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 ...

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.

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 ...

Horse Sense:The SVT Focus is actually another world car. In Europe, the basic package will be sold under a different name. The result is the 7,500 produced in the United States are part of a ...

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 ...