Imagine you've spent a fortune (some would say it's more than a small one) on a Bentley Bentayga - you're enjoying your silently fast ride through the city and, all of a sudden, a Ford Focus RS starts revving its engine... at you.
Yes, such a scenario might seem unlikely, but, trust us, we've seen more such occasions that many people could imagine. Well, even with the third generation of the RS having a more restrained look than the all-out appearance of its predecessor, the Blue Oval compact's driver will still end up looking like a racer boy in such a situation.
However, as you'll notice in the piece of footage below, which brings us just such a battle, the Focus RS actually has a chance of punching way above its weight. And that's true especially if the imaginary city drag race mentioned above stays withing legal limits.
Then again, the drag brawl we have here takes place on an airfield in the UK. We're talking about a standing kilometer race here, one that seems perfectly fair.
And since the clip, which comes from Auto Express, delivers all the numbers you'll ever need, from the specs to the financial sides of these two speed-friendly machines, we won't waste your time by dropping the figures here.
Come to think of it, we could easily see a real-world situation where the hottest hatch of the moment would go up against the high-riding Crewe machine and it would all have to do with a Gumball 3000-style event.
While this year's edition of the Gumball did involve a Bentayga, we expect to see at least one Focus RS showing up for the 2017 edition of the Rally - that's right, we're trying to do our homework early and we'll bring you the news (possibly a wrap story, as Gumball machines always get second skin jobs) as soon as we get our hands on it.
However, as you'll notice in the piece of footage below, which brings us just such a battle, the Focus RS actually has a chance of punching way above its weight. And that's true especially if the imaginary city drag race mentioned above stays withing legal limits.
Then again, the drag brawl we have here takes place on an airfield in the UK. We're talking about a standing kilometer race here, one that seems perfectly fair.
And since the clip, which comes from Auto Express, delivers all the numbers you'll ever need, from the specs to the financial sides of these two speed-friendly machines, we won't waste your time by dropping the figures here.
Come to think of it, we could easily see a real-world situation where the hottest hatch of the moment would go up against the high-riding Crewe machine and it would all have to do with a Gumball 3000-style event.
While this year's edition of the Gumball did involve a Bentayga, we expect to see at least one Focus RS showing up for the 2017 edition of the Rally - that's right, we're trying to do our homework early and we'll bring you the news (possibly a wrap story, as Gumball machines always get second skin jobs) as soon as we get our hands on it.