Car New | Shootout: Ford Focus RS vs. BMW M2

Car New | Shootout: Ford Focus RS vs. BMW M2

Among the biggest rivalries in the automotive world, you find all-wheel-drive versus rear-wheel-drive, stick versus automatic, and Euro-handling versus good ol’ American horsepower. Today’s Shootout tries to settle all three problems once and for all, as the Ford Focus RS and the BMW M2 go head-to-head and duke it out for supremacy.

Good manners dictate that the guest goes first, so here’s what we like about the BMW M2. First off, at $51,700 the M2 is an excellent way to get started in BMW’s M-series performance vehicles, which go well over the $100,000 mark.

Under the hood of the M2, a snorting three-liter, straight six-cylinder turbocharged engine puts 365 horsepower to the rear wheels, while a curb weight of 3,525 pounds gives the M2 an excellent power-to-weight ratio. The 343 pound-feet of torque and a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission get the little coupe from zero to 62 mph in 4.5 seconds.

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