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Just as you were getting juiced-up about the recently announced Ford Focus ST, TopGear has exclusively got wind that it will be joined by a mini-me. A Fiesta ST is even now being designed and developed.
But then, it had to come really. Ford is going World Rallying with the Fiesta next season. And James May's partner-in-motion-sickness (and YouTube gigastar) Ken Block is slithering up banked curves in a factory-backed Fiesta. To fail to provide us with a hotted-up Fiesta for road use would be a majorly stupid oversight.
The last Fiesta ST made do with a slightly weedy 150bhp naturally aspirated engine. No such issues this time. The brand-new EcoBoost 1.6 engine just launched in the C-Max makes 180bhp and bags of turbo-overboost torque. It can even be coupled with a six-speed manual or a six-speed DSG-type flappy-paddle gearshift.
That should put this baby well in contention with the Cooper S and Polo GTI.
Contain yourselves for a bit, people. The ST is still at least a year-and-a-half away. A top-of-the-tree Ford designer told us that "we're still working out exactly how" it will look.
But given the new World Rally Fiesta (previewed at the Paris show this very week) was designed in the same studios where they're now massaging the ST's shape, the design crew will be anxious to make sure there's a family resemblance.
Paul Horrell, Consultant Editor of TopGear magazine
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VassilisAl commented on this article
at 04:24 pm on 27 September 2010
Great news!
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RealMan commented on this article
at 04:27 pm on 27 September 2010
Why cant the clock go faster and bring us the Mini Rocket now. Can't they stop teasing and get us the blaaaaaady thing, noh! They give us the desire but take away the performance. I love fiesta's not for owning but for rat runs, business thingy. They i can run the city faster. Polo is no contender, It has no horses to play racket with. All i have to worry about is the Cooper S.
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airbuggy commented on this article
at 04:45 pm on 27 September 2010
this should be a good thing,especially for the future.get your kicks from really small hot hatches.i'm waiting for hennessey to get their hands on the fiesta st..should be lethal to say the least..
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hondansx commented on this article
at 06:22 pm on 27 September 2010
They should do a Fiesta RS
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SpyKload commented on this article
at 08:12 pm on 27 September 2010
300 hp is a minimum for a turbocharged car even a fiesta
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