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SPIED: "Next Gen" Fiesta Test Mule?

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http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/news/a25286/spied-2017-ford-fiesta-rs/

http://blog.caranddriver.com/spied-2017-ford-fiesta-rs/

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/03/16/ford-fiesta-rs-spy-shots/

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/2...irst-time-shows-aggresive-body-kit-93337.html

"With a big-mouth air inlet and wider fender flares, this Ford test mule sure looks like it could be the rumored Fiesta RS."

"What's this? Well, it's a dusty, sort of cobbled-together-looking Ford Fiesta hatchback. But look more closely. See that altered front bodywork with the giant air inlets? The tacked-on fender flares? The apparent intercooler peering out from behind the grille? This, friends, is no ordinary Fiesta - it's almost assuredly a test mule for a hot-rodded Fiesta RS that Ford could be cooking up for 2017."

"Our spy's sleuthy photos of this Fiesta test mule sure seem to support that assumption. Running around in a convoy that included two camouflaged Focus RS prototypes, the wee Fiesta appears to have a wide-mouthed (and likely temporary) grille echoing the big air inlets of the bigger Focus RS behind it. It's also sprouted tacked-on fender flares and some temporary rear bodywork, both of which were seen on Focus RS prototypes when they were in the early test-mule stages."


Fist RS 1.jpg

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Comment / Observation: Look closer (below) as it appears as if they have covered up something internally behind the grill on this test mule.....

Fist RS 3.jpg

FiST RS.jpg
 


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I want to believe, but ultimately I don't think so. In the front, it looks like a small, vertical I/C on the passenger side.....or is it an oil cooler...LOL

But interestingly, it looks like an Focus RS mule behind it...and the Fiesta mule is really jacked up high....possibility like AWD high..
 


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Why would they be running this old of a platform into a new trim lvl for a 2017 release...I mean the current platform has been in the market since 08.... Just an observation
 


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Why would they be running this old of a platform into a new trim lvl for a 2017 release...I mean the current platform has been in the market since 08.... Just an observation
It's my understanding from talks with Ford Engineers that the basic wheelbase will remain the same in Gen 8. They were asking questions like "If you could add space in the front, rear seats, or cargo area, but the overall floor space would remain the same, where would you add space" and along those lines. In that sense, it's not surprising that the powertrain will be workable with the current unibody.
 


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one thing i will add is if this is an RS proto, then im guessing that they should put 5x100 wheels on and not the poop 4x108.

Now i know that this is supposed to have a bunch of things not finalized/in testing, so who knows...
 


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one thing i will add is if this is an RS proto, then im guessing that they should put 5x100 wheels on and not the poop 4x108.

Now i know that this is supposed to have a bunch of things not finalized/in testing, so who knows...
If anything, it will probably be 5X108, ford doesn't do 5X100
 


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I love the solid beam rear. Weight is da devil !!! Ask most focus ST's a race :)
Ford should confiscate my engine for test muling, lol. They could VERY easily rate it at 250hp, and they have the power to tune it correctly :)
 


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Im putting money on the next generation(7th?) Fiesta using an old chassis mule to test a new 1.0L Ecoboost powertrain. Same intercooler as the outgoing 1.0L Ecoboost cars along with the factory 2" exhaust. I dont see anything more.

Ill wait till the huge intercooler version comes before saying its an RS mule. Check what the Focus RS mules looked like, yep big intercooler.

Id say, if they start showing spy shots of a test mule ST with bolted fenders, larger wheels/brakes with dual outlet exhaust....that's your RS.

This is not the Fiesta RS.
 


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