Buy a $25,000 Ford Focus, Get 252 Temporary Horsepower, Get A Free $272 Camera, Go Do Something Stupid!

Jack Baruth
by Jack Baruth

We live in the YouTube era. If it isn’t recorded, it didn’t happen. Now, Ford’s making it even easier for buyers of the exciting new Focus ST to accidentally provide prosecutors with compelling evidence for conviction.

The Focus ST will come with an “overboost” feature that briefly allows the engine to make 252 horsepower. (Edit: Or more torque, or more popcorn, or something like that.) This is extremely exciting because it’s about what the Dodge Neon SRT-4 really made back in 2004. With that kind of power, you’ll want to show off, so Ford is giving the first thousand Focus ST buyers a GoPro HERO2 Camera Pack. Put it on your car and head to your favorite street-racing spot the racetrack!

Those of you who already own SRT-4s, or mildly-tuned examples of the unfairly-derided Chevrolet Cobalt SS Turbo, and would like to document your inevitable victories over a car which has about the same amount of power while weighing more can find a GoPro Motorsports Kit on Amazon for just under three hundred bucks.


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  • Duffman13 Duffman13 on May 01, 2012

    I got an HD Hero 2 motorsports for christmas last year. They're great just for the video quality and the wide variety of mounting options. I have it mounted on the center console of my S2k for autocross. I'm not really wild about the suction cup on the outside of the car though, I'm always worried It's going to fly off. I use it on my surfboard too. I just keep wondering if/how the angry guppy Focus ST is going to be any better/faster than the happy shark Mazdaspeed3. I know nobody has driven it yet, but any opinions?

  • RetroGrouch RetroGrouch on May 01, 2012

    Will the Focus ST exhibit the same unexplained attraction towards trees and telephone poles rarely seen in the automotive world? I think the Dodge Neon SRT-4 was the last car to with that rarely experienced cosmic force.

  • RGS920 RGS920 on May 01, 2012

    Obviously, the real reason Ford is giving away cameras to Focus ST owners is because they are hoping that idiots film themselves abusing their STs and post it on the internet. Then, when said idiot shows up at the dealership with a blown engine/tranny demanding that Ford fix it for free, Ford has video proof of that person voiding their warranty. Well played Ford.

  • Albino Digits Albino Digits on May 02, 2012

    What happened to One Ford? Aren't we supposed to get all the cool cars just like Europe? Apparently not because this car isn't even close to the old Focus RS, and I doubt they'll bring that over due to cost issues. Who wants to bet Europe will get a new RS though? I want RevoKnuckle and 300+HP!

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