new focus st

[Lashout_UK]

Something else to think about - there'll be a hotter one along at some point too.

 

[Tute]

Do you mean for the new ST or outgoing RS?

 

[DirtyJester]

Do you mean for the new ST or outgoing RS?

The new one is wrong side of 21K basic spec.

EDIT: pic added

 

[Tute]

Something else to think about - there'll be a hotter one along at some point too.

Fingers crossed for the Mk.2 RS platform, improved, with one of the Ecoboost V6 engines.

The new one is wrong side of 21K basic spec.

It seems poor value when compared to the outgoing model, but then it doesn't when compared to the new list prices of it's rivals. It really depends what you're after I guess, and we do need new buyers so that there's stock for the used market 18-24 months down the line.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Yeah, that's the problem. It's going to be what, £20K for one of these? The outgoing ST is a better car in a lot of ways and you can get them for a third of that now

And if you must spend £20K, there's the outgoing RS to fill that slot. Quite why you'd have this over a Mk.2 RS I really don't know, there's the fuel economy argument but then it's a hot hatch?

I think it looks like an excellent car and given the cost of many other new cars these days £20k seems like a fairly decent deal.

If I had to buy a Focus I'd have one over a Mk2 RS without even test driving the RS.

 

[Janesy B]

..... my thought, my comment (stoc.com) my utter wtf

Yeah them fast estates are quite a new thing, I think Audi have just started doing them.

 

[Tute]

If I had to buy a Focus I'd have one over a Mk2 RS without even test driving the RS.

May I ask why?

 

[DirtyJester]

I think it looks like an excellent car and given the cost of many other new cars these days £20k seems like a fairly decent deal.

If I had to buy a Focus I'd have one over a Mk2 RS without even test driving the RS.

....awaits what no xenon lights as standard

 

[DirtyJester]

Yeah them fast estates are quite a new thing, I think Audi have just started doing them.

We're talking Ford keep up

 

[[TW]Fox]

Because it's a more modern car with a more nicely built interior, a better standard specification, more day to day usability, etc etc. It hasn't got the outright pace or handling of an RS but it's got more than enought to still be pretty satisfying to drive.

I'd feel far less like I'd wasted £20k if I had a new ST instead of a 2-3 year old Mk2 Focus RS..

 

[DirtyJester]

Because it's a more modern car with a more nicely built interior, a better standard specification, more day to day usability, etc etc. It hasn't got the outright pace or handling of an RS but it's got more than enought to still be pretty satisfying to drive.

I'd feel far less like I'd wasted £20k if I had a new ST instead of a 2-3 year old Mk2 Focus RS..

...so you would still buy it without xenon lights?

 

[Janesy B]

We're talking Ford keep up

Forgotten about the Focus ST170, Mondeo ST200 and ST220 estates?

 

[DirtyJester]

What have they to do with Audi

 

[[TW]Fox]

...so you would still buy it without xenon lights?

No, I'd spec some Xenon lights. Unless it has projectors in which case I'd retrofit some.

 

[DirtyJester]

No, I'd spec some Xenon lights. Unless it has projectors in which case I'd retrofit some.

Ooooh ok.

 

[Gaygle]

Only car i can think of where it simply must have the front numberplate to look half decent.

 

[Maccapacca]

You could spend quite a bit of cash

 

[Janesy B]

What have they to do with Audi

Because you seemed surprised at the fact a hot estate will be sold, when it's hardly a new thing, even for Ford.

 

[Eliot]

The steering wheel is naff as hell on the new focus though so DO NOT WANT
The current Megane completely dominates the other hatches to be honest

 

[MrMoonX]

I prefer the growl of the 5 pot 2.5T