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    Kenny
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    Carscoops have posted updated images of the Mk4 Focus ST while testing in the USA with no camo.

    Last month, we caught a glimpse of the upcoming Ford Focus ST during testing as a lightly-disguised prototype was spotted in Germany.

    Now, we get our best look yet at Ford’s new hot hatch as another prototype has been caught completely undisguised undergoing tests in the United States. So why is Ford testing the Focus ST in the U.S. when the automaker made it clear that the only next-gen passenger car to be sold in its home market will be the Mustang?

    Source: Carscoops

    Sure this is not the final look but thoughts so far?

    #100039

    red-leader
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    Thanks Kenny, the back looks like a Volvo influenced design. Not sure on the back but the rest looks good.

    #100042

    bobcat
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    Certainly different, I’m sure it’ll look better in the metal ?



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    #100052

    ebgb
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    Don’t like the look of the mk4 focus at all personally. It looks like a Mazda



    Magnetic RS, just Sunroof & door protectors away from top spec. Factory standard for now but looking to upgrade to Mountune FPM375 & other mods once the recall has been done

    #102535

    Kenny
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    Some video footage

    #102547

    bobcat
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    Thanks Kenny, I’m not sure but in around 1.15 did I spot a bit of veering steering ?? the car looks impressive though



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    #102581

    71-bda
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    spot-on Bob thats proper VS !! going to share that on other site.



    No nothing.

    No Mods. No rockers. Just a chunky knob, thats now been replaced by an RS knob innit.

    No tackiness.

    Std as Ford intended, but with a space saver wheel and jack and nuts and wheel brace. oh.. and flaps, a man has got to have flaps.

    Innit?

     

    #102584

    white-rs2
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    Colour Coded Spy Shots

     

     



    RS Edition.

    FPM375 Rocks

    The rest of the “M” maps suck

    #102585

    bobcat
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    “I Drive Automatic” ummm hope that’s going to be an option and not standard ?



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    #102588

    71-bda
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    back end looks a bit laden, I prefer the RS’s perky bum in air stance



    No nothing.

    No Mods. No rockers. Just a chunky knob, thats now been replaced by an RS knob innit.

    No tackiness.

    Std as Ford intended, but with a space saver wheel and jack and nuts and wheel brace. oh.. and flaps, a man has got to have flaps.

    Innit?

     

    #102589

    white-rs2
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    Cut & Paste from Auto Car

    Ford’s latest Focus is only just arriving on UK roads, and now the build-up to the launch of the hot ST version of the Mk4 model has begun.
    The Volkswagen Golf GTI rival is due to be officially revealed at Ford’s own event early next year rather than at the Geneva motor show, as first thought. Ford will be skipping another major European motor show, after not appearing on the stands at the Paris show earlier this month.

    An official unveiling might be a few months off, but undisguised prototypes are already being caught testing at the Nurburgring, as pictured. It’s clear that the bodywork revisions will be subtle, including unique front and rear bumpers, larger wheels and ST badging. The biggest news, however, is under the bonnet.

    The latest generation of Ford’s Volkswagen Golf GTI rival is set to ditch the old 2.0-litre engine for the proven 2.3-litre EcoBoost unit seeing service in the current Focus RS and Mustang. It’ll be the last Focus ST to use a powertrain absent of hybrid technology.

    Our Verdict
    Ford Focus ST

    The Ford Focus ST has a new four-pot motor and a diesel added to the range, but does it have what it takes to gun for the Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf GTD?

    The 2.3-litre unit will share a great deal of its internals with 345bhp Focus RS engine, but it will be detuned and adapted for use in the front-wheel drive ST. Since the next RS is due to kick-start hybrid power for Ford’s hot models from 2020, the upcoming ST will also serve as the final chapter in pure combustion power for Focus hot hatches.

    Ford is understood to have chosen the 2.3-litre powerplant, rather than a more powerful version of the 1.5-litre three-cylinder featured in the new Fiesta ST, because the smaller engine would have to be run close to its reliable limit in this guise. The Focus ST competes against the Renault Mégane RS and Peugeot 308 GTi, which come with 276bhp and 266bhp respectively.

    The 2.3-litre, on the other hand, which offers up to 370bhp in the Focus RS Red Edition, can be more practically tuned for the Focus ST. It’s due to come mated exclusively to a six-speed manual gearbox, with no Powershift automatic option.

    This change signals a clear driver focus for the new model, suggesting that the next Focus ST will be a more enthusiastic and playful car to drive. The latest Focus arrived in April with claims from Joe Bakaj, Ford of Europe’s vice president for product development, that it will offer “that fun-to-drive feel” earlier Focus models were famous for across the line-up. The ST will, of course, take this to the next level.
    Styling will also be more subdued than present, too, with the latest development car showing that the Focus will get a more conventional twin-exhaust setup in place of the car’s current polygonal tailpipe.

    The new Focus is also said to be 88kg lighter, like-for-like, than the old car, suggesting the ST could shed some kilos from the old car’s 1437kg figure. Its structure is claimed to be 20% more rigid, with a 50% improvement around the suspension elements, which should provide Ford engineers with the opportunity to improve the ST’s agility without compromising ride quality. This has certainly been the case with the new Fiesta, which has received similar improvements over its predecessor.

    Ford had planned to launch its next Focus ST at the end of 2018, but Autocar has learned that the Blue Oval brand has pushed back the car’s arrival into 2019. Sales are expected to begin before the first half of next year is out.

    The Focus ST will remain the most potent version of the Focus on sale until the next-generation Focus RS arrives in 2020. As scooped by Autocar, that car will use a smaller 2.0-litre engine mated to a hybrid powerplant that’s based around 48V architecture to offer 400bhp.

     



    RS Edition.

    FPM375 Rocks

    The rest of the “M” maps suck

    #102594

    frenk
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    Now this is good news! My wife actually fancied a nice little Fiesta lately since she wanted to get rid of the lame Opel Insignia SW company car next year. There are no more kids to taxi around either and the skiing holidays are just the two of us. She doesn’t like the Mini Cooper S and the VW beetle is a girls toy, no inclination towards Fiat 500 either. This Focus ST model comes in right handy for next spring – her frequent journeys on the German Autobahn will be much more fun then 😀



    Revo Stage 1 – JCR super low seating frame – Mishimoto gas pedal spacer – DSC sport controller

    #102761

    Andrew
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    Nice, very nice.

     

    Not as nice as the mk3 RS though;-)

    #102766

    Kenny
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    Seen a local Mk4 Focus in white and looked quite good. Does need more aggression though

    #102772

    tonys
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    The Mk3s rising/swept up rear does it for me. On the Mk4 they’ve lowered the rear consequently the car now appears to squat. As others have said there is also something very Volvo looking about that back end. Like the rest of it.

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