2015 Ford Focus ST gets sleeker style, improved dynamics

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Filed under: Performance, Hatchback, Ford, Misc. Auto Shows



The Brits don't really have a major auto show these days. Not in a conventional sense, anyway, with stationary vehicles under floodlights in a closed exposition space. What they do have, you could argue, is much better: the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where the public can view the latest machinery not only under an open sky, but in motion as well, speeding up Lord March's front lawn. And this year, British automakers are rolling in with some very enticing new metal.

In the past few days alone we've confirmed the McLaren 650S GT3 and MSO, Jaguar F-Type Project 7, Range Rover Sport SVR and Ariel Ace will all be revealed for the first time at Goodwood this weekend. Ford isn't, strictly speaking, a British automaker, but for all its history in the UK, it might as well. So it's chosen Goodwood as the site to unveil its refreshed Focus ST.

The upgraded Blue Oval hot hatch still packs a 2.0-liter turbo four with 252 horsepower and 270 pound-feet of torque driving through a six-speed manual to the front wheels, so we're not expecting much change in measurable performance. But Ford has given the new Focus ST a new front suspension setup and a new electric power-assisted steering rack that combine to promise improved handling.

While it was at it, Ford has equipped the 2015 Focus ST with redesigned front and rear fascias, HID and LED lighting, 18-inch wheels and an improved cabin complete with a redesigned center stack, center console and front door panels, a new flat-bottom steering wheel and standard rear-view camera. Buyers will also be able to opt for a new shade of silver and black or red racing stripes as well as a heated steering wheel and eight-way power driver's seat - all of which promises to make one of our favorite hot hatches that much better, and that can be no bad thing.

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[Easter Bunny]

@predapio; bought too soon. Front end is less gay. Like being the pitcher instead of the catcher still gay but you can close your eyes and pretend.

[predapio]

Originally Posted by Easter Bunny @predapio; bought too soon. Front end is less gay. Like being the pitcher instead of the catcher still gay but you can close your eyes and pretend.

It's okay, not too much of a difference in gayness though.

It went from it went from flamboyant Perez Hilton to not so much Neil Patrick Harris.

They both still suck cock though...