The Focus ST: A Car that's Fun to Throw Around and Not for Straight-Line Performance
Like an old school hot hatch, no driving modes, no stupid stuff making it too complicated and too fiddly. It's just turn off the ESC, stick it into first, and you're gone. Really, really good. However, there are a lot of warning lights on, so that's because of the exhaust apparently. You get like a check engine light normally, those get erased with a stage one tune but don't know why it's not the case with this.
The biggest problem of the Focus ST is that it doesn't have a limited slip diff, so it's just hauling its wheel and not getting the power down. A lot of Torx here which is why you sort of shouldn't tune the car I think because you know if you increase the torque the torque steer would just get worse and worse. So even at these speeds like third gear 100 km an hour, you can feel like the car moving on its own on throttle. You're just like wrestling it through the corner which is the thing I don't like but the car just is so much fun to drive.
The chassis is freaking superb, we don't have adaptive dampers this is just a perfect damper setup. The steering super super quick so it's really aggressive around the center which makes it a lot of fun. Even at that cornering speed you can feel the Torx there, so it's not tun in without compromise I think Fort decided to stick to 250 horsepower and 360 Nm for a reason I guess it's sort of the limit of what you can do without a limited slip diff. You don't get this car for its Straight-Line performance, it's such a fantastic car to throw around a B-Road really I really enjoy this.
Let's see what she will do on the autobahn so stock they do 248 apparently claimed by Ford we never really tested one with draggy as stock and what's also really fun about these models is that these whole Focus STS you could get them to over steer even though it's a front-wheel driven car if you just give it everything in a corner and then lift it will do nice nice little skids with its rear axle which is great fun. Okay, let's go to third gear, hammer it so I'm going to shift a little over 6000 RPM because after that it just doesn't do anything, you can really feel it dipping in power and like mid-range it's super super strong.
You know it's okay for 280 horsepower because that's the power number right now I don't think I even mentioned that it's pretty quick 100 to 200 it's okay, it's nothing Revolution are for 280 horsepower but again I'm enjoying the suspension more than like the power. It's just amazing how good it is at being completely settled and balanced and just sucking up all the little bumps very very secure and top speed but it's not a car for for straight line performance.
The engine also feels a bit asmatic, it's not really all that you know convincing and Punchy and I really like the car. I like the little intake I like the little exhaust which isn't droney at all it's just a little extra. Really like those subtle upgrades just like the engine tune isn't making the car any better in my opinion but overall the car is fantastic.
You can also get these as station wagon so an estate which I do really like and I know that these cars aren't really all that expensive so if you're looking for a nice family hatchback to have fun in or even an estate, you really should consider one of these because it's just a fantastic car. Drive there is so much feedback like not even through the steering wheel but through the seat through the brake pedal it's really really good. I also like the fact that he changed the the gear lever because normally you get like a like an angular triangular gear lever which feels a bit weird this is just Supernatural with the with the rounded shape going through your through the palm of your hand really good.
The seats are even electronically adjustable, and what I also like is that the steering colum is very very adjustable so both in length and in height really really good. I like that like seating position is everything where you go where you step into a car and you want to go and attack some corners and of course a good seat which I mean this is like a 10 for me in terms of seats just amazing, like AMG performance seats aren't nearly as good as these, and those are like what 5000 Euros.
Torx there a lot of Tor, guys that was it for this review, bobang, thank you for Lending me your car. Go check out this subscription button and also hit it, you would really help us out go check out this video or this playlist of POV reviews, thanks guys bye
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this POV review by out toopan L my name is Martin and today I am taking a look at Bon his Ford Focus ST a mark 3.5 so that's a facelift Mark 3 I'm quickly going to do a walk around and then we're going to hit the B- Road and then eventually the ultan to see what it will do over there okay so let's get started ban has fitted these aftermarket wheels Michel and pilot sport tires 235 5 Section 19in Wheel cars are apparently pain I guess bowan has had its setbacks doing all the modifications on this car because he also has a mtech exhaust it's a catback system so the downpipe is still stock again reminding us that cars are paying of course the phrase from donut media little spoiler extension diffuser extension then the engine this is a 2 L turbocharged engine from Ford stock they have 250 horsepower 360 n m 0 to 100 6.5 seconds at a top speed of 248 but bobon has flashed it with a stage one tune fitted this M tune intake and a Ultra racing STP race right there so slightly modded which I tend to like not too over the top nothing that compromises all the qualities of the car well there's one thing it compromises but I'll talk to you about that later on when we get driving so the car is done 145,000 km so a respectable mileage we have a mount tune gear lever and we have these fantastic ricaro seats one of the best seats ever really like the support the Comfort the way you just get sucked into the seat it's fantastic and of course we have the RIS Boy oil turbo and oil pressure gauges there's a little crack in the door that really shows its mileage but other than that it feels really really good no driving modes this is what I like it feels like a like an old school hot hatch no driving modes no stupid stuff making it too complicated and too fiddly and just turn off the ESC stick it into first and you're gone really really good so a lot of warning lights however so that's because of the exhaust apparently you get like a check engine light normally those get erased with a stage one tune but don't know uh why it's not the case with this so let's see if she will do 6.5 or even quicker because of the tune so the biggest problem of the Focus ST is that it doesn't have a limited slip diff so it's just hoing its wheel not getting the power down a lot of Torx here which is why you sort of shouldn't tune the car I think because you know if you increase the torque the torque steer would just get worse and worse so even at these speeds like third gear 100 km an hour you can feel like the car moving on its own on throttle you're just like wrestling it through the corner which is the thing I don't like but the car just is so much fun to drive like the chassis is freaking superb we don't have adaptive dampers this is just a perfect damper setup the steering super super quick so it's really aggressive around the center which makes it a lot of fun so even at that cornering speed you can feel the Torx there so it's not tun in without compromise I think Fort decided to stick to 250 horsepower and 360 newm for a reason I guess it's sort of the limit of what you can do without a limited slip diff you don't get this car for its StraightLine performance it's such a fantastic car to throw around a B- Road really I really enjoy this so let's see what she will do on the autoban so stock they do 248 apparently claimed by Ford we never really tested one with draggy as stock and what's also really fun about these models is that these whole Focus SDS you could get them to over steer even though it's a front-wheel driven car if you just give it everything in a corner and then lift it will do nice nice little skids with its rear axle which is great fun okay let's go to third hammer it so I'm going to shift a little over 6,000 RPM because after that it just doesn't do anything you can really feel it dipping in power and like mid-range it's super super strong you know it's okay for 280 horsepower because that's the power number right now I don't think I even mentioned that it's pretty quick 100 to 200 it's okay it's nothing Revolution are for 280 horsepower but again I'm enjoying the suspension more than like the power it's just amazing how good it is at being completely settled and balanced and just sucking up all the little bumps very very secure and top speed but it's not a car for for straight line performance it's the engine also feels a bit asmatic it's not really all that you know convincing and Punchy and I really like the car I like the little intake I like the little exhaust which isn't droney at all it's just a little extra I really like those subtle upgrades just like the engine tune isn't making the car any better in my opinion but overall the car is fantastic you can also get these as station wagon so an estate which I do really like and I know that these cars aren't really all that expensive so if you're looking for a nice family hatchback to have fun in or even an estate you really should consider one of these because it's just a fantastic C drive there is so much feedback like not even through the steering wheel but through the seat through the brake pedal it's really really good I also like the fact that he changed the the gear lever because normally you get like a like an angular triangular gear lever which feels a bit weird this is just Supernatural with the with the rounded shape going through your through the palm of your hand really good the seats are even electronically adjust the seats are even electronically adjustable and what I also like is that the steering colum is very very adjustable so both in length and in height really really good I like that like seating position is everything where you go where you step into a car and you want to go and attack some corners and of course a good seat which I mean this is like a 10 for me in terms of seats just amazing like AMG performance seats aren't nearly as good as these and those are like what 5 6,000 Euros Torx there a lot of Tor there so guys that was it for this review bobang thank you for Lending me your car go check out this subscription button and also hit it you would really help us out go check out this video or this playlist of POV reviews thanks guys byewhat's up ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this POV review by out toopan L my name is Martin and today I am taking a look at Bon his Ford Focus ST a mark 3.5 so that's a facelift Mark 3 I'm quickly going to do a walk around and then we're going to hit the B- Road and then eventually the ultan to see what it will do over there okay so let's get started ban has fitted these aftermarket wheels Michel and pilot sport tires 235 5 Section 19in Wheel cars are apparently pain I guess bowan has had its setbacks doing all the modifications on this car because he also has a mtech exhaust it's a catback system so the downpipe is still stock again reminding us that cars are paying of course the phrase from donut media little spoiler extension diffuser extension then the engine this is a 2 L turbocharged engine from Ford stock they have 250 horsepower 360 n m 0 to 100 6.5 seconds at a top speed of 248 but bobon has flashed it with a stage one tune fitted this M tune intake and a Ultra racing STP race right there so slightly modded which I tend to like not too over the top nothing that compromises all the qualities of the car well there's one thing it compromises but I'll talk to you about that later on when we get driving so the car is done 145,000 km so a respectable mileage we have a mount tune gear lever and we have these fantastic ricaro seats one of the best seats ever really like the support the Comfort the way you just get sucked into the seat it's fantastic and of course we have the RIS Boy oil turbo and oil pressure gauges there's a little crack in the door that really shows its mileage but other than that it feels really really good no driving modes this is what I like it feels like a like an old school hot hatch no driving modes no stupid stuff making it too complicated and too fiddly and just turn off the ESC stick it into first and you're gone really really good so a lot of warning lights however so that's because of the exhaust apparently you get like a check engine light normally those get erased with a stage one tune but don't know uh why it's not the case with this so let's see if she will do 6.5 or even quicker because of the tune so the biggest problem of the Focus ST is that it doesn't have a limited slip diff so it's just hoing its wheel not getting the power down a lot of Torx here which is why you sort of shouldn't tune the car I think because you know if you increase the torque the torque steer would just get worse and worse so even at these speeds like third gear 100 km an hour you can feel like the car moving on its own on throttle you're just like wrestling it through the corner which is the thing I don't like but the car just is so much fun to drive like the chassis is freaking superb we don't have adaptive dampers this is just a perfect damper setup the steering super super quick so it's really aggressive around the center which makes it a lot of fun so even at that cornering speed you can feel the Torx there so it's not tun in without compromise I think Fort decided to stick to 250 horsepower and 360 newm for a reason I guess it's sort of the limit of what you can do without a limited slip diff you don't get this car for its StraightLine performance it's such a fantastic car to throw around a B- Road really I really enjoy this so let's see what she will do on the autoban so stock they do 248 apparently claimed by Ford we never really tested one with draggy as stock and what's also really fun about these models is that these whole Focus SDS you could get them to over steer even though it's a front-wheel driven car if you just give it everything in a corner and then lift it will do nice nice little skids with its rear axle which is great fun okay let's go to third hammer it so I'm going to shift a little over 6,000 RPM because after that it just doesn't do anything you can really feel it dipping in power and like mid-range it's super super strong you know it's okay for 280 horsepower because that's the power number right now I don't think I even mentioned that it's pretty quick 100 to 200 it's okay it's nothing Revolution are for 280 horsepower but again I'm enjoying the suspension more than like the power it's just amazing how good it is at being completely settled and balanced and just sucking up all the little bumps very very secure and top speed but it's not a car for for straight line performance it's the engine also feels a bit asmatic it's not really all that you know convincing and Punchy and I really like the car I like the little intake I like the little exhaust which isn't droney at all it's just a little extra I really like those subtle upgrades just like the engine tune isn't making the car any better in my opinion but overall the car is fantastic you can also get these as station wagon so an estate which I do really like and I know that these cars aren't really all that expensive so if you're looking for a nice family hatchback to have fun in or even an estate you really should consider one of these because it's just a fantastic C drive there is so much feedback like not even through the steering wheel but through the seat through the brake pedal it's really really good I also like the fact that he changed the the gear lever because normally you get like a like an angular triangular gear lever which feels a bit weird this is just Supernatural with the with the rounded shape going through your through the palm of your hand really good the seats are even electronically adjust the seats are even electronically adjustable and what I also like is that the steering colum is very very adjustable so both in length and in height really really good I like that like seating position is everything where you go where you step into a car and you want to go and attack some corners and of course a good seat which I mean this is like a 10 for me in terms of seats just amazing like AMG performance seats aren't nearly as good as these and those are like what 5 6,000 Euros Torx there a lot of Tor there so guys that was it for this review bobang thank you for Lending me your car go check out this subscription button and also hit it you would really help us out go check out this video or this playlist of POV reviews thanks guys bye\n"
