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Has your new-car search led you to the hot hatchback segment? Well, if so, we here at Pines Ford think it's high time you had a good look at ours, the 2017 Focus RS.

Of course, we wouldn't make such a claim without also presenting the facts to back it.

Fortunately, we've AutoGuide.com Road Test Editor Dan Ilika here to help us do precisely that; ride out with him in the clip below:

The Focus RS's engine, a turbocharged 2.3-liter four-cylinder, is undoubtedly its marquee event.

Generating a glorious 350 horsepower and 350 pound-feet…

The Ford EcoBoost engine is turbocharged and features a direct injection system for fuel. The engine is designed to increase horsepower and torque to the level of larger, naturally aspirated engines. In addition, EcoBoost engines are also 30% more efficient with fuel usage and emit 15% less greenhouse gases. Because the technology used to develop the Ford EcoBoost engine is so much less expensive than that of other technologies, like hybrids and diesel vehicles, aimed at saving on fuel and emissions, Ford plans to put the EcoBoost engine in several of its models.

If ever there were a full-size SUV that could make us here at Pines Ford to flat-out flip our wig, our esteemed American automaker's -- the 2017 Explorer -- would have to be it.

Yet, what -- specifically -- makes it so?

Please allow our pals at MotorWeek to explain; their critique of the Explorer is as follows:

Shoppers desiring the very best the Explorer has to offer are bound to receive exactly that with the range-topping Platinum model.

Standard equipment on this trim includes a muscular, 365-horsepower turbo-V6 engine, all-wheel drive, a panoramic sunroof, adaptive cruise control ...

The 2017 Ford F-150 is the most advanced yet, with a lightweight aluminum body, an EcoBoost V6 engine with 470 pound-feet of torque, SYNC 3 with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and a 5-Star Safety Rating. It offers just about anything a light-duty pickup driver could want.

But the latest model is just the tip of the iceberg. The Ford F-150 has been the best-selling truck in America since 1977. How far has it come in that time?

Autotrader compared the 2017 F-150 to its 1995 model-year counterpart to find out.