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We are ahead of the 2012 Ford Focus ST, the last version based on
the restyling, facelifting of the Ford Focus.
You get a 252 hp engine, a four cylinders turbocharged.
You also get many showy details, which some won't like,
some won't.
A very noteworthy detail is the front bumper,
and its yawning face which
which, takes...
so you have all the sides, all the sporty details,
almost racing: the spoiler,
the central exhaust... All of this makes the car really agressive.
Inside the car,
it is almost as outside. The meaning is Ford put
a lot of things in its car.
There is maybe one button per function, which makes a whole bunch of buttons ;
dozens and dozens of buttons, you get lost.
Of course you have all the functions you need such as automatic lights,
speed controller, line assist
wich automatically correct your trajectory
but in the end this is not very fun. You also have Recaro seats
with a very good body retention. Little flaw though as they are really narrow
and this will hurt your back on long mileage trips.
No surprise regarding the gearbox with frank engagements.
The clutch is quite soft for a sport car.
When you go for long trips, this 6 gearbox is comfortable,
meaning you can drive on the torque and have quite low fuel consumptions, around 9 l/100.
When driving more sportly,
I confess I was quite sceptical at the beginning as I could not clearly identify the car behavior.
As soon as you start going fast,
you do not really feel the car, especially the rear axle.
You get a very mobile rear axle.
It is a feeling more than a reality as the car remains sticked to the ground
but the braking system is quite perfectible.
On another hand, the front axle is excellent.
The more I drove the car, the more I got comfortable in it and I was in the end positively surprised
by its overall behavior and when trying to push it to the limite,
the car behaves really well. The rear is at last very fun
and this becomes a quality as you have fun behind the wheel
and... a good surprise, a very good surprise!