{"id":115936,"date":"2015-01-29T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=115936"},"modified":"2015-01-29T07:57:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T06:57:07","slug":"extreme-ford-fiesta-rs-a-possibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2015\/01\/29\/extreme-ford-fiesta-rs-a-possibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme Ford Fiesta RS a Possibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ford-fiesta-rs-final.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ford-fiesta-rs-final-696x385.jpg\" alt=\"ford-fiesta-rs-final\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-115956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ford-fiesta-rs-final-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ford-fiesta-rs-final-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ford-fiesta-rs-final-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ford-fiesta-rs-final.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In just a few days\u2019 time, the new <a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2015\/01\/22\/video-ford-focus-rs-teased-ahead-of-february-3rd-reveal\/\" title=\"Video: Ford Focus RS Teased Ahead of February 3rd Reveal\">Ford Focus RS<\/a> will be revealed to the world but according to new reports, it won\u2019t be the only souped-up hatchback from the Ford Performance division. As a matter of fact, it has emerged that a potent Ford Fiesta RS could also be on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>As it stands, the Fiesta range is topped out by the 197 hp Fiesta ST. It is suggested that a more extreme Ford Fiesta ST could become one of the 12 new models promised by Ford Performance by 2020 alongside the Focus RS, GT and variants of both the F-150 Raptor and Ford Mustang.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking with Autocar, Ford Performance manager Tyrone Johnson confirmed that a new performance-oriented Fiesta is being developed but refused to confirm if it will simply be a refreshed version of the existing Fiesta ST or instead, a newly badged Ford Fiesta RS derivative. <\/p>\n<p>When Johnson was asked about a Fiesta RS being created, he said \u201cIf there\u2019s a business case and if it\u2019s technically feasible.\u201d If those elements are met, Johnson said that \u201ctheoretically, yes\u201d such a car could be created.<\/p>\n<p>[Via<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/motor-shows-geneva-motor-show\/hotter-ford-fiesta-could-be-rs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Autocar<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just a few days\u2019 time, the new Ford Focus RS will be revealed to the world but according to new reports, it won\u2019t be the only souped-up hatchback from the Ford Performance division. As a matter of fact, it has emerged that a potent Ford Fiesta RS could also be on the cards. As [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":115956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[811],"tags":[10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115936"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}