The Story of RS: A Visual History of Every Ford RS Model

Feb 27, 2015 | News

For more than four decades, Ford's European arm has been taking otherwise mild-mannered models and turning them into performance monsters. Operating free of the constraints that bound pure production cars, RS has variously employed a variety of means including multi-valve heads, turbocharging, and all-wheel drive, to name just a few, in the name of squeezing out more power. Unfortunately, we in the U.S. have largely been left out of the RS fun—until now, as the 2017 Ford Focus RS is a true world car. In celebration, we present a look back at all the RS models that paved the way.

<img width="150" height="150" src="http://blog.caranddriver.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Ford-17M-RS-19691-150×150.jpg" alt="The slightly larger Ford 17M also got the RS treatment. Sitting between the 15M and 22M, it packed a Cologne-built 2.0-liter V-6 and rear-wheel …read more

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