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Ford Focus ST

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Click here to download printer friendly version With a dramatic new design, more equipment and more choice, Ford’s new Focus is set to reaffirm its position as the most desirable model in the segment when it goes on sale in the UK next year.

With on the road prices from £11,945, the new Focus is just £250 more than the equivalent outgoing model. This represents enhanced customer value given the array of new technology and equipment – including ESP, previously a £250 option now fitted as standard.

The restructured range offers a choice of Studio, Style, Zetec, Titanium and ST trim matched to a comprehensive line-up of advanced petrol and diesel powertrains. Transmissions include five and six speed manual gearboxes, a conventional automatic or the all-new dual-clutch PowerShift automated gearbox jointly developed with GETRAG.

In addition to ESP, every Focus is equipped with ABS, four airbags, electric front windows, CD player, central locking, height adjustable driver’s seat, 60/40 split folding rear seat, curtain airbags and Easyfuel capless refuelling system.

Style, costing from £13,445 adds body coloured door handles and mirrors, bigger wheels, front fog lamps, air conditioning, remote audio controls, trip computer, leather covered steering wheel and remote central locking.

Zetec, the expected best-seller, costs from £14,695 and adds 16-in alloy wheels, dark headlamp surrounds, sports suspension, sports seats, Quickclear heated front windscreen, perimeter alarm, driver’s seat lumbar adjustment, rear spoiler and upgraded centre console. A body colour rear spoiler, previously an option, is also included as standard.

Focus Titanium, the luxury flagship, lists from £15,445. Equipment highlights are privacy glass, automatic headlights, rain-sensing wipers, auto-dimming rear view mirror, Sony CD sound system, electric rear windows, cooled glovebox, aluminium scuff plates and footwell lighting.

As before, buyers can personalise their Focus by choosing from the long list of options, some of which have been reduced in price from the previous model.

Three-door, five-door and estate body styles arrive first with the revised Coupe-Cabriolet and sporty ST versions following within a few months.

Company press release, last updated on 11 / 12 / 2007

Add your comments on the Ford Focus ST

 Decent, but could be better  
nightwind
11-30-2007
The Focus ST is undoubtedly one of my premier hot hatches with a cheap price tag. However, why can't they make it better?

A simple bigger intercooler and a ECU flash (that Bluefin has already done), easily brings power close to 300hp. Also, with all that pedigree in the Focus WRC, why can't they retain the 4WD system?

Unless things change, with the new WRX STI hatch out, the ST will significantly lose its appeal.
     

General specifications
Country of origin United States
Numbers built N/A
Introduced 2008

Engine
Configuration Duratec ST Straight 5
Location Front, transversely mounted
Construction aluminum alloy block and head
Displacement 2.522 liter / 153.9 cu in
Bore / Stroke 83.0 mm (3.3 in) / 93.2 mm (3.7 in)
Compression 9.0:1
Valvetrain 4 valves / cylinder, DOHC
Fuel feed Fuel injection
Aspiration KKK Turbo

Drivetrain
Gearbox 6 speed Manual
Drive Front wheel drive

Performance figures
Power 225 bhp / 168 KW @ 6100 rpm
Torque 320 Nm / 236 ft lbs @ 1600 rpm
BHP/Liter 89 bhp / liter

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