Exclusive First Drive: Ford Focus XR5! Ford's new XR5 turbo is the thinking man's GTI

摘要

Hot hatches with rumpy pumpy turbomotors are experiencing a bit of a golden age in Oz. The Golf GTI is slaying them and we're bating our breath for the Astra VRX. And in the midst of all this hype and expectation lobs Ford's hottest ever hatch in the form of the XR5 Turbo, Driving the fastest Focus makes me think that maybe the Euro hot-hatch market is a more mature one. Maybe those continental coves have more stratified a hot-hatch sub-culture.