Ford Focus

The fourth-generation Focus has arrived with a sporty-ish ST-line derivative. But does the driving experience align with the gym attire?

All-new fourth generation Mazda 3 hatch delivers new-found levels of polish to go with the driver appeal

Sweet chassis and suspension set-up; if only it came with a bit more grunt

All-new fourth generation of Ford’s small hatch may just be the best-handling car in its segment

The Ford Focus is a great small car to drive hard, with communicative steering, excellent turbo-petrol engines, and absorbing hot-hatch versions. Auto braking is available.

We farewell our heavily turbocharged track-day hero

Focus RS Limited Edition finds its natural habitat at Phillip Island

There’s a pointer to other manufacturers: check out this steering and damping

New rubber makes for a softer but more fun Focus RS

Our RS is put into action as a video workhorse

The all-paw arms race comes to blows with three superpowers ready to settle the score

Focus RS versus the Performance Car of the year

Few cars combine thrills and utility quite like the Focus RS

Cup-tyre-shod, WRC-inspired hot hatch arrives at MOTOR

Ford throws a proper differential into the snout of its feistiest hot hatch

Ford narrows the RS’s Focus

Fresh from slaying the Nurburgring, can Honda’s Civic Type R put some formidable all-wheel-drive rivals in the shape of the Ford Focus RS and Volkswagen Golf R to the sword?

We took three of the most in-demand manual heroes for a jaunt up central Victorian mountain roads, yet this is more a celebration than a comparison.

It's a fast ’n’ furious face-off as the potent, polished and pricey Audi RS3 Sportback meets the fast, furious, fun Ford Focus RS

Ford’s drift-tastic Focus RS has received plenty of praise, but how does it rate against Europe’s hottest hatches?