Watch This 1-of-500 Focus RS500 Get a Stateside Detail

The Focus RS500 is one of the coolest Ford products that never made its way to the United States market. One of these five-cylinder, front-drive rally cars has recently been imported, and detail extraordinaire Larry Kosilla of AMMO NYC was tasked with getting it up to showroom spec.

The RS500 arrived in 2010, representing the ultimate variant of Europe’s second-generation Focus. Only 500 examples were built, with the U.K. getting the lion’s share of the run. This stateside example is number 302, which in itself is a great number for a Ford. The star of the show is the car’s turbocharged 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine, which provided a monstrous 345 hp and 339 lb-ft when new. For reference, that’s just five horsepower and 11 lb-ft shy of the all-wheel drive Focus RS from 2017.

This particular example has been fiddled with over the years, and now produces 536 hp and 476 lb-ft. That power is routed to the front wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox, though the owner does note that torque steer is now the name of the game. The car was brought to the U.S. under the guise of doing some rallying. Before the car receives any of its livery elements, however, it requires a proper cleaning.