ST keeps its rally focus - Face-lifted hot-hatch loses none of its addictive appeal

摘要

UNLESS YOUR NAME is Mikko Hirvonen or Jari-Matti Latvala, chances are your next company car won't be a Ford Focus World Rally Car. Don't worry, though, because you can always sample the essence of Ford's special-stager by bagging a recently face-lifted Focus ST. Granted, there's a bit of a void in the price and pace - WRC cars run at around 300bhp and ￡300k -but the ST's 2.5-litre turbocharged engine still delivers 222bhp, bags of mid-range punch and an addictive five-cylinder burble from its twin exhausts.