RE: Aggressive pricing for new Ford Focus ST

RE: Aggressive pricing for new Ford Focus ST

Monday 28th May 2012

Aggressive pricing for new Ford Focus ST

New Focus hot hatch undercuts key rivals by several thousand pounds



The 250hp Ford Focus ST will cost from £21,995 when it hits dealers in June, with the estate version set to cost from £23,095.


Ford's pricing strategy makes it more than £3K cheaper than the £25,330 VW Golf GTI, and £2,840 cheaper than the cheapest Megane Renaultsport.

The three trim levels available are ST1, ST2 and ST3, and 18-inch alloys, keyless start, Bluetooth and DAB radio are standard even on the most basic model, while part or full leather, rain-sensing wipers, and keyless entry are all offered on higher-spec models.

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MissChief

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7,095 posts

167 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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Hopefully this will bring some prices down across the board. £30k for a VW Golf is crazy money!

M@1975

591 posts

226 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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Agreed, "small" cars fetching big car money is just ridiculous at the moment.

KMB

254 posts

222 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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I hope it doesn't weigh the equivalent of a small moon. I'm still hoping all this talk of cars getting lighter will filter down from the supercar manufacturers! smile

pistonchris

828 posts

180 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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The estate look's nice.

sat1983

1,252 posts

183 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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Great news, at last a bit of sense!

anything fast

983 posts

163 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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FYI

this will not come in 3 doors!!

shame, they will lose quite a few buyers for it


anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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MissChief said:
£30k for a VW Golf is crazy money!
Think we need this printed on t-shirts. It must be one of the most overused comments on PH these days! biglaugh

Wattsie

1,160 posts

200 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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I remember the cries of great value when the Mk2 ST1 was offered for £17795, so it's good they've continued the theme smile

Johnboy Mac

2,666 posts

177 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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The estate gets my vote.

DanDC5

18,747 posts

166 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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So £22k for the base model, or £25k for the St3 which is the one everyone will buy. Genius pricing is the term that needs to be used. Make the desirable car cost the same as it's rivals but advertise it as £3k cheaper.

Hoygo

725 posts

160 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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Great pricing,a Megane 250 when it came out started from 21-22k,with discounts you could get one for 19k, fully loaded 21k (a total bargain),this seems about the same,don't know if Ford does this kind of discounts though.

irocfan

40,153 posts

189 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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anything fast said:
FYI

this will not come in 3 doors!!

shame, they will lose quite a few buyers for it
yet! I suspect that if the numbers seem to be 'off' slightly that a 3 door will be offered at some point

ezi

1,734 posts

185 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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anything fast said:
FYI

this will not come in 3 doors!!

shame, they will lose quite a few buyers for it
Quite (Although a Ford salesman tried telling me a 3door was in the works). As much as I like Ford's ST range, no 3-door option will put me right off the new Focus, although with the new Fiesta being such a large(ish) car, maybe people going from the old Focus will go into the new Fiesta if they desire 3door?

I want to hear of a new Mondeo ST frown

KMB

254 posts

222 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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...and more importantly, will we get a new RS version?


Please.

MagicalTrevor

6,476 posts

228 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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It'd be a Megane 250 for me. Plus I don't really like the 5 doors cars, although the Estate version does like quite nice.

paulmoonraker

2,850 posts

162 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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The estate looks better than the hatch, which is somewhat ironic really...

C7 JFW

1,205 posts

218 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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These will sell really well - good on ford for their efforts.

Please, no new RS unless all four wheels are driven and it loses 200kilos. The current RS is way too heavy despite looking the part.

KMB

254 posts

222 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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This one 'looks' heavy already IMO.

MissChief

Original Poster:

7,095 posts

167 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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I wonder if they'll have an official Mountune upgrade again?

LeftMuffin

971 posts

220 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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MissChief said:
I wonder if they'll have an official Mountune upgrade again?
I'm going to say its a given, as I was working at mountune last week and they had a black one in their workshop.