Wait... Ford Built A Focus RS Van? | Carfection
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Those seats and steering wheel are pure early 2000's tuner
Don't forget blue piping under the bonnet..
@@SINIS0RSA silicone hoses are still a thing
Pretty sure that was the idea.
You do know that this car is from the early 2000s
The car is an 03 plate
Can we just talk about everything else under the covers in there??
@P0IS0N this, it's such a rare but incredible machine
Damn that collection is worth a lot of money. What a place. That mk1 on the lift is just beautiful
The RS2000s, the GT, the Escort and the Supervan 😍
That gt 😍
thomas thomasman
cosi wo nice tho
I don't know what Ford engineers are sniffing, but keep doing it, we need more crazy cars.
Have you seen the Super van in the background at 1:28? That's been through 3 transformations and currently uses a Cosworth F1 Engine, V10
I am guessing they are sniffing petrol given the contents of that shed.
Why are the Ford people allowed to be more creative in Europe and not here in the states?
these ford people were in europe mate
Americans only buy crossovers of a very specific shape
How do you think the new GT came about?
Welcome To The Madness ...........I’ve always thought that the mods to American Fords are very creative, like a Shelby Mustang or a Raptor F150- those are really specialised modifications which you can actually buy in the USA .
Because we buy hot hatches and normal cars here in europe. Still. Not only suvs and trucks.
Transit Connects are all over America with 2.0 petrol engines, can’t be too hard finding a crashed Focus St to use as a donor for a swap 🤔
Stolen ones are easier to find over here in the UK
Ehhhhhh, way too much work.
Just boost the duratec in the van with an off the shelf proven kit from @fswerks and make 260+whp.
With factory reliability to boot.
Or that yeah good idea
you didn't get the MK2 ST over in the states though?
james may the transit connects here in the States have the 2.0 mazda/ford duratec lump
As a Fiesta ST owner who has a job where i need to carry tools this would have been my perfect car.
how big are the tools? My FiST fits all kinds of stuff with the seats down! :)
You could always panel up the back windows and make a Fiesta van like in the 80's and 90's
There's also a Fiesta Van. It's a Fiesta without rear seats and rear windows and a small cargo space there instead. Quite neat, similar to a few other small vans from other manufacturers. Imagine an ST version of that thing. Should be fairly simple to pull off.
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I thought they'd stop making them when the van in the video was built, they definitely don't make a Focus van, unlike the Escort van, used to see loads of RS Escort vans, with the whole back full of 18" inch subs and Rockford fosgate amps, back in the 90's.
I know what you mean. Between the girlfriends ND Miata and newfound woodworking hobby and my 91 MR2 it's a bit rough to even make Costco runs. I really don't want a truck or SUV. I was looking at Subaru Bajas, Honda Elements, Ford Transit Connects, and I'm currently looking at Mazda5s. Would be nice for junkyard dives and those Costco and lumber runs.
someone I used to know did the same sort of thing in the 90s - used the engine and running gear from a written off Escort Cosworth and rebuilt it in an Escort van. Was probably the ultimate sleeper around here at that time.
This thing looks better than the new Supra
And the fastest vans are Royal Mail vans,
Its not supposed to be velvet. It’s a flocked dash used to reduce glare.
He said it feels velvety. Flocking feels more like a soft sandpaper because it's made of plastic fibers. It's most likely suede, people confuse suede & alcantara with velvet all the time.
@@shona5512He clearly didnt know what Flocking was and its purpose. Sad
OOH! I spy the supervan at the back! Y'all mind reviewing that too? xD
The Supervan 3 is something that’s not reported on often, I would love for them to do it.
Now I want a Transit van with a RS drivetrain ... (then you showed the Transit ST) my life is complete
The transit is sold with the 3.5 ecoboost V6 in the US.. a livernois stage 3 tune gives that engine upward of 400hp..
Note to Ford: build the Transit Connect ST, bring it HERE, TO AMERICA, and sell them. And while you're at it, give us the Transit Connect X-Press as well. PLEASE.😁
It's actually true that vans are among the fastest vehicles on the road.
You see something coming up fast from behind, swoosh it have passed you faster than you can blink and it dissapears in a blur. You're like, ah must have been an electrician.... :D
It doesn't matter if you have a supercar, you just can't keep up with these guys.
Van drivers are among the biggest assholes on the road. Not to categorise or generalise, but van drivers are often in a hurry, which leads them to being impatient and a tad reckless.
I thought I was the only person who remembered the Connect RS. Good stuff.
From where do U know it?
We visited the Heritage Collection a couple of years back, superb way to spend the day. What a collection!
In one of my old jobs we had a 2.2 turbo transit connect and it was massive fun. We used it as a pool car so it was never loaded up so it was able to go proper quick. The only problem that having no cargo in the back made the back-end very light and eager to slide with fast turning. So very fun though.
Lommel is in Belgium by the way ;-)
Ik dacht juist hetzelfde :p
lovely cars and wonderful you again, thanks Alex, please, present more films to us.
I would daily this
Edit: Ok I've watched the full video. I woulde daily the new one..
I've driven 2 different transit vans. I thoroughly enjoyed both of them.
Why has nobody picked up the fact that he has given out false information? Those ‘chunky leather recaros’ are in fact retrimmed SPARCO seats lifted out of the mk1 focus RS.
tyler5796 thank fuck it wasn’t just me mate👍🏻
I think "Recaro" is synonymous with "bucket seats" sometimes. Also the newer focuses (focii?) Both had Recaro seats so maybe it's just a mistake on his part.
Cause no one really cares mate
Polinht Typically i like to watch interesting or factual content. This was then neither. Each to their own i suppose.
fantastic,.. in few words my dream come true.. I have a 2016 and would love to do this
Lommel is in Belgium, it drove around at the Proving Grounds in Lommel
We need to see more of that building. SUPERVAN!! We have a Connect at work. I always thought it would be so less awful with a set of wider wheels off a Focus.
I once drive a MK3 fiesta van with a focus st engine installed ,that was fun!
Would buy. Would daily.
Totally
I’d trade my st for it
I've wanted to do that ST swap so bad! Didn't know it was done. Need it!!!
I got to drive a Zafira VXR quite a while ago and I hate to admit, but damn that was a great time
Brilliant! How about a groupt test with these two plus the XJ220-engined Transit? That would be interesting!!!
It's amazing some of the picturesque locations you guys get to drive through! ;-)
Also, are we just not going to mention the SuperVan 3 sat in the background?
That white Transit connect I'd use a mad delivery parts van
I spotted the super van too o.o
This presenter is a good bloke👍
I saw the super van 3 in the background, I liked the video, super van 3 is a monster! Would love to see a video on it
We have a few transit connects at work, two are the 1.6 ecoboost, and they actually are entertaining to drive. Surprisingly tossable, especially for its height.
The other ones have a 2.5 n/a. That engine is also the base engine in the Fusion and Escape. Both of those also have a 2.0t ecoboost. I wonder how easy the swap would actually be? I just figure it'd be a lot cheaper and easier to source an engine from one of those instead of a focus ST.
OMG I really need that Connect ST for my dog walking business 🐕
Great things those hot vans. You might like to investigate the hot vans and cars made by Ford and GM for the Police and military undercover units in the 1980’s. That would be an interesting video!
Love them! (But Lommel is actually in Belgium.)
So cool!!! Both of them.
Friend of mine built one of these with over 300bhp. god bless platform sharing!
In the states we have the full size transit with a 350hp ecoboost V6
The red escort Mexico under the wraps tho 😍😍
I Hope they give the next Generation an st/rs version!
I can just imaging the mailman going on a rally race to deliver your mail hahaha
did you say lommel in germany? (where also the biggest ford europe testing facility is)? because that is very much in Belgium
And now Alex is very much banned from there.
Yeah baby Yeah.
My mate has a kangoo van with a Clio cup engine and a old Renault van with a Renault 5 turbo engine and they are both unreal
That van is rockin' ...so don't come knockin'
This airbag looks nice.
I drive one of these for work and it's already kinda fun imagine this shit
I had an XR3i van in the 90's :)
Taking one day shipment to another level
Well, Ford America wants to make ST versions of all their cars, so maybe there's hope yet. Ford, if you see this, please build it! I will buy one!
Ranger90 Ford America don’t sell cars (except for the mustang) now. It’s all trucks
Ooh supervan, let’s have a head to head with that and Justin laws XJ220 transit.
Totally random question.....where did you get that jacket? I really like it.
Would love that white connect
Great item....but you must return and demand a go in the transit behind....please
What about tuning the Transit Connect that already comes with the 1.6 Ecoboost from factory?
WOOP WOOP 👍👍👍 Nice cars 😍
Good little video. Sticking a high performance diesel ~ 200 bhp in a smallish van gives more useable performance. VW do it with their transporter. Mind you it is heavier and bigger than the Transit Connect and rather expensive.
I love my mk1 focus rs connect 😄
2x alloy wheels in back one for N/S one for O/S rotation
Love it!!!
I'm pretty sure the velvet he's describing, is flocking like you'd find inside a race/rally car.
I'm so jealous right now. Nothing like this here in the states. 😢
Love the guys voice ngl
Well i think this is just really funny!
The transit supervan sitting in the corner watching over like a proud dad
I live in America and I need one. AWD would be absulute PERFECTION
Like to see one with the RS500 engine and awd!
Peter Ökvist The did one called the Supervan which had a few different engines. The Supervan 3 which can be seen in the background of this video (1:29) currently has a Cosworth-Ford V8 I believe.
I didn't know Adrian Edmundson was reviewing vans these days!
They should make an Escape RS. I'd like that.
They've got one called the escape sport, my family has one. It's got a 250 horsepower turbo 2 liter, it's a fun little suv. I agree though, they should definitely stuff the new focus RS engine with over 300 horsepower in there in some sort of special edition
Please. Can someone explain to me why there are cool rigs in Europe and crap with automatic transmissions in Canada? I need one of these for my plumbing service van. Something cool
Would love to have the st version for my daily driver..
Yes but can that engine fit in the ka mk1 or 2
Hmm, spied those 2 RS200's under sheets. Dream garage
with what ET are the rims of the connect
When you said it wasn't the latest RS set up, I was a little letdown. Now that would of been a special van.
The ST van is quite cool. But I doo mis the old escort van. They was great.
Now put a pop rop roof on it and convert the load space and you'd have a really really fast mini-campervan.
If I was small contractor in the U.K. I would have own something like this!
2:21 When this car came out in the med NAUGHTIES"
now you need is the matching carro to this van
A few years ago a was a transit connect with an rs cosworth engine and 4wd drive train it was Fucking cool
I want one!
GM did it....HHR SS - 150+ mph later....they didn't market it, and some of us were lucky to have experienced them ; )
That 2nd last sentence is absolutely true. Vans are the fastest cars on the road
What was that van in the corner at 1:30 ?
I thought it’s a swap w the new rs 😂 I was expecting it to pop and bang and drift 😂😂😂
You guys should do a video on Guy Martin's transit van
would be allot more interesting seeing the mk1 rs engine shoehorned into an xr2 , plus who would actually want a fast van , all your building/painting gear would be everywhere haha
I'd swap the RS wheels onto the new one, paint it white and add full dark blue stripes! This seems so easy to do I'm surprised you couldn't just special order one through Ford🤔
But why it only front wheel drive tho
Need that RS200 in the back round
Can anyone tell me what wheels this thing has I love em
Should be awd but I love it none the less
This is neat. Shouldn't count internal combustion out too fast.
So does that lack a driver's front airbag?
im more concerned with the van in the back at 1:28 than this one lol
If they made this electricians would be shitting there pants to get this ford would sell thousands 😁
Exactly. Thousands. Two at most.
I love it
This is a neat van i think im more interested in the van at 1:26. Anybody? This van would be alot more interesting if it had a swap out of a brand new rs.