Watch This Ford Focus RS Drift Straight into a Wall

You may be able to drift in your new Ford Focus RS, but that doesn’t mean you always should. This is especially true when driving on windy, narrow roads overlooking a cliff.

In the video below, the driver of a 2016 Ford Focus RS appears to get a little too comfortable with Drift Mode. Moving very quickly, the Focus RS slides up the hill before smashing into the side of a cliff. The crash was enough to send the car flying straight up in the air before settling back down on the road.

Drift Mode is intended to send as much power as possible to the rear while telling the stability control system to help hold the slide. The automaker is now offering free classes at its Ford Performance Racing School in Utah to help all Focus RS buyers master drifting and other skills in their new cars. But even with all the free classes in the world, these types of accidents are bound to happen at some point.

Case in point: A recent video showed a Focus RS driver in Germany oversteering when exiting a Cars and Coffee event, almost T-boning a Mercedes and hitting a few spectators in the process. Meanwhile, Drift Mode has been criticized by Australian safety experts, who are calling on the automaker to disable Drift Mode and recall vehicles with this feature. We say there’s a time and place for everything, and it makes sense that Drift Mode should be left to the track.

Source: RS Direct via YouTube

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