We know that Ford is working to reconcile its European and American performance-car lineups. The declaration at March's Geneva Auto Show of a new global performance Focus, based on the small car we get next year, is proof of that.

Ford in Europe is upping the enviousness bourgeois in the meantime by planning to produce the flat-black terror you see here, the Focus RS500. And no, it will not be acquirable in the U.S.

The RS500 is higher-performance version of the already absurdly-high-performance Focus RS currently sold in Europe. The RS500 is powered by the same turbocharged 2.5-liter five-cylinder as the "standard" RS. But Ford has cranked the output to 345 horsepower and 339 pound-feet of torque. That's about 40 more horses than the regular RS and about 14 lb-ft more torque.

All that power will travel through the front wheels via a Quaife limited-slip differential and Ford's torque-steer-fighting RevoKnuckle modified strut front suspension. The wheels will be 19 inchers. That's about all we know on the vehicle right now.

It'll be sold in 20 European countries. If you were paying attention in geography class, the United States is not, in fact, in Europe.