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Polish your sovereigns and break out the Burberry: the new Ford Focus ST has landed. And it's angry.
Set for a Paris Motor Show unveil, the newest iteration of Essex's perennial supermarket donuting tool will now come with low-fat Beef, courtesy of a downsized 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, but packing 250bhp.
See more pics of the Ford Focus ST
Ford hasn't released performance stats, but we reckon that four-pot should be good for a 0-62mph time of just over six seconds - any less and it will irritate the Focus RS. A car you wouldn't want to irritate...
Still, with the ‘Tangerine Scream' bronze body paint, the ST is, in the magnificently boorish history of fast Fords, no shrinking violet. You will notice it gets a loud, shouty face, with loud, shouty pointy bits and loud, shouty seats slathered with ST badges.
This ST is just the icing on Ford's Paris cake actually - it's debuting the all-new Focus which is built on an entirely new underneath; an underneath that will underpin at least ten vehicles across the globe.
All-new versions of the C-Max, Grand C-Max and Mondeo will sit alongside the raucous ST at Ford's stand.
We'll be reporting live from Paris - and attempting not to look the ST in the face - so will bring you more news as it happens.
But for now, you reckon this new ST has got the minerals? (Clue: yes)
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What do you think?
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sigletsig commented on this article
at 01:14 pm on 15 September 2010
Nice lines, gorgeous colour, but that face it's... I mean, cummon! It just looks like this http://2.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com/e/7/collegehumor.1cb74b3e4e1be66f8243da07b4f0d386.jpg You kinda have to have a double take with it, "Oh that's rather nice- oh wait, no..."
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at 01:15 pm on 15 September 2010
Oh bloody hell, http://tinyurl.com/2bwxkja there, that's better.
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LastOnSunday commented on this article
at 01:29 pm on 15 September 2010
The grill looks very much like an Aston's at first glance! Maybe it's the missing link between the Cygnet & the V8?
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corvettezr-1 commented on this article
at 01:30 pm on 15 September 2010
I saw it! Its in china! I saw it in china! It looks like a honda jazz
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Carsrule94 commented on this article
at 01:31 pm on 15 September 2010
I don't think theres anything wrong with a lairy ford ( Escort Cossie new RS ) but the last st was styled perfectly. it was slightly subtle yet with its Tangerine Scream it looked menacing at same time. somehow though i think is too lairy. and the grill is off a db9. surely...
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