Ford's Next Focus ST Could Produce 275bhp From Just 1.5 Litres
The 2018 Ford Focus ST is set to have up to 275bhp from a turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine, according to a report from Autocar, who have also granted us permission to use their renders.
That means the Focus, which will have Ford’s next generation of high-tech turbocharging, will extract as much as 183bhp per litre from the dinky little four-cylinder unit. To put that into perspective, the 2.3-litre Focus RS has 150bhp per litre and the current Focus ST makes do with 125bhp per litre. Impressive stuff.
With the 1.5-litre three-cylinder Fiesta ST due to make 131bhp per litre, it’s believed that an extra cylinder will help Ford extract more from the same cubic capacity, possibly along with higher revs. As it happens, the scaleable architecture Ford is using means that the Fiesta and Focus technically use the same chassis, too – just in different sizes.
Elsewhere in its report, Autocar says that interior quality is slated for big improvements, while the wheelbase grows 50mm and overall length increases to over 4.4 metres. You’ll get more luggage and passenger space from it, says Ford.
There will be manual and dual-clutch automatic gearboxes in the wider range, but we don’t yet know if they will extend to the ST, but we do know the diesel will continue – it takes too many sales to even dream of getting rid. We don’t yet know whether the 2.0-litre engine will give way to a 1.5 like it will on the petrol side, but Ford has both in its arsenal.
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I find it amazing how something this size with 4 cylinders can produce more power than big v8s from the 1990s
Next: a 500cc single cylinder that makes 300hp, powering the next yaris
Well in Russia they get 4wd 1hp from 0.5l of vodka so i dont know whats the fuss
Wtf my 2.8 VR6 produces ‘only’ 174hp. This is some crazy future.
Getting the power is the easy bit - making the engine last is going to be the trick.
Top tip: Don’t buy a first generation model when Ford start making these.
Looks like matchbox got some competition
THERE’S NO REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLA-
Wait.
As long as it doesn’t use fake noise through the speakers, it sounds good
soon we will be saying : “Can’t catch my one-and-a-half liter!”
I believe the technical term used to describe what Ford is doing is to the 1.5 is: “Boost the living sh*t out of it”