The new Ford Focus RS Edition, which features a mechanical Quaife limited-slip differential (LSD), is now available to order from £35,795, providing even more traction and driving appeal for performance driving enthusiasts.

The Focus RS Edition also features unique styling, including signature Nitrous Blue paint with striking black exterior details, a two-tone seat execution and carbon-fibre trim.

“Our new Focus RS Edition represents accessible performance at its finest,” said Leo Roeks, Ford Performance Director, Europe. “Improving on the class-leading driving dynamics of the Focus RS was no small task – but our Ford Performance engineers have delivered a drivetrain capable of wringing every drop of performance from the 350PS EcoBoost engine.”

The mechanical Quaife LSD limits the engine torque delivered to a wheel so there is reduced traction on the road surface. By redistributing the torque to the wheel with more traction, it counteracts the wheel spin that can hamper acceleration and stability.

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All Wheel Drive varies the front-to-rear torque distribution to suit the current driving situation – monitoring inputs from vehicle sensors at 100 times per second, it sends a maximum of 70 per cent of the drive torque to the rear axle. Link with the Dynamic Torque Vectoring, clutch packs on the rear axle send up to 100 per cent of the available torque to either rear wheel, and can switch drive from one side to the other in as little as 0.06 seconds.

“For hardcore driving enthusiasts, the additional mechanical grip offered by the Quaife LSD will make it even easier to carry speed through a corner on the track, and maximise acceleration on the way out,” Roeks said. “The Focus RS Edition takes our ‘fun to drive’ philosophy to a new level for an everyday road car.”