I-US inobudlelwano "obukhethekile" nezinjini ze-V8. Lapho kujwayelekile ukushintsha izinjini zezimoto ezimbalwa (ngisho neTesla Model S yokubalekela) yalolu hlobo lwenjini nalokhu. I-Ford Focus V8 kuwubufakazi balokho.
Umphumela womsebenzi wabanikazi ababili abehlukene (omunye waqala uguquko omunye waqeda), le Ford Focus iwubufakazi bokuthi kunemisebenzi “yokusika nokuthunga” esebenzayo.
Ngaphandle, okugqamile umsebenzi wokupenda we-“Ford Fury Orange only”, obhampa be-SVT abanamalambu enkungu ahlanganisiwe, amawindi anombala ogqamile namasondo angu-17” nawo e-SVT. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi amathayi avela kumkhiqizo ongaziwa weVelozza.
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Izinto eziqanjiwe zikhawulelwe kuphaneli yensimbi ye-SVT i-speedometer yayo ethweswa iziqu ezifika ku-160 miles ngehora (257 km/h), amaphedali e-aluminium nesibambo se-shift lever esiqokwe ukuthi “Pro 5.0 Short-Throw-Shifter” futhi esingakwazi ukuyithenga... e-Amazon.
Half Focus, Half Mustang
Esikhundleni se-four-cylinder emgqeni kuvela i-5.0 l V8 evela ku-Mustang yesizukulwane sesithathu (ekhiqizwe phakathi kuka-1978 no-1993).
Sengathi lokho akwanele, le njini isithuthukisiwe njengoba ithole i-camshaft yeFord Performance, i-cylinder head entsha kanye nenqwaba yeCobra entsha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ama-nifold exhaust aqondiswe ngaphambili, yingakho izindawo zokukhipha umoya zitholakala… phambi kwamasondo angaphambili, ahlanganiswe kubhampa.
I-V8 enkulukazi efike "ibukhoma" ngaphansi kwe-hood ye-Focus.
Ifakwe ngesandla sokudluliswa kwezilinganiso ezinhlanu ezivela ku-Tremec, omunye umehluko omkhulu wale Ford Focus V8 maqondana nazo zonke ezinye ukuthi ithumela amandla emasondweni angemuva, ngenxa ye-ekseli “ezuzwe njengefa” nguMustang (kodwa eyenzelwe iFord Rangers kanye ne-F-150) futhi ifakwe umehluko wokushelela okulinganiselwe we-Ford Motorsport.
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Ukuguqulwa kwedrayivu yamasondo angemuva kuphoqe ukwamukelwa kokumiswa okusha ngokuphelele (futhi okulungisekayo) kanye nokufakwa kwethangi likaphethiloli elinamalitha angama-37.9 esiqwini (elokuqala alisalingani).
Nge-chassis eqinisiwe, ama-stabilizer bar amasha nama-disc brakes, le Ford Focus iphinde ibe nesistimu yokuqondisa yamandla ka-Mustang.
Ingaphakathi liqondiswa ngokubona
Ithengiswa kuwebhusayithi ethi Letha I-trailer ngamadola angama-27 500 (cishe ama-euro angama-23 137) , le Focus eyinqaba inamamayela ayizinkulungwane ezingu-70 (amakhilomitha angu-112 654) ibonakala “inesici” esisodwa kuphela: isiphephetha-moya asisebenzi.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi lena akuyona eyokuqala iFord Focus enenjini engu-V8. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule kwa-SEMA kwavela i-prototype, nayo ene-V8 ne-back-wheel drive, futhi bekukhona nenye imodeli eguquliwe ethengiswayo.