2012 Ford Focus ST Test

[TheDan4279]

can you get the focus st in automatic

[lordmaul3]

This is about the closest we in the U.S. to getting the RS Focus.I wish Ford would make a RS version of this car.

[ramsinks]

@lordmaul3 if this rolls out in 2door, i'll get it, order an RS motor and body kit.

[lordmaul3]

@ramsinks The Focus RS is a 5 cyl turbo charged engine with a 6 speed manual.I think it has 300 bhp.

[ramsinks]

@lordmaul3 Yep, well 310. Already have a quote for an 09 RS imported with US smog conversion. Just waiting to see if we get a 2door ST here first.

[PupuTheClown]

nice new styling, it helps with sales incase anyone didn't know, also it would help to change that cheesy name.

[healifiknow]

All all could think of when they launched the new Taurus SHO was 'why didn't they put this motor in something smaller!?!'. Can't wait to drive/own one of these.

[oodle42]

awesome color!



[andrew420love]

Never liked the ford focus but damn this machine looks really sexy.

[alexander2if]

Тупо прокаченный Фокус 3

[Ascendancy25]

WTF?! They put the grill of a Mustang into an estate car? This looks ugly as fuck. And where the hell is the sound? I prefer the old ST.

[Ostkurve1921]

@Ascendancy25 i would say it looks more like a mondeo grill... ;)

[aszkanfederation28]

the front bumber just need to add some addition..the car looks is just fine :)

[MakeSh00t]

in year 2014 u can get ford mustang in europe 2.5 Turbo 4cyl. :)OoOo

[maizegod]

@MakeSh00t Yes, those blocks are longer and there is room for two turbos.

[Ruysylva69]

ugly as hell

[GwoodBloodz]

sex

[Ge0vone]

Listen to the turbo

[MrVaneurin]

Looks a lot like a Fiat Punto...Looks is not bad.

[Draxindustries1]

Looks Korean..

[Z32TT]

It's not TT, it's single turbo, and the fact that it makes 245-250hp from a 2.0L doesn´t mean it needs more than 1 turbo. Besides, how would you fit 2 turbos on a 4 cil engine?

[sprinkler5802]

@Z32TT its been done

[foxmajik]

How's the turbo lag?

[NinjaDecimator]

@foxmajik there's no turbo lag. twin turbo, one smaller to spool faster in the lower RPM range and the bigger one for the mid- and high-range. read up on it.

[maizegod]

@NinjaDecimator This is NOT a twin turbo. And you tell others to "read up on it"?

[NinjaDecimator]

@maizegod you sure? hop on Ford's website and tell me otherwise! :) 2.0L EcoBoost four cylinder, six speed manual, around 245-250HP

[maizegod]

@NinjaDecimator YES I am sure. This car uses ONE turbo. Nowhere will you read on Fords website or anywhere else that this is a "twin" turbo. Again, ONE turbo...NOT TWIN (two) turbos.

[manbachi]

@maizegod uhh buddy i think your wrong it is a twin turbo because the engine is a 2.0L i4 eco boast engine producing around 250 horses well thats the north American addition. the Euro version i sure has a different power plant

[maizegod]

@manbachi i cant believe another person thinks this car has TWO turbos! NOBODY puts TWO turbos on a car with four cylinders. You need two cylinder banks to have two turbos. HOLY CRAP people...! And no there is ONE engine for the ST. And its "edition" not "addition"...

[sprhowie]

@maizegod Oh really? nobody does it? and its not? "Ford’s daddy of all Focuses the 247-horsepower Focus ST hatchback hits dealerships in 2012, long after milder and more mpg-focused variants of the redesigned car have made their entrance. Imbued with a twin turbo 2.0-liter four-cylinder, a reworked suspension and a trapezoidal grille so massive it could swallow entire swarms of insects, the ST tops off a Focus lineup that includes a hatchback and a sedan" from car and drivers review

[maizegod]

@sprhowie You have to be joking.

[maizegod]

@sprhowie They meant to say "twin scroll" turbo. (obviously). And its not from Car and Driver its from Kicking Tires. So yes...really. And yes...it isnt.

[tobythesandwich]

@maizegod Sounds like somebody doesn't understand turbos. You do know BMW, Nissan, Toyota have twin turbocharged engines that are inline six cylinders right?

[djgert]

geef mij toch maar de vorige focus st :)

[kuozzi]

I like the turbo sound