In these troubled times even the rich have stopped buying and the supercar industry is on its knees. But for those that need to get their rocks off, salvation is at hand. The credit-crunch supercar is here. And yes, really, it’s a Ford Focus.

The new Focus RS, the 22nd Ford to wear the RS badge, is the quickest Ford road car of all time, beating even the almighty GT supercar’s time around the handling track at Ford’s Lommel test centre in Belgium. That’s just plain scary…

2008 Ford Focus RS front
2008 Ford Focus RS drive
2008 Ford Focus RS interior

The Focus RS is a mind-blowing technical leap forward, yet it’s more than that. It makes you want to drive the nuts off it on each and every roundabout, backroad, and anywhere there’s room to move. And that’s what makes Ford’s credit-crunch supercar such a great drive.