I t’s easy to forget things have come a long way in the tuning scene over the last 20 years. There was a time when 600bhp in a road car was virtually unheard of, with those kinds of ballistic figures reserved for out-and-out race cars or expensive supercars.
But now we’re seeing a new wave of modified cars on the streets that not only produce serious power but also look so understated that anyone would be hard pushed to guess what they were capable of.
Ian Morris’s clean-cut Focus RS falls firmly into that category, as with just a handful of small modifications on view from the outside, only the eagle-eyed will notice the big brake setup, which hints at the car’s huge performance. Sure enough, the extra stopping power is needed
