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welcome to the show flora the 2015 Geneva Motor Show we're seeing plenty of high-end sports cars introduced from Ferrari and the Bugatti and lots of other expensive machines like that but we've also seen the introduction of two more attainable sports cars two very hot hatches and this in my opinion is the hottest this is the Ford Focus RS and unlike previous fast focuses this one is coming to the US it has a 2.3 liter four-cylinder turbocharged engine that puts down 315 horsepower - not just the front wheels but all four wheels yes this car has got four wheel drive first for the focus in the US and it's got styling that is pretty extreme to say the least ken Block famous for all of his Gymkhana videos helped with the engineering on this car and it's actually got a drift button yes you hit a button on the dashboard it retune is the ECU and the driving dynamics of the car to help you get the tail out maybe not quite as much as ken Block does but a little bit more than it would normally allow it's a great looking car in my opinion and it is the hottest of the hot hatches here in the show floor but I think Antoine feels a little bit differently right Tim I'm standing next to the Honda Civic type-r yes it looks like a boy racers wet dream but there is a function to all of this crazy form those wild fenders they let them get thicker rubber underneath there so there's better grip the crazy aerodynamics are actually creating downforce and underneath the hood the new type r is powered for the first time by a turbocharged 2-liter VTEC engine gonna put out about 306 horsepower in about 295 pound-feet of torque Honda claimed that this is the fastest front-wheel drive hot hatchback of all time and it's backed that claim up with a Nurburgring time of 7 minutes and 50 seconds another first for this generation of Type R is the new adaptive suspension drivers can actually set different modes for whether they want to be soft on the street or hard on the track I'm guessing all those modes a pretty hardcore and then there the big red R plus button that lets you just hit one button and go to the most hardcore track mode for all of the systems all right it's one I know all the vents and the frills and the flared fenders are functional but I got to say this is one ugly car yeah but form overt weight function over form that's probably going with that maybe so but this wing this wing makes the backend of an FC I looks today's by comparison I'll agree to disagree with you there two inches own personally I'm a huge fan of huge Aero all right let's talk numbers how much horsepower here 306 horsepower 295 pound-feet of torque got 315 horsepower on the focus and four-wheel drive here yeah front wheel drive here manual transmission only all-wheel drive on the focus so I don't know that's stacking up pretty good in my account yeah yeah yeah but I mean I think that the Civic is gonna be a much more hardcore car I think for Honda kind of came from a track standpoint and then tried to make it's treatable as opposed to taking a more I guess a well-rounded approach well you know they've got a ken block and a drifter button on the focus too and I don't see a drift button and the interior this time we've got our plus button and everyone knows the best way around get around the track is keeping all the four tires done all right let's talk money Honda they've give us a price here it's just under 40,000 francs I think so that's what we write when you factor for the conversion rates in the different market that's about what you get before it hasn't told us what the RIC is going to cost you an unfortunately but I'm guessing it's going to come in a little north of the STI so probably you know right into thirty five forty thousand dollar mark somewhere in there it's not a bit more attainable there now given the choice you take this guy well for our purposes it's I'll make this concession the Ford who probably comes to the North American market but this thing will never see the states so this may be in my opinion the hotheads back on the planet but it's also the most unattainable well the Focus RS is definitely coming to the u.s. for dad said so in my opinion to clear win but definitely let us know what you think in the comments we're eager to hear what you think is the hottest hatch of them all your Geneva