We finish our 40,000mile torture test of the hotrod focus. With the polished road manners and granitic structure of a far more expensive car, the 2012 ford focus was one of the few. Not to mention it is invisible to state troopers and most other drivers think it is just an. Our ford focus st arrived in with the new triple yellow metallic tricoat that makes the car among the most eyecatching on the road. Read more and see photos of our focus st at car and driver.
The focus st never lit up enthusiasts the way it was. The ford focus has always been renowned as the drivers choice in the smallcar segment, and this latest generation continues to. Our drive route took us through southern france, and on highways and. Ford canada prepped me a focus st so i could drive it for a week. Visually, the st packs enough flare to get recognition and nods from fellow tunertypes, most of which on my test week wanted to get a closer look at this new turbo focus theyd heard about. Driver in crash may have passed out from wearing n95 mask too. As a package, i dont think theres a better frontwheel drive road car on sale todayits more enjoyable than todays gti, civic type r, focus st, and even the fiesta st, a car so fun i. A test drive is necessary if you want an accurate idea of how your potential new car is going to handle. Testdrive a car only after you have done some preliminary research and have found one thats likely to fit. We go for a drive in this 2017 ford focus st category. If you love driving you should at least test drive one.
Read about the focus st and see photos at car and driver. This means ive had the opportunity to meditate on what would be the car most ideally suited to this emotionally charged familial task. Around the same time, i got to drive the european version in geneva. With this in mind, here are some tips on how to testdrive a car from beginning to end. Ford says the system is designed to be simple and completely intuitive for the.
All this gives the new focus st a wider bandwidth of ability. Read our impressions and see photos of the updated 2015 st at car and driver. Ford is getting out of the family car business to focus on trucks and utilities. Our drive route took us through southern france, and on highways and twolane mountain roads, the focus appears to fulfill the promise of the affordable daily driver performance car. Im not saying dont go and buy a lovely european highend performance car, what im saying is buy this car as well because itll give you a similar driving experience and you can load it up with mates after a trip to the beach, park it in a tight parking garage or leave it. As part of fords will to restore the focuss reputation for unequalled dynamism and driver appeal among family hatchbacks, this car. The focus is still a great car, but its a tough sell as a value proposition and isnt that what this category is all about. You could drive 2012 ford focus st every day or you could drive it in the week and drive your rs6 on the weekend. A fun car with a practical side, but no longer one of the sharpest hot hatches on sale. But i really came here to say the torque steer on the ms3 isnt that bad. But its 160horsepower engine, while easily adequate for daily driving, doesnt provide the thrust many driving enthusiasts demand.
Driver technology consists of front and rear parking sensors with audible alarms, a backup camera with excellent trajectory lines. The traction benefits are clear, the focus st hitting 062 mph in 5. Request a test drive for either a car or commercial vehicle here. Offered only with a 6speed manual gearbox, the ford focus st can reach 60 mph in a frisky 6. New focus is almost as good to drive in estate form as it is as a hatch, but vignale trim isnt worth splurging on. The fiesta st is all the performance car you need quick, lively, and practical, the fiesta st is simply addictive. What every driver of a car like this wants is a connectedness to its controls so as inputs are given the vehicle reacts accordingly in concert with your wishes and the focus st achieves those difficult to find attributes all the while hugging you into the body contoured recaros. Another fivegrand of options were fitted on our test car, much of them to. The hothatchback segment is really taking off, and its especially apparent in the ford focus lineup, which now offers two different performance variants. Ford focus st tdci wagon ford now offers its focus st in 185hp diesel guise, yet it looks no different than the petrolpowered model. Focus rs vs st as a fun daily driver so im going to be trading my car in sometime soon, probably around september, and i need some help deciding which of the two to get. The ford focus st is fun even when you have a mclaren in your garage. D ford made the focus st diesel as more of a response to competitors efforts to offer sporty oilburning hatches that look the part, are pretty fast but also return good economy figures. At one of last years track night in america events, a focus st caught, passed, and walked away from me and my brz.
Its an easy car to drive hard, and with threemode stability control its easy to loosen the reins without increasing the risk. The focus st is fast, with a good driver its been seen at. Sometimes ill get an unexpected tug, but its not as bad as people. You wont find details about compression ratios here, instead youll have real world opinions on what its like to drive and own these cars. Recently, motor trend got to test the americanspec focus st model. And my porsches still tucked away in the garage are starting to get jealous. Find out how you can get behind the wheel of a ford vehicle for a test drive today.
You may want to read more of autotrader s model vs. I got the chance to test drive a focus rs this morning, they didnt have an st in so i couldnt compare directly. The st is an enthusiasts car, fun to drive, inexpensive, and powerful. The smaller, lighter fiesta st might be better at that, but the focus st would more than hold its own. As soon as i got behind the wheel of a 2016 focus st, i was happy. Success in a hatch isnt just about the drive the new focus has the rest of the bases well covered too. The ford focus st is fun even when you have a mclaren in. The car was delivered clean with a full tank of gas.
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