Focus Fact:According to Ford SVT, only 4,788 SVT Foci were produced during the first model year, 2002. Of those, 1,320 were black, 1,025 were red, 1,184 were blue, and 1,260 were silver. When Ford set ...

This 2003 Ford Focus SVT is a project-grade hot hatchback located in Billerica. While it currently runs and drives, it requires significant mechanical and cosmetic attention to return to peak form.

All at once, manufacturers have answered our call for higher performance compact machines. The Subaru WRX, Nissan SE-R Spec V and Mazda MP3 are examples of automakers hearing the wants of its young ...

Although little more than a distant memory, there was a point when Ford's Special Vehicle Team (SVT) ruled the roads. From 1991 until 2015, the Skunkworks arm of the company cooked up incredible ...

So there I was, in the driver's seat of a fairly pedestrian, garden-variety stock Ford Focus hatchback, lined up side-by-side on an empty street with a tuned-to-the-gills SVT Focus hatchback, engines ...

IF YOU TEST DRIVE JUST ONE CAR THIS YEAR, make it the Ford SVT Focus. Drive it on the freeway, around the block and through an auto-cross course, if you can. Accelerate hard, brake harder. Take ...