subject: Ford Focus 2.5 20v Turbo St (2006) [print this page] See a glimpse of the body and you know that this is no ordinary Ford Focus. This impressive wheels, dual exhaust and big nose. The Ford Focus ST is a variant of the popular family car and speaks to the imagination.
It is what Ford succeeded to the plain-looking three-door Ford Focus wagon to make a pleasant-looking. The lowering kit, 18-inch wheels, rear spoiler and sill spoilers make the Ford Focus a lot more athletic. It is especially the bumpers that give the ST a different face. All - enormous - openings for air flow include triangle mesh. For more latitude to suggest, were the outlets on the rear corners of the comment. Of course, the ST logo contemporaries, but those on the front fenders may be right from what we're concerned.
Also under the hood, Ford has done his best. The department responsible for this rapid Ford Focus at the sister brand Volvo S40/V50 T5 of the block included a 2.5-liter five-cylinder turbocharged engine that thanks to the fine tuning of the Ford men delivers 225 hp.
Nice sound
The beautiful sound of the accelerating Ford Focus ST comes in Dolby Surround the cab. The turbo blows his tune and it does not stop until the tachometer in the 7 state. Perform the Ford Focus is easy, but not as much as is done at low engine speeds. You lose some time while the turbo is not like running. At intermediate sprints, if there is a lot of speed can be made, you have a lot of advantage of the turbo. The Ford Focus has to accelerate from standstill disabled traction control struggling to keep a grip on the asphalt. The Ford needs all its power through the front wheels lose, but apart from the 0-100-sprint succeeds quite well. Although the power of the ST that of its predecessor - the infamous RS - transcends the ST is clearly a more comfortable car put down. This is the tendency to over the front wheels to slip much bigger ass and reacts much more throttle in corners. This is due to the smooth rear axle. You see it clearly if you put a long screwdriver through it and you drive over a small bump.
Although the control is not much to be representative, we found that of the old Ford Focus better. At its gate you felt so good against pressure, while the new control very precisely delivering. But the steering is nice and thick and packed securely.
Functional boring
In the Focus you're high. For the truly sporty feel you need to sit much lower. Your workstation is properly set up. The chair a little and tilt the steering wheel is good to you to pull. The leather-wrapped steering wheel set up nice and the seats give good support. They are not tight tubs, but just very decent seats.
The dashboard is boring, even though TeamRS done its best to get anything. There are light gray edges around the clock on the dashboard and air vents and a three gauges placed, for oil pressure and temperature and boost pressure. But otherwise you just the simple black dashboard of the Focus. Functional, but completely unimaginative. In Focus ST you obviously many gadgets. As conditioned, 'n excellent audio system, automatic lights, rain sensors, extra gauges and exciting' submarine lighting 'in the dark' n warm glow on the dashboard exudes. But the 18-inch wheels,
the spoilers and of course the Recaro's. You have to love.
