The new Ford Focus RS is finally the car it always should be, et que Ford wanted to sell for 15 years but had failed. Its all-wheel drive, manual transmission and EcoBoost 2.3-liter engine makes it one of the most striking sporty hatchbacks, but what separates him from others, the famous La Dérive De Mode was developed by accident.
Selon Tyrone Johnson , Director of the Department of Vehicle Performance and Engineering Ford, found that stability control could behave differently on the rear axle when two engineers began to change the system four-wheel drive in one of the tests. There was never a predetermined plan to develop mode La dérive , it just came about by chance.
not Even after the system was developed, there were plans to make it available to the public. He did not think about it until a demonstration for Global Technical Director became Raj Nair . “It was actually Raj who said we had to add this to the car and we had to do the main part of the program rather than being something apart,” dit Johnson .
And the rest is history, donc La dérive has been one of the anchors of sale for the car, not without causing some controversy. In Australia, par exemple, some people want that sales of Focus RS be suspended until the mode La dérive car is removed, even though Ford warns that this should only be used in closed circuits. Although lawyers surely Ford do not sleep for these problems, we appreciate that this little accident has reached the production version.