Hello people
I was lucky enough 2 test drive a focus 3 door st2 in orange on the 3rd of this month. Its not out till January over here and I only popped in to my local dealership 2 pick up a brochure but they didnt have any so the salesman said he would take my name and address and send me one. So when I sat down at his computer he started giving it the sales pitch I just wanted 2 get home from work. Right at the end of his pitch he said they had one arrived that day and they were doing test drives and did I want 2 come back the next day. Well I nearly ripped the blokes arm off.
In a nut shell
this thing hurls u down the road, it felt like a flat torque curve from 1500rpm to around 6000rpm, theres so much torque and absolutely no lag it pulls in every gear and sticks 2 the corners like glue
But its so comfortable and effortless 2 drive. With 225 bhp, front wheel drive and 18inch rims on a 40 profile I was expecting the wheels to follow every little grove in the road and twitch off of man hole covers and torque steer but there was none of that at all. This thing has been set up so well it feels more like a 4 wheel drive set up when your accelerating out of corners.
Ok so Im a ford nut so maybe Im a little biased but this has to be the best front wheel drive production car to ever leave a factory everything is set up so well
Jeremy Clarkson called this car the A.S.B.O which stands for anti social behavior order and I can see why. I just couldnt stop over taking people I wanted to but the car wouldnt let me in fact I probably spent more time on the other side of the road go past everything.
Sorry about the rant but the car is actually that good
2.5 20V 5 CYLINDER TURBO 225 BHP
ST-1 = 17500 pounds
ST-2 = 18500 pounds with- sony cd, zeon headlights, traction control
ST-3 = 19500 pounds with- full leather and sony cd multichanger
Not sure how much it will be when it hits your shores though
PS- over here ford dropped the XR badge in favour of the ST badge because they wanted to shake off the essex boy racer image that the XR badge held. Must admit I prefer the XR badge but after 10 years of the ST badge you just forget about it
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1989 Fairmont Ghia 3.9
spioler
alloys
Pimped mk1 Mondeo 2.0 16v GhiaX
RS kit
chrome lights
under bonnet bling
quickshift induction
dual exit scorpion
decat
ecotek
motorsport leads
17" 100+phantoms
toyo's
monroe shocks
50m drop
mk2 front wishbone
V6 rear disc conversion
C/D discs
Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear [and I quote] the Ford Mondeo
is now more of an exclusive car than a BMW
Last edited by English Wes; 13-12-2005 at 06:03 AM.
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