Beschreibung
Trinity Car Solutions offer for sale on behalf of a valued customer a 2007 Ford Focus ST finished in the only colour to be seen in Ford "Electric Orange"
Fast Fords have been around a lot longer than fast VWs. Think back to the original Ford Cortina GT and Ford Lotus Cortina. In those days VWs still had sluggish flat-four engines in the boot. It actually took VW another ten years to come up with the Golf, and thirteen to launch the Sloane’s favourite okay yah GTi.
Then, in the decades that followed, snobbery dictated that that fast VWs were for yuppies and fast Fords were for chavs. And the truth was that the Mk II Golf GTi was a better car than the Escort XR3i. The Mk II GTi 16v was better than the Escort RS Turbo. Lines were drawn. Plumbers and plasterers wouldn’t be seen dead in a Golf. Snobs turned their noses up at anyone in an Escort.
Then with the Mks III and IV Golfs started putting on weight and losing their reputation for reliability. While Ford had the audacity to come up with a better car. So much better that when VW re-thought its Golf for the fifth time it used the Focus as its benchmark.
Desperate to regain the high ground VW pulled out all the stops to make its Mk V GTi 2. 0T top of the class once again. And succeeded. It’s a sweet engine in a fine handling car.
So what could Ford do? Well actually one of the first cars to be launched on the current Focus floorpan was the Volvo S40. And by far the best version of that is the 225PS 2. 5 litre T5. So Ford has been testing the essential components of the Focus ST out there on the roads for at least two years. All the company had to do was tweak the chassis, re-work the styling, and buy a few thousand litres of ‘Electric Orange’ paint and the Focus ST was born.
Unlike VW which (possibly for the last time) actually got away with asking a premium price for the Golf GTI 2. 0T, Ford pared the ST down to the basics of engine, wheels, seats and tyres with a CD player and a/ c for just £17, 495. You want more, you pay more, but you don’t actually need any more than you get with the basic car.
That offers you 0-60 in 6. 5 seconds, tops out at over 150mph and has a solid wall or torque from 1, 600rpm to 4, 000rpm that means, like the Golf, there aren’t any holes or hiccups in its power delivery.
And, of course, it’s a hoot to drive.
As you’d expect, it’s an understeerer. 225PS and 320Nm torque in a front drive car don’t exactly promote oversteer. But it’s all very well and very safely contained.
Out on a track you can push it into a glorious powered slide round a long left-hander, then link that it into an equally wonderful drift round the following right-hander. All totally under control. Obviously not the sort of thing you’re going to indulge in on a public road, but the ability to link a left drift into a right drift is a very good testament to the fundamental safety of the chassis.
Sure on hairpins you have to be careful about how you feed in the power or with the ESP off you’ll spin some of it away. And even out on the open road, with ESP on, when it’s bumpy and greasy you can feel the car choosing which wheel to put down its power. But with 225PS and 320NM torque through the front wheels, that’s inevitable.
It’s got legs as well. 6th gear gives you 30mph per 1, 000rpm. So high speed cruising is reasonably relaxed and economical. The deep Recaro bucket seats have a massive range of adjustment including height and tilt, but require a bit of agility to get into. The nice, thick leather steering wheel adjusts up and down and in and out.
Our ST is in very good condition, having been owned by a Ford enthusiast, and comes with an number of extras including bucket seats and interactive sound system. This car is mapped at 358bhp with a Hydro Turbo, RS Clutch and over £5k of engine modifications. Subject to a low level insurance claim in its early life, but this should not detract in anyway from this car and its quality.
Any inspection welcome as this amazing car has undergone a complete pre sale inspection schedule by the team at Trinity Car Solutions.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any further questions or to arrange a viewing. Here at Trinity our mission is to supply top quality specialist marques to our valued customers.
For your added peace of mind Trinity Car Solutions are accredited members of the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF) providing high quality, value for money services to the motoring public.
