subject: Ford Focus 2.5 20v Turbo St (2008) [print this page] Ford has the facelift of the Ford Focus ST at the technique of the old left. With 225 horsepower, the Ford hot hatch of the competitors as the Opel Astra OPC and the Volkswagen Golf is still very cumbersome.
Fortunately for the lovers of the facelifted Focus is now available again as blood rapid ST. If you using white racing stripes, it's actually a pretty ordinary middle class. The 18 inch wheel are more chic than sporty and muscle car we can not discover much more than a big spoiler above the rear window, like a diffuser plate under the back and what Ford Focus ST left and right. The remarkable are on either side of the front mudguards.
More pronounced is the interior of the Ford Focus ST. The sports seats are black blue coated, poker and the start button is a panel carbon fiber imitation applied even here we see aluminum pedals and the most notable is a small dome centered above the dashboard that three gauges harbors for oil temperature, oil pressure and - yes! - Turbocharging.
The Ford Focus ST at the end of 2005 the market for the range of Ford's compact mid-range upwards to finish. To meet the required performance to come, was a turbocharged engine borrowed from Volvo subsidiary. To Add to that the exemplary steering characteristic that the Focus to the benchmark in its segment is, we have here in any case an absolute topper sporting tackle.
Pinch of Comfort
Ford says the ST also a pinch of comfort has been given, otherwise the brand called him RS. And yet, although, a five-cylinder Volvo than the expectation of a powerful but quiet car generation, this is not exactly a C30 in a Ford Jacket. The turbo machine, good for 225 hp and 320 Nm of torque at 1600 rpm, by a custom engine slightly spicy, but made much noisier. Underneath he doubts a while, but soon there is the turbo itself can interfere with all his and the car roars off with a raw, rumbling, dark brown Thurs Great are from the exhaust every time you release the gas here. No, that comfort is not in the ears, but much more in the damping. Rest assured, which is good communication and hard, but not rock hard. The steering is not very nervous, yet very sharp. What is also true for the six-speed gearbox, you almost feel that you direct the action is to poke, without the intervention of an entire linkage.
the high seating position, do you want a hot hatch with the asphalt itching to go against your buttocks. In fast corners, the Ford Focus ST is relatively pleasant, what you should not be confused with slow. It takes a long time before the front wheels to slide and when you go short of gas, it remains the long back on track.
Everything has its price and that also applies to the sporting character of the Ford Focus ST. We are quite shocked because of the fuel. The five-cylinder took the test for every 7.1 km to a liter of petrol is, that consumption was significantly higher than the factory promises. Anyway, these cars are generally not bought a thrift with records to establish ...
