Super-hatch contest

Opening up a debate that has raged throughout 2009, Auto Express was the first magazine to put the new Focus RS to the test against two fast rivals. Armed with our favourite front-wheel-drive hot hatch and a rally-bred legend, we arrived at the Focus RS’s French launch location and set about putting the
Ford to the ultimate test. We concluded that the RS would be a massive hit – but couldn’t put it ahead of the feistier, cheaper and more accessible John Cooper Works