We celebrate 10 of our favourite hot hatches, which may be small in footprint but definitely big on fun and have made motoring in Singapore more enjoyable.
A taxi driver in Norway has a less-than-conventional approach to his car of choice for work, a Ford Focus RS that's the most popular taxi in town.
Hot hatches - sporty small cars with powerful engines - were once the preserve of 'petrol head' car fans, but are fast becoming a mainstream as Ford data shows.
Third generation Focus RS pioneers innovative Ford Performance All-Wheel Drive with Dynamic Torque Vectoring for class-leading cornering speed and handling.
Ford will reveal the all new Focus RS high-performance hatchback for the first time at a motor show, and debut the all new Ford GT supercar in Europe.
Ford has officially unveiled the new Focus RS, an AWD hot hatch with more than 300 horses and capable of a 0-100km/h sprint timing of less than five seconds.
It has been confirmed that Ford will be officially debuting its long-awaited Focus RS hot hatch on the 3rd of February.
While there is no affirmative announcement for production, Ford's chief program engineer revealed the next-gen Ford Focus RS will likely get a boost to 330bhp.
Ford has chosen the Frankfurt Motor Show to debut the much-awaited Fiesta ST hot hatchback, alongside a whole host of other performance vehicles
Ford is celebrating the end of the Focus RS' production run by offering unique WRC-style alloy wheels to run-out models
Ford has officially revealed their Focus RS500 hot hatchback, which will be sold in a limited run of just 500 units around Europe
British-based Ford specialist tuner Graham Goode Racing has given the Ford Focus RS hot hatch an additional boost
German tuners Loder1899 has given the Ford Focus RS even more oomph by upgrading the hot hatch to produce even more horsepower
"Hot" can mean a lot of things - temperature, good looks and so on. "Hot hatch", however, already has its interpretation. Now, the Ford Fiesta has added its own rendition of that description.
It has 300 hp, a 0-100 km/h time of 5.9 seconds and it's green. Very, very green.
In the 40-year story of Ford RS, the marque has been applied sparingly, merited by only the most high-performance Ford machines of the time. Now, it’s back.
The first production example of the exciting new Ford Focus RS rolled off the production line today at Ford of Europe's Saarlouis plant in Germany.
Ford has introduced the Zetec S badge to its acclaimed Focus line-up.