BluKoo
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My dad popped into arnold clark yesterday to sign some things to officially order the Focus RS 
The three colours they're offering are green, blue and white. He decided white would be the best colour.
He's also going for the full leather, sat nav, bluetooth and some intenal power supply. I thought it was a wierd option, but he wants if to be highly spec'd.
Roll on 2009...
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DC90
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White=sexy
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Ben G
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did he ask about the new white, electric white?
its a new colour with a blue fleck in it which shines in the sun and will be coming out soon. it was shown on a white focus st next to the green rs at the motorshow.
IMO i'd go for the green as it's one of a kind, whereas there are already loads of blue and white focus st's.
but that's me, i love colours that stand out 
internal power supply is standard on my car and i never use it probably good if you need to charge your phone/ipod up etc whilst your at car shows.
full leather is a must  but sat nav is something i would've forgot about, just get a tom tom for 100 quid and save yourself 400 odd quid?
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kz
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are they the only colours its coming in then? that green is a bit mad
im thought they were doing grey as well...
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
did he ask about the new white, electric white?
No, i don't think he even knows about that. I've never seen or heard of it either. You got any pics?
He wanted white for the resale value. The green is quite special, but its a total marmite colour and it might not be to everyones liking.
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are they the only colours its coming in then? that green is a bit mad
im thought they were doing grey as well...
For the moment, they're the only colours being offered.
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Ben G
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i had some, deleted them though, will get some for you from focus st oc now.
unfortunately white isn't too good withregards to re-sale value, but might be different with a limited production rs.
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Superlite Ltd.
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quote:
Originally posted by BluKoo
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Originally posted by Ben G
did he ask about the new white, electric white?
No, i don't think he even knows about that. I've never seen or heard of it either. You got any pics?
He wanted white for the resale value. The green is quite special, but its a total marmite colour and it might not be to everyones liking.
In years to come the green one will be the one that everyone wants
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Ben G
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here's a couple of pics.
it's a metallic so has a lot more definition than the normal frozen white.
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BluKoo
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Originally posted by Superlite Ltd.
In years to come the green one will be the one that everyone wants
Maybe it will be, maybe it won't...
I'm actually curious to see what colours are going to be the most popular.
I think a lot of people will go for the green so it'll be quite common.
That electric white looks ace, but my dad was quite keen on getting some white wheels too. I'm not 100% sure white wheels would look that good with the pearly white.
[Edited on 27-07-2008 by BluKoo]
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
did he ask about the new white, electric white?
its a new colour with a blue fleck in it which shines in the sun and will be coming out soon. it was shown on a white focus st next to the green rs at the motorshow.
IMO i'd go for the green as it's one of a kind, whereas there are already loads of blue and white focus st's.
but that's me, i love colours that stand out
internal power supply is standard on my car and i never use it probably good if you need to charge your phone/ipod up etc whilst your at car shows.
full leather is a must but sat nav is something i would've forgot about, just get a tom tom for 100 quid and save yourself 400 odd quid?
I may well bow to your knowledge as a Foird employee BUT I spoke to a FOrd tech at the Motorshow... the white on the ST was not electric blue and I was told by him that that is NOT the white coming on the RS and the RS white will be flat, I was a bit disappointed as that ST looked amazing
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Ben G
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it's electric white and it will be out soon but not yet.
i don't know whether it comes on the rs or not, or whether it will replace frozen white totally (like they did with diamond white)
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Robbo
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ALso, i was told there was no further info yet due to them still not finalising stuff (ie he said they are only at 290PS and want 300PS and he also said the wheels wil lchange for sure and the calipers will be brembo branded
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
it's electric white and it will be out soon but not yet.
i don't know whether it comes on the rs or not, or whether it will replace frozen white totally (like they did with diamond white)
He deifnately said the whit eon the st wouldnt be the one the rs came in and he said what a stupid idea (i agreded)
Dave Nicholls I think his name was
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Robin
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Pearly white FTW 
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BluKoo
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I think the RS would look better with the flat white anyway.
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Ben G
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just had a look and that is true  but it's avaiable to spec now at £695 extra on the st 
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Ben G
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yeah me too, i think it will contrast withthe black painted bits very well
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Robbo
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Gutted 
I may have to badger Ford then as I have had nish from them yet
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Ben G
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go into them tomorrow robbo, my dealership wanted to sell me one when i ordered the st
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Robin
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I think blue will be the most popular colour, it's the 'safe' one, the one which you can sell on in a few years time and not have any trouble getting it gone.
The green is a limited run colour, so they'll be worth more in the long run, like Aubergine Escort Cossies are these days.
Judging by the amount of white STs about, it'll be the least popular colour, so might be a strong second hand seller as they'll be harder to get hold of.
I imagine a blue RS to be like an orange ST TBH, everywhere.
I'd go for white.
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
go into them tomorrow robbo, my dealership wanted to sell me one when i ordered the st
May well do
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Ian
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I think orange and green both look good but being launch colours, they date. Same as the orange on first edition RR Sports, they are going for less than black/silver ones. May be different market for the Focus though.
I would go for white just because I think it's the nicest. And I would go for flat white at that. I've never once seen a pearl that didn't look dirty in most lights. White should be bright and cold looking, not swish and luxurious.
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