Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Just a day after Ford unveiled the new Focus to a CT-wide game of where-have-I-seen-that-before, a render of what the RS version could look like has surfaced.

X-Tomi Design has put together an aggressively body-kitted vision of the future RS, about which we brought you some 400bhp hybrid rumours recently. You can see the trademark big boot spoiler from the MkIII Focus RS, tasteful bonnet vents and a number plate mounting bar across the new grille.

We’re not sure that last one will become reality, but this is an interesting take on the direction of one of our favourite hot hatchbacks. Do you approve?