Ford Focus RS vs Renault Megane R26.R

Ford is American, there for its American simple as that, and any car with semi slicks are terrible in the wet.

The RS is german not american. Strip an RS of its bulk and put it on road legal slicks and it would muller the R26.R
The R26.R is useless in the wet!

you guys dont have a clue...

Renault Sport, knows how to do a really sport hatch. Focus is a tunning, powerfull whale.

wow, really?....................

Agreed

The fight of the year. But the most powerfull isn't always win

piece of crap=focus RS

King of hothaches on track= R26R

the renault would look better if it didnt have all that red crap on it.

Bruntingthorpe is a power circuit and the Megane still wins. It may be 70 BHP down but its a whopping 237 Kg lighter! Plus those Toyo tyres are track biased. Im not surprised the Megane beat the Focus on the track. However its not so good in the wet, look at that Wet Handling time on the Autocar circuit.

Mr Drazen, how can you say the Focus handles badly on track? Its Bruntingthorpe Time beats the 400 BHP RWD Vauxhall VXR8 and its Autocar time beats the Audi RS4 with 414 BHP. Hardly the stuff of a poor handling car. look folks, its simple really. Ford set out to build a superb ROAD car, the best FWD ever. Renault set out to build the best FWD TRACK car. Each has it's place. Personally I would love them both in my dream garage!

i agree that the R26R is prolly better on the shorter tracks, but what about the power orientaded tracks? and an extra 70bhp vs semi-slick r compound tyres? not too sure. maybe the Renault has more power than entitled?

Drazen to say that the RS handles badly (have you driven one?) is pushing it a bit far..... admittedly the R26R handles brilliantly but most reviews of the RS conclude that it is very very good for a FWD car.

WTF is poesneus???? lol

Admittedly, the RS does look good but Ford seems to think that throwing power into a car is the answer. The french used their heads and merely did weight reduction and kept the Brembo's, racing suspension (which is in the production vehicles too). The RS handles as bad as any american car on the track. All power, no handling! I'd rather have a car that handles well. - Renault Sport Owner

lol they are but if you have the right taste everything else is horrific.

Hey mr im american poesneus i think american cars are horrific

Im half American half British, and Renault arent that bad, but personally id take the RS, it just looks much better, Style over Substance in my book.

That depends....

I'm an American, and I think Renaults are horrific!

What a car the R26R is!!!!
Looks like Ford needs to try again LMAO!!