles away in Michigan USA

  • Raj is on his way to join the Ford performance team

  • for a second sign off drive.

  • We had three major issues from the drive in Lommel

  • that we really need to make sure are resolved.

  • The pops and burbles from the exhaust

  • steering feel in normal mode

  • and then brake feel

  • particularly in moderate to heavy braking

  • so, we just need to make sure that those three are fixed

  • and that there aren't any new issues.

  • The team await his arrival at Grattan Raceway near Grand Rapids.

  • We've had a lot of late nights

  • we left Lommel we went right to work

  • and had some struggles along the way

  • The issues that we had were not easy to solve.

  • In the last four weeks or six weeks since we had that drive

  • I think we've been able to clear out those issues and

  • we're anticipating a full approval today.

  • I drove the car yesterday

  • I'm pleased, I think we're there

  • and we're going to put Raj in the car soon and see if he agrees.

  • If we're not signed off today then ...

  • we have to say that we're actually not ready to go to production.

  • Which means a delay in job one

  • which mean delay in the cars getting to dealers

  • and the financial impact of all of that.

  • It's a big day.

  • We really need to be clean today ...

  • or we're gonna have some pretty serious repercussions.

  • Raj grabs his helmet and heads out onto the circuit alone for some high speed laps.

  • Back in the pits Raj summons Tyrone

  • to deliver his verdict.

  • Well ....

  • I think it's ready.

  • Finally!

  • Let's go build some cars because ...

  • there's a lot of people waiting for this car.

  • Oh yeah. The interest is massive.

  • I was referring to me, but ... yeah.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • You get so quickly used to the fact

  • that you just have to hit the throttle

  • and you've got tractive force on all four wheels.

  • Although to get the max out of it, if you feed in ...

  • right ...

  • and just maximize all four ...

  • it really flies.

  • Yeah.

  • But ... you're right you can also just mash it.

  • It'll make up for you.

  • Exactly.

  • It's gonna make a lot of bad drivers look good.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Congratulations

  • Thanks.

  • Great job!

  • The team just needed the time to resolve the three issues

  • we've got the steering on normal feeling where it should be.

  • The brakes under heavy braking ...

  • good modulation, good firmness in the pedal.

  • Have you got your pops and burbles?

  • I got my pops and burbles!

  • The engine guys, you know said you're burning too much fuel

  • but I got my pops and burbles.

  • For the small Ford Performance team

  • Today marks the end of a two and a half year journey

  • from concept ...

  • to sign off.

  • We set out on the project with very specific targets

  • and we delivered those

  • and today really is the culmination of that.

  • It's the most difficult job I've ever had ...

  • but also the most rewarding job.

  • I've had to put people under huge amount of pressure ...

  • to deliver ...

  • much more so than normal development,

  • but it's also the reward

  • because you do get the results very quickly.

  • Much like in a race team.

  • And of course the development team was joined by the Hoonigan,

  • Ken Block.

  • Ken was great

  • he kind of came in from a different perspective

  • and I think that was good,

  • it kept us pushing the boundaries in a different way.

  • We want to make sure the drift mode was worthy of being a drift mode.

  • And I think Ken was a critical part to making that happen.

  • A performance team and the lengths that it's going to get the performance it needs

  • is probably be the ultimate example of an engineering team at its best.

  • That's probably enough fun.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Just watching what we as people can do when we decide we want to do something ...

  • that's what's really cool.

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