2011 Ford Fiesta ST

[Sols]

"Ford is readying a new Fiesta ST – a hot hatch to take the Fiesta back to its hot hatch roots, CAR understands. This latter-day Fiesta XR2i is testing Ford's new 1.6-litre EcoBoost engine turbocharged and tickled to around 180bhp."

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Searc...

[Sols]

Would love to see some more info on this car. What does everyone think?

[EDLT]

I'm glad they are finally sticking a decent engine in the Fiesta.

[LHD]

I'm driving a new zetec s just now and the chassis is just begging for more power.

200bhp should do it.

[greggy50]

Mates dad works as a designer at ford so will have a word with him over weekend see if can find out any more information on it.
But I certainly like the look of this might be the sort of thing I will want to pick up in 4/5 years time when they are a couple of years old and I have a bit of money to spend on a car after university

[dxg]

The size of the intercooler is interesting. For a mass-market machine anyway.

[Sols]

greggy50 said:

Mates dad works as a designer at ford so will have a word with him over weekend see if can find out any more information on it.
But I certainly like the look of this might be the sort of thing I will want to pick up in 4/5 years time when they are a couple of years old and I have a bit of money to spend on a car after university

Sounds great mate!

[dudleybloke]

sounds like fun!

[Garett]

The previous generation of Fez should have been turbocharged, it was a crime that it wasn't! 150bhp from the 2.0 simply wasn't enough.

Turbo is the way to go, and it should give this potential to be even quicker with a remap.

[Sols]

Engine seems similar to the lump found in the new Mini Cooper S..

[frosted]

To be fair the old fiest st had the same hype and it was rubish , well as hot hatch anyway

[Beardo]

frosted said:

To be fair the old fiest st had the same hype and it was rubish , well as hot hatch anyway

Was it? Or was it just slightly underpowered, but still a great steer and very comfortable?

[Jonboy_t]

I think the guy driving it in the picture doesn't like it, he's fallen asleep.

[ross-co]

dxg said:

The size of the intercooler is interesting. For a mass-market machine anyway.

I agree seems to be of a fair size and also extremly obvious, where as they always seem to be kind of hidden.

Ross

[Podie]

Beardo said:

frosted said:

To be fair the old fiest st had the same hype and it was rubish , well as hot hatch anyway

Was it? Or was it just slightly underpowered, but still a great steer and very comfortable?

I drove a Mountune 185... that's what they should have released

[frosted]

Underpowerd , too juicy , too expensive (at first , remember when they were sold as neatly new for 10k ? ) choppy ride , crappy interior although it's a ford . Could stop the ford fanboy stuff bcuz it's really boring

[HellDiver]

180hp in the Corsa VXR is pretty rubbish. It'll be similarly rubbish in the Fez.

[dxg]

ross-co said:

dxg said:

The size of the intercooler is interesting. For a mass-market machine anyway.

I agree seems to be of a fair size and also extremly obvious, where as they always seem to be kind of hidden.

Ross

Coming soon to a high-street "cruz" near you - polished intercooler pipes and a spray-painted intercooler.

More seriously, has anyone clocked the seats?

[UncappedTag]

I like it, remap should see 200bhp

[Drederick Tatum]

I love fast Fords, this and the all new FRS with 4wd and more power, I think Ford will be back on top of the game with these types of cars, and quite rightly so IMO