Used Car of the Day: 2017 Ford Focus RS

by Tim Healey

Published: October 17th, 2023

Today we're bringing you yet another hot hatch -- a 2017 Ford Focus RS.

This car has the RS2 package, is based in suburban Detroit, is painted Nitrous Blue, and has 65,000 miles on it.

It's apparently completely stock, save for a cat-back exhaust. The 60K service has been done, the seller says.

The seller also says the car is in great shape except for normal wear and tear.

Click here to check it out. The seller is charging $29,999.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Lou_BC on Oct 17, 2023

It will be worth it in the future to list my truck on a VerticalScope Inc. site just to have it featured here. I wonder what BOT TASSOs would say? LOL

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- Alan on Oct 18, 2023
  
  Lou, he likes Eastern Bloc diesels! Your Fiat designed engine almost fits the bill!😆
  
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- Lou_BC on Oct 18, 2023
  
  @Alan - I find it interesting that the VM Motori designed 2.8 litre inline 4 in my truck is reportedly much more reliable than the VM Motori 3 litre V6 used in the Ram and Jeeps.
  
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Merc190 on Oct 18, 2023

I think it's a fair price if all is in order regarding upkeep. I drove the ST version and while it drove great, the seat bolsters hit my elbow while shifting, so this would be worse in that regard. Big miss by Ford not still selling these in the "free" world, but it was more important to put a half baked transmission into production and tarnish the model names of their small cars.

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- Art_Vandelay on Oct 18, 2023
  
  I hated the Recaros in both the Fiesta and Focus ST. For street cars the base seats were much better in my opinion
  
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- Arthur Dailey on Oct 18, 2023
  
  For most of my life I have been unable to comfortably fit into Recaros or 'fake/imitation' Recaros. For me any vehicle with that type of seat is a 'no go'.
  But then my favourite cars seats and the ones that I feel most comfortable in are 60/40 split benches with deep velour upholstery.
  
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- MaintenanceCosts on Oct 18, 2023
  
  I'm not sure I've ever sat in a more uncomfortable car seat than the Recaro in a S197 Mustang. It was so narrow and deep I felt like my ribcage had to fold in half. Those seats are just not made for broad-shouldered people. I don't know if the S550 version is any better, don't feel like finding out.
  
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