The latest ST has been treated to a light facelift. Does Ford have a Golf GTI beater on its hands?
It is surely a measure of Ford’s waning interest in the conventional hot hatch that you can only have the latest Focus ST in one trim, and in a range of colours that no longer include Tangerine Scream. Not so long ago it was cost options precisely like Ford’s you’ve-been-Tango’d orange that helped the Focus transition from omnipresent family runabout to ASBO-grade lout.
Still, things have undeniably come on a bit inside. Best not to gush too much about the new, much larger Sync4 13.2-inch touchscreen that monopolises the Focus’s redesigned dash, because it has inherited most of the HVAC controls - and we’ve vented about that all-too-common issue elsewhere.
The problem, somewhat predictably, is there’s no concealing the gearbox’s comparative shortcomings if you endeavour to seek them out. As amenable as the ST is in D mode, you’re going to want to manage gearshifts yourself at some point, and while no hot hatch can realistically claim to be the last word in involvement or positivity when it comes to the business of paddle clicking, the Focus lags behind those wielding a DSG or DCT.
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