Let us add our voice to the chorus calling on Ford to bring the awesome Focus RS to America.

Julian Rendell of Autoweek flogged the 301-horsepower hatchback hard and came away all but raving about it. He calls it "a very special car" with "snarling performance" from a 2.5-liter turbocharged four-banger five-cylinder propelling "a beautifully poised and compliant chassis." The car tops out at 163 mph yet is, according to Autocar, "civilized and well-mannered enough to live with every day." It's 0 to 60 time of 5.9 seconds may not sound quick, but everyone who's driven the RS says it is much faster than that number suggests and an absolute joy to drive.

"Remortgage the house, rob a bank, sell yourself, sell your own grandmother, just do whatever it takes to put an RS on your drive. Because it really is one of those cars," the magazine writes.

We have reason to be hopeful. Motor Trend spotted an RS in suburban Detroit, and we think it looks hot in white.

Are you listening, Ford?

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