Ford Focus RS

ClimbingRank #19

Mk2 · 2009–2011 · 301bhp · FWD · Turbo · Manual

A 300bhp five-cylinder driving the front wheels only, in vivid green. Gloriously daft and increasingly collected.

Estimated value trajectory

+$25,000 since 2015

Illustrative estimates for a condition-2 example, not sale records. Confidence in this trajectory: medium.

Desirability75 × 0.30 = 22.5

Motorsport history, cultural weight, end-of-era status, analogue purity

Scarcity55 × 0.25 = 13.8

Production run and, where known, surviving population — log scale, weighted to survivors

Momentum57 × 0.25 = 14.3

Annualised growth over recent years — what it is doing now

Trajectory68 × 0.20 = 13.6

Growth already achieved — weighted lowest, since it is priced in

Running-cost drag-4

Appreciation score60

Still gaining meaningfully — 5%/yr or better over recent years.

Long-run growth +8.3% per year against +5.3% recently — decelerating by 3.0pp. Running-cost risk is rated 5/10, deducting 4 points from the score.