The super-hatch Ford Focus RS500 is on the verge of being canned because the business case for the model is looking weak.
Although the project hasn’t yet been officially called off, sources only give the RS500 a 30% chance of making production.
Ford had been planning the RS500 with a power hike to near-390bhp, plus track-focused handling and more aggressive styling to sit above the hugely-successful 345bhp RS. Sightings of a test car (shown below) suggest the model's development was already underway.
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