BUYING GUIDE: MK1 FOCUS RS

Our advice and tips on buying the first RS-badged Focus.

Tipped to be the next big Blue Oval investment, the firstgeneration Focus RS is a fantastic fast Ford that’s as great to drive as it’s gorgeous to behold. Here’s how to grab what Ford called ‘the closest you can get to a road-going version of Colin McRae’s Focus World Rally Championship contender’

Imperial Blue was a mandatory colour, although prototypes were built in black and white