2009 season launch Brands Hatch Ford Focus

[RobDon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMx9zpIwy7U

Good to see Ford back in the BTCC, if Volvo are back too this could be the best season in years!

 

[antnee]

Small wheeels any one?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25310275@N03/3322544067/

 

[RobDon]

I'm sure all the BTCC cars use 17 x 9 rims.

 

[IainW]

That's right, they all run on 17s. Most of the teams use Team Dynamics wheels now, for their price, as it's more expensive to buy in the likes of a factory supplied BBS alloy like on the BMWs.

The Focus looks good, nice livery design by SCN's andy_b. Shame they haven't put the 5-cylinder engine in the car though, like Volvo did with the C30.

 

[Andywarr]

i hope arena sort out the blend bit from white to blue, could potentially was of the best looking liveries.. but still a bit to do for me

 

[ZBOYD]

I don't believe Andy is exactly over the moon with it to be honest, having seen his conceptual artwork recently they have buggered up the white blue blend for sure. Hopefully Arena will make the effort to fix it, because it doesn't work as well as it should.

Andy has posted the news on his own site here http://www.andyblackmoredesign.com/liveries_f0.htm?id=3156

 

[Andywarr]

maybe they could do something like seat did when they went from yellow to silver there were squares, it looked good

Heres a random link of what i mean

http://www.gamepod.co.uk/images/pickford-top.jpg

 

[ZBOYD]

I don't think there is anything up with Andy's design it just needs applying properly as per the design.

 

[Andywarr]

I don't think there is anything up with Andy's design it just needs applying properly as per the design.

i hope it gets sorted anyway

 

[IainW]

I do like how it's similar to the Arena Laguna design of 1999, with the colours changing halfway down the car like that.

 

[m0rk]

I do like how it's similar to the Arena Laguna design of 1999, with the colours changing halfway down the car like that.

now how crap do BTCC & S2000 cars look compared to that.... such a shame

 

[markoos]

I miss the old super-touring days.
The focus does sound good though.

 

[IainW]

now how crap do BTCC & S2000 cars look compared to that.... such a shame

Looks stunning with hardly any sponsors logos on it. I used to have a poster of the Williams Laguna in dark metallic green with gold wheels and no sponsors at all. It just looked so aggressive compared to a roadcar version.

 

[andyb]

hello guys

 

[markoos]

Hi Andy-long time no see!