Fifth Gear: Mitsubish Evo X vs Ford Focus Rs

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Fifth gear compara el Mitsubishi Evo X contra el Ford Focus RS.

[@Treeezplz]

Haha yeah maybe if it were awd but it's not. The Evo X sawd system is awesome. From tarmac gravel to snow. Each giving torque splits to the front and rear. I love my X

[@supercesarortiz]

The evo is in a different level.

[@blackhatch46]

damn that focus looks good!

[@launchini100]

FORD: First On Race Day

[@WheatleyOS]

The damn evo is crushing my favorite everyday car

[@41ACE]

@chrisubass thats your opinion, your preference, people say otherwise. thats y i bought an evo 9.

[@craigsphotography46]

@vectraturbo4x4 The original test mules were 4wd but found to be too heavy so the 4wd was ditched in favour of the multilink setup

[@darra3]

Evo all day every day

[@wauzik]

@coolkavish Top end Evo is actually FQ-400. Built to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Mitsubishi’s entry into the UK market. Only 100 were made.

[@coolkavish]

@wauzik yeah, i think the top end is the FQ360, but i think they took the fq300 so that the comparison is not biased

[@littlemisskate07]

@mrcoder the focous races in the wrc and does pretty good

[@mifslim]

If its a 4 wheel drive or a RW I would love it. Theres no fun in FW at the track... I tried it a few times and couldnt fall in love.

[@GlenAshtonF1]

It was obvious the Evo was gonna win this with it being AWD. I love my RS though, 420hp, insane noise and such a laugh to drive 😎

[@sportfuryman]

i love watching tiff and plato go at it thanx for the upload

[@wauzik]

@asharak84 @ 5:08 you can see the FQ-300 badge. So yes, it´s not the top end evo.

[@HoracePL]

The Focus is of rally pedigree, not touring car championships. The Sierra/Mondeo is of that breed.

[@GwenCoonen]

@JetpackJamiie very true and top gear is a great program with some twisted tests etc..people gotta love it for sure! That said, never forget clarkson and co got drivinglessons from tiff needell in the early stages...they'll probably won't drive that bad , especially looking at some of the drifts they make in some neatly powerfull cars. But they are just not interrested in the real racing-bit of it all , like many people. So yes , FG is boring, but in my thinking also a good addition to TG .

[@dirtbikecrasher2]

@basstheman did anyone else notice how that left hander at 430 the left rear tire was completely off of the ground..... nice

[@extremedrivr]

@BolgOfTheNorth >----> Not all WRC'S are AWD, but you are correct to some degree about AWD.

[@Awety1]

Luvin these two..

[@sersarsor]

Totally agree, but i've watched all their vids

[@w567pau]

I'd have to agree I had the evo 10 FQ 300 with the SST gear box and I had nothing but problems with it, after spending 1500 quid on a new cam chain after 36000 miles I traded it in for the focus RS and I love it the sound is brilliant, it makes me wish I'd gone for this in the first place.

[@bEEBO178]

Hi I'm from the future. There is an upgraded stronger chain now! The engine is an open deck design on the Focus and has proved unreliable, unlike the semi-closed design on the evo.

[@ddenn]

100% agree. they're starting to do so though, ive seen commercials for the mondeo being sold as the new taurus. but i also read somewhere that the focus rs will NOT come to north america because it would be too costly to streamline manufacturing processes here (as NA focus and EUR focus are 2 completely different cars) shame.

[@MichaelBLevi]

@opuliski Stop watches have been used in every form of motorsport since their inception. Even with the cool gps timing gear in our race cars we still use stop watches from the pits for our own feel for the pace. To your credit though, there's just no way to get that ten thousanths place in your timing with the stop watch. You still have to use modern timing gear for that. -cheers-

[@BillakosDM]

EVO for ever!!!

[@jacejai]

wooh my evo won :) that being said, this was done in the MT... after driving with the TC-SST in S-Sport, it's really hard to do handbrake 180's and also hard to get a good launch.

[@mikuelable]

They used a sst gear vs the sti ....it was lazy on the handbrake turn but wicked fast on the track course

[@sukhdevr3489]

@@mikuelable what?

[@shwesque]

which is more better, the wrx sti or focus rs?

[@farishanafiah8461]

I got to admit that Focus RS in white looks much better than green and blue. But as much as I love that Focus RS, I take the Evo. The 10th generation Lancer is where Mitsubishi really got the styling right.

[@SporeGalaEdit]

@MetalSanke I stumbled across it while looking for top gear

[@Migzter05]

I love Both cars!!

[@pcgamerz2010]

There is one for sale in a showroom. Owner said it's 4wd standard

[@bingoberra18]

What rally version? The Group N and Group A ones are built off the standard Evo X. WHat rally version are you talking about?

[@happyguyx1]

here thats fkn great these adds over the video all through-----who thought that up

[@BolgOfTheNorth]

@RSTBADBOY yeah and the ST engine is just taken from the Volvo T5's, infact my dad has a Volvo V70 R which is 300 bhp so they've probably just put that one in the RS.

[@luisinhoens90]

@birmzrydah I totally agree with you

[@Daumex]

Great aspect ratio...

[@englishacoustics]

@richboy900 I agree.

[@caswellj747]

Just an FYI - we have a few companies here in the US that track the reliability of automakers, such as JD Power and Consumer Reports, etc and according to them, many of the US Fords match the reliability of the japanese autos, and exceed the average reliability of the volkswagens, bmws, audis, etc. I'm not a huge ford fan at all, I just figured you might want to check it out.

[@jacobabl87]

clearly edited out the spin at 2:55

[@joao057]

totally agree

[@SandwhichDepartment]

He has improved a fair bit, he is much better in the newer episode, plus he's funny as hell and very brash.

[@richboy900]

@peterfarrow yer but the torque steer would drive me mad 300bhp is insane for a fwd motor

[@JiForce]

That would be beautiful.

[@innie721]

@Chrishalliday1984 its completely fair.. the RS is suppose to be a production rally car, like the evo.

[@HeyJodyBryan]

Yay! Evo FTW!

[@TheMegitto]

A friend of mine has a tuning company and so a dyno at his company factory. He owns a Focus rs and an new rs 500 and put it on a dyno. The normal focus only had 230 hp and the rs 500 something around 260 he said. They tried to tune the rs (normal one) and didn't get it over 300 hp. I've heard this shit before with other fast cars ! I'm a big fan of the focus rs and this was a real slap in the face for me, and also for him spending 45000 euros on a RS 500

[@BETHELRobbie1]

@HonKyTanKMaN Its 4wd, I wouldn't be surprised if it came back.

[@Fisherdaz1]

It is available here, they've bought 400 to this country so far, most of them were pre ordered but there is the odd one popping up in the show rooms, mainly in that vial green color!! Lol. I think there are more on the way very soon but i think i'll stick to the Mountune ST, same performance figures, more comfort and better economy for a hell of a lot less money.

[@nikkydavey1570]

It's all about the Evo X, drive like a beauty and for the money the power is unbeatable! #ilovemyevox

[@sti302man]

i agree with you 100%

[@Vladmir917]

These guys know how to drive because, the old man there is Tiff Neddell. A legendary F1 racer. He also used to work for top gear, but obviously found it is script to biased. So.. Yeah. Tiff's no vulgar, he's honest to his opinions, and I very well respect him for that.

[@Lukos0036]

That's funny, Jay Leno owns both of them to, he said he has never had a single problem out of ether. And did use the term "bullet proof" to describe the motors.

[@sukhdevr3489]

Remember this vid on TV

[@1ns4ne1d10t]

Very true.

[@ClaudioArrau]

i am also waiting for it..... But i would buy the seat leon cupra r (if it gets the same engine)

[@Fushpud]

@opuliski when the difference is over a second, I think it's accurate enough.

[@aaronsanchezz]

that track looks nice i want to drive it

[@andrew190e]

agreed

[@MrChrisInit]

And next week we will be putting a citroen c2 vts against an Audi RS3 quattro, what will win?

[@madjid0235]

i like the evo

[@nicholashunt9522]

Yes but for fwd drive car to get that close to the Evo is amazing.

[@coolkavish]

@wauzik Thanks... Well what can I say, lucky 100 people.... ;)

[@mspyder]

@AMiniAdventure its not like a diluted version.. it is a diluted version..

[@nopoet406]

I love these two presenters, I loved the way Needell booted that stopwatch lol :P

[@yokkie]

4:35 wheel is not on the ground? is it bad for handling? can anyone answer plz?

[@Whitehorze]

It says alot about the Lancers chassis that they build the evo on it. The Focus, even the FOE version, just isn't intended for all out racing...

[@Nskawtea1]

xD loves the reaction, kicking the stop watch

[@Christusolus]

I think it all boils down to who is a better driver.

[@poppinflux]

are you kidding me, how many evo vs. sti vids do you need, i'm sure there's more than a million of em on youtube, and about 5 million more on the web. We don't need another one of those

[@Merto6]

what is the point testing them with different drivers

[@getsam21]

I think one thing that would revamp Ford's market to young people would to bring the Ford Focus RS to America that car can compete with the Evo X and the WRX STI

[@Br4ndo09]

top gear>fifth gear

[@EnjoiiLifee]

It performs good for the price.

[@AdrianC12345]

If the focus was sold in the US, and they have calculated this, it would be worth 31,000. Around the same price as the Evo, if not cheaper

[@305Lives]

@ajlod934893 but they dont sell in america...

[@dusanhomer]

@peterfarrow My opinion is actualy completlly different.Bud focus is great.That would be on the second place I would buy.

[@alienlivingform]

hell yea

[@MrAnory]

there both very nice cars but i will always go to the evo it looks so nice

[@IneptLogic]

The Evo only gets Chassis que's from the Lancer. The AWD came from the Galant VR-4 in 1992 when the Evo 1 was introduced into the rally circuits. The only reason it retained the LANCER name was because it was easier to name it the Lancer Evolution rather than start a whole new line of cars after putting together a Rally ready frankenstein out of other mitsubishi cars/parts. It is NOT an evolved version of the Lancer, considering Dodge/Chrysler ALSO owned the rights to the Lancer.

[@jimbotwoten]

@opuliski um they hit a soccer ball into a net with a car, how official do u expect it to be?

[@mynicknamerocks]

These guys actually know how to drive unlike top gear

[@BLoveeeeee]

Evo's all day.

[@go4long]

@daxplil tiff was the host of Top Gear before Clarkson took it over...btw...

[@akarimsiddiqui7572]

Evo is in a totally different league then Focus (anything) anyday.

[@bfcricky]

Shut it muppet

[@FEGTTTSDH]

bfcricky Sorry fanboy

[@timbrownridge5022]

Faster than your camel though

[@akarimsiddiqui7572]

tim brownridge haha look a spam irish account

[@timbrownridge5022]

You could race them on your camel

[@Meatlooaf]

@rlclaveau he's not bad tho, he is quite a good driver

[@pokest225]

Esperaba este resultado, pero aún así, no queda nada mal el focusillo contra el "4 patas" evo. Tiene su mérito particular para tirar solo de alante. El evo, muy bién como siempre. Por cierto, curiosa la prueba del penalti de fútbol, me a hecho gracia.

[@andysj531]

but they are fun to watch

[@Naptic]

@ChummyChime someone has to

[@Malco.S]

the Focus is beautiful. Finally

[@nilcialinaceia4078]

Well even with the same hp focus is going to lose very bad!!! I saw evo vs lambo on a track and the evo win !!! People dont understand that evo is here from the 90" ,this car was build for race , and not for having nice seats ,nice entertainment etc.... Just pure racing. Evo is other Lv and this evo x is about 8 years old.

[@bronekrapmasta]

1;23 whats music is ?

[@OmegaLiar]

@tallica1988 clarkson is a good driver but he is known mainly for his amazing personality and humor

[@BolgOfTheNorth]

Those Focus's do look stunning (as long as their not green) but i'd much rather have the Evo.

[@Filipinoborn]

True.. Even with a TCS, the driver was still losing traction on 2nd gear. That's one of the reason why it's losing time. Not only that, since it's FWD, and has too much power for an FWD, it's putting too much pressure on the front tires, which causing to lose loose grip faster, and wearing out the tires faster. That's why it was having bad understeer, and it was affecting the breaking performance. I think the Focus wouldve won if it was at least a RWD or 4WD..

[@ollieflp]

I wonder if their testing each other rather than the cars sometimes.

[@knoppix6230]

@AMiniAdventure i think they funny ))) in a good way i like it. i like top gear to.

[@StigRossi]

@vtecivicsib18 haha fair enough mate!

[@mcokgo]

RS FTW!

[@Tippey764]

I didnt see any blue turbs on the track just a blue evo. Maybe im missing somthing?

[@INTRIGUED218]

4:55 shown it as the FQ 300