If You Find Ford Fiesta ST Too Hot To Handle, Get A Fiesta ST-Line
While the car above might look something like a Fiesta ST, it isn’t. It’s actually the ST-Line. It’s a new trim level available for the Fiesta and the Focus, and as well as a bunch of ST-like details - a bodykit, new wheels, a festooning of ST-Line badges and sports seats - you also get 10mm lower sports suspension.
The new trim package is available on the Fiesta with either a 94bhp 1.5 TDCi diesel or a 138bhp 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol (pro tip, get the petrol). On the Focus meanwhile, you’ve the choice of the same 1.0-litre EcoBoost in the lower, 123bhp state of tune, or a 1.5-litre with 182bhp. If those outputs sound familiar, that’s because these are the same engines available with the Zetec S Fiesta and Focus, a trim level now replaced - along with the Red and Black editions - with the new ST-Line.
Want one? Fiesta ST-Line prices start at £15,645, while for the Focus ST-Line you’ll need at least £20,595, and there’s another two ST-Line badged Ford models on the way if neither floats your boat.
Our advice? Unless fuel economy and insurance is a big deal, make the jump to the full-fat ST models. Particularly in the case of the Fiesta, you won’t regret it.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
‘’Too hot to handle’’
Name me someone who finds the Fiesta ST ‘Too hot to handle’.I dare you.No, I Double Dare you.
When a friend of yours buys a Fiesta ST, but it’s too hot to handle
wait….its just a zetec S
It should be called “Get your fiesta riced from the factory! With looks from the ST but no engine upgrades from the zetec s!”
It’s like the most perfect statement of ‘I have a supermodel girlfriend but she’s fat’
Transit Connect…
When you can’t FIESTA too hard and gotta FOCUS on more important stuff.
Can we consider the following as ricers?
S-line audis
M sport BMW
ST line fords
ANY car that has body parts from a performance subsidiary (EX toyota TRD bodykits/Nissan autech)
When zetec kicks in