Is A Ford Fiesta RS Finally On The Way?

According to reports, Ford is cooking up a faster big brother for the already scorching Fiesta ST
Is A Ford Fiesta RS Finally On The Way?

It’s rather hard to pick fault with the new Ford Fiesta ST. The powerplant is more interesting than the one in the old ST, the rear axle is endlessly playful, and there’s stacks of grip from the front boots. It’s astonishingly capable, amazingly communicative, and quite frankly, we can’t say enough good things about it.

With that in mind, a Fiesta RS (imagined above by X-Tomi Design) just seems a bit, well…needless, wouldn’t you say? We’re not averse to the idea of such a thing though, and rumour has it Ford is indeed cooking up an even faster Fiesta.

At the launch of the ST in France, Motoring.com.au asked Ford Performance boss Leo Roeks about the possibility of a Fiesta RS. “I can’t tell you, but I’m very busy,” was his answer, albeit with - Motoring says - “with a broad grin” slapped across his face.

The ST looks set to be joined by an even more powerful big brother
The ST looks set to be joined by an even more powerful big brother

That’s far from confirmation, but not a denial either. More importantly, the publication says “we understand both versions of the Fiesta [the RS and an automatic ST] are under development.” An RS version of the previous-generation ST meanwhile was rumored for some time, but failed to emerge.

As for when the RS version of the current-gen car might arrive, we can’t be sure. But with the ST having only just been launched to the press, we’re certainly not expecting it this year.

Comments

Klush

We all know who’s gonna like this.

05/21/2018 - 17:48 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Klush

When James gets into his Dacia Sandero after sitting in a Ford Fiesta RS

05/22/2018 - 12:55 |
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Anonymous

REEEEE

05/21/2018 - 17:52 |
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BoostAddict 1

Big turbo 3 cylinder? Please Ford I need this. Oh, my uncle probably knows about this with his new position at Ford. He’s in finance now. I’ll see him next weekend. Maybe I’ll be able to get a bit of information out of him.

05/21/2018 - 18:06 |
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Tell me the outcome :)

05/21/2018 - 23:01 |
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Ford is a public company, your uncle is legally not allowed to tell you anything that could affect the value of their stocks lol

05/22/2018 - 11:29 |
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Anonymous

I’ll believe when I’ll see it. And quite frankly I’m sick and tired from these rumors “Manufacturer XXXXXX is working on new and exciting version of the car YYYYY!”, you get excited, but quite often it ends up being just a rumour.

05/21/2018 - 18:09 |
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Griffin Mackenzie

A rwd fiesta would be hilarious

05/21/2018 - 19:26 |
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Forza conversion?

05/21/2018 - 19:50 |
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HDose

Now that’s a hot hatch!

High power, low price.

05/21/2018 - 19:32 |
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Anonymous

With the amount of power you can get out of the old Ecoboost 4-cyl, I reckon they’ll put that back in for the RS

05/21/2018 - 19:41 |
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Drew Holt

“This is America”

05/21/2018 - 19:46 |
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😂

05/22/2018 - 00:33 |
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Tomislav Celić

PLSPLSPLSPLS

05/22/2018 - 05:23 |
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TheBagel

Imagine how many people will rip out all the guts of that poor car and rally it. I would 😂

05/22/2018 - 05:23 |
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