RE: New Fiesta ST gets LSD

[David87]

New headlamps. Have they ditched the halogens finally?

Sure this is going to be an excellent little car - particularly with the LSD!

[Rawwr]

wab172uk said:

Yes, very nice (Apart from the rear) but when the hell will ford make a Fiesta RS?

When they want people to stop buying Focus STs probably

[WCZ]

I'd love to know what the weight saving of this car will be over the mk7

[CarsOrBikes]

it's going to be an ATB LSD isn't it surely.

[wab172uk]

Rawwr said:

When they want people to stop buying Focus STs probably

Different sized cars though. And different brands, ST, RS.

They've overlapped cars before with the XR, RS brands.

Plus if you look at Audi's S, RS brands, they overlap all the time. RS3 is quicker than the S4. RS4 quicker than the S6. So on and so forth.

[budgie smuggler]

Cupramax said:

This ^^^ the whole rear end doesn’t go with the rest of the car, like they just thought sod it, stick an SUV rear on it.

Looks like the rear from the B Max to me, total own goal in any case.

Wonder if they'll be offering an LSD on the Focus ST too.

[Rawwr]

wab172uk said:

Different sized cars though. And different brands, ST, RS.

They've overlapped cars before with the XR, RS brands.

Plus if you look at Audi's S, RS brands, they overlap all the time. RS3 is quicker than the S4. RS4 quicker than the S6. So on and so forth.

I get that, I just think in Ford's case they're worried about perhaps diluting things a bit at that £25-30k mark.

[GregK2]

Glad I'm not the only one that thought what the hell have they done to the rear, awful.

[Nickbrapp]

Holy moly are they LED headlights?!

[David87]

Nickbrapp said:

Holy moly are they LED headlights?!

See my post above. I strongly suspect they are.

[nickfrog]

Daggerpie said:

I'm sure they will be absolutely brilliant to drive but that back end........naaahhhh

Seems like a real shame to deprive yourself of such a potentially good car because of the way the rear looks. After all you can't see that bit when behind the wheel.

[RumbleOfThunder]

Turbobanana said:

RumbleOfThunder said:

Oh and those pictures are vomit inducing quality PH.

Looks alright for a "news"-type article to me. What are you planning to do with it - blow it up as a poster for your bedroom wall?

The quality is awful, even on my small screen work laptop. These websites are from the 1st page from Google alone, and all carry the press release images in much better quality.

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/motorin...
https://www.motormag.com.au/news/1803/new-ford-fie...
https://drivemag.com/news/2018-ford-fiesta-st-is-q...
https://www.carscoops.com/2018/03/hot-new-2018-for...
http://autobuzz.my/2018/03/13/ford-fiesta-st-gets-...

No excuses for PH.

[RumbleOfThunder]

Wow, who knew p1key was in the swear filter?

[GibsonSG]

My wife’s got a Mk7 with the Mountune pack and it’s a right little terrier. This sounds like a nice evolution of it, I would select the LSD option as it adds massively to my car, if it did the same for the FiST it would be a real step up.

Actually - kind of in the subject - over to you Mountune for a bit more spice.....

[100SRV]

Nanook said:

So is it a helical diff?

Or a locking diff?

Or a limited slip...or maybe all three?

[Mike1990]

Performance Blue is being brought back ?

LSD will a nice option to have. Great things.

[Daggerpie]

nickfrog said:

Daggerpie said:

I'm sure they will be absolutely brilliant to drive but that back end........naaahhhh

Seems like a real shame to deprive yourself of such a potentially good car because of the way the rear looks. After all you can't see that bit when behind the wheel.

I know, I know..but I'd be frightened to overtake anything lol. Was actually behind a white mk8 fiesta lunchtime and it's not very nice at all.

Will definately get a test drive asap when they're avalible at the dealers, at the moment tho, a low miles, pre owned S1 is looking like No1 option. It's a real shame, as all the redevelopment and hype thats gone into this new ST and they design it with a rear like that. I just can't understand why, especially as they've done such a good job of the front..

Edited by Daggerpie on Tuesday 13th March 15:27

[Rawwr]

Daggerpie said:

I just can't understand why, especially as they've done such a good job of the front..

Maybe it's subjective or something.

[ZX10R NIN]

It's looking like it's going to be a cracker of a car, I like the performance options it makes a nice change & means no warranty issues.

[Daggerpie]

Rawwr said:

Daggerpie said:

I just can't understand why, especially as they've done such a good job of the front..

Maybe it's subjective or something.

Yeah I suppose so, I showed the wife the new press pics of blue car last night and her exact words were "YUK!"

Maybe it's the first time me & the missues actually agree on something lol