{"id":719198,"date":"2010-04-19T09:38:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T13:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=55075"},"modified":"2026-10-04T12:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T16:20:19","slug":"video-2011-ford-focus-rs500-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/719198","title":{"rendered":"Video: 2011 Ford Focus RS500 in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55078 aligncenter\" title=\"Ford Focus RS500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/ford_focus_rs500_video_main_a.jpg?resize=563%2C321\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"321\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve waited a really long time to see a video of the new Focus RS500 in action. However, we were a bit disappointed at what Ford of Europe delivered &#8211; a 1 minute 6 second video of the Focus RS500 going around some corners with a thumping drum n&#8217; bass beat.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it&#8217;s Monday and it&#8217;s something exciting to kick off your week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hit the jump for the video<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Refresher<\/strong>: Power for the Ford Focus RS500 comes from a turbocharged Duratec RS 2.5-L 5-cylinder engine  making 345-hp with a maximum torque of 339 lb-ft. That allows it to go from 0-62 mph in 5.6 seconds with a top speed of 163 mph. Only 500 will be made.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>2011 Ford Focus RS500<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2011_ford_focus_rs500_images_005.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Ford Focus  RS500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2011_ford_focus_rs500_images_005-128x84.jpg?resize=128%2C84\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2011_ford_focus_rs500_images_006.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Ford Focus  RS500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2011_ford_focus_rs500_images_006-128x84.jpg?resize=128%2C84\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2011_ford_focus_rs500_images_004.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Ford Focus  RS500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2011_ford_focus_rs500_images_004-128x84.jpg?resize=128%2C84\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2011_ford_focus_rs500_images_019.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Ford Focus  RS500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2011_ford_focus_rs500_images_019-128x84.jpg?resize=128%2C84\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-55075\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JWY0w4Hjqdk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2011 Ford Focus RS500<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623604952469%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623604952469%2F&amp;set_id=72157623604952469&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Omar Rana<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ybIHpIPNaVYudLpktCnaGuKtg2k\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ybIHpIPNaVYudLpktCnaGuKtg2k\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ybIHpIPNaVYudLpktCnaGuKtg2k\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ybIHpIPNaVYudLpktCnaGuKtg2k\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=BmNC9tBcyNA:P3TFSupZLHA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=BmNC9tBcyNA:P3TFSupZLHA:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=BmNC9tBcyNA:P3TFSupZLHA:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=BmNC9tBcyNA:P3TFSupZLHA:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=BmNC9tBcyNA:P3TFSupZLHA:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=BmNC9tBcyNA:P3TFSupZLHA:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=BmNC9tBcyNA:P3TFSupZLHA:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve waited a really long time to see a video of the new Focus RS500 in action. However, we were a bit disappointed at what Ford of Europe delivered &#8211; a 1 minute 6 second video of the Focus RS500 going around some corners with a thumping drum n&#8217; bass beat. Either way, it&#8217;s Monday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-719198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-315Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":820780,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719198\/revisions\/820780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}