Today, a lot of so called arbitrage, much of it done by hedge funds, involves assets that have some similarities but are not identical. This is not pure arbitrage and can be far from risk free. Arbitrage pricing theory This is one of two influential economic theories of how assets are priced in the financial markets.
Ford of Europe introduced the Focus in 1998 to the European market as a replacement for the Ford Escort. The decision to name the new car the Ford Focus was made in early 1998, as Ford's overheads had been planning to keep the Escort nameplate for its new generation of small family cars.
The new Focus RS (which will be either a 2016 or 2017 model, Ford would not specify) will be built in the company's Saarlouis, Germany, manufacturing plant but sold in all markets around the world including the U.S.s for when the Focus RS will go on sale, Ford didn't say much about that either, only that Europe would see it first sometime in 2016, with the U.S. to follow. U.S. buyers should figure on late 2016, either as a late 2016 or early 2017 model. The RS will sit above the Focus ST in Ford's small performance-car lineup.