5 thing you need to know about the Ford Focus ST
Can the Focus beat its brother with the same suffix? That time will tell but first, lets see what's on offer
Ever heard of a specialist? If you see a business focused in a particular field, you say it is a specialist of the particular field. Then there are different kinds of restaurant where you can get chefs who are skilled in Sichuan, Bengali or Mexican food. Of course there would be a specialist of all these things somewhere in this cosmos. Such a specialist is Ford in cultivating the ST suffix.
The success of these two letters have taken RS out from some of our horizons. Now though it has greater ambitions with the ST badge. It has put it on a refreshed Focus. SO what is it giving us? Lets find out.
Ford has injected the Fiesta ST DNA in it
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So you are making an expensive ST, so why not get back to the drawing board and make it mature. No, says Ford as they have tried to make the Focus feel like its little brother, Sometimes learning from the juniors is not bad. Thank You Ford.
The Performance Pack offers options that the normal buyer wouldn't understand
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Lot going on here. Ready? The Performance Pack offers auto rev-matching, launch control, a gearshift light, multi-mode suspension, a Track mode, red brake calipers. SO far so good as the price hasn't been released yet. As standard though you do get goodies like variable damping and electric limited slip-diff.
It'll please your EARS
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The big rocks of laws have been in Ford's path but Ford have been really clever. It has not used those fake speakers, it has got a sound symposer that plays with exhaust gives the passengers an ecstasy.
There are Driving Modes
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You asked them, they gave it.
Now there is a 'Mode' button. Sport adds sound, makes it zestier and zealous. Slippery mode is here to calm everything down, do the throttle mapping, and the traction and stability are put on red alert. You can turn everything off and have a riot of a riot. You can't mix everything up and try different combos. No Custom setting then. Good or Bad?
The range is Big. Very Big
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There will be words popping up like petrol, diesel, hatch, wagon, manual or auto. Of Course the hatchback with the petrol and manual option is the most desirable but you can also have it with a lot of headroom. There will be a lot of colours to choose from as well. There's also a colour named 'Orange Fury' which will trouble the French. No matter how many colors Ford give us, We'll never forget that blue from the Ford Racing Puma.
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Comments (7)
I alredy know - it looks like someone cloned Fiat Tipo. Especially rear side. Looks like this was a school session for designer on how to make a Fiat out of Ford.
I'm so sad this is not available in the states this looks so great i love the new dash and i'd love all the performance upgrades over my 2015 model.
Red brake calipers + electric diff = lost my attention
Looks a bit like a Mazda 3
Still, who would buy it when you have the Fiesta ST as an option?
Absolutely, the Focus could be a marketing tactic gone wrong
people who want to fit 4 people in a car. My little brother has a fiesta st, and i a focus st. put 4 adults in the fiesta and you feel cramped, in my focus you have room to spare for a 5th person should you want to cram in. put a baby seat in the fiesta you...
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