NEW Ford Fiesta ST: Good Enough To Be An RS? - Carfection
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2024
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The new Ford Fiesta ST is here and it might be one of the best cars you can buy at any price. It's so good in fact, does it deserve an RS badge? Is it a baby Ford Focus RS?
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I am 24 at the moment and I bought one when I was 22. I still watch this video every now and then because it is just one of the most relaxing things to do. See someone like Henry enjoy and ST with these cinematic shots
What a glorious piece of film. I've been seeing Fiesta ST videos popping up in my feed and silenty waiting for Henry's video to drop.
How can Ford not make cars like this available to Americans? It is a great car. Import it! That should be a strength of Ford, which should use it’s international strength to leverage offerings and business in America. Being just a truck company is a recipe for failure.
@@georgeapgar5718 sales, not enough people were buying it compared to the mainstream suvs, it is what it is.
Even if theres loads of videos on youtube of north americans with fiestas and focuses sts, i guess it wasnt enough
I love that 3 cylinder sound. It makes the car sound so much more intimidating than it looks
Driving an old Fiesta right now, this is my realistic dream for the next one!
That's a good review. Well done carfection team.
Yathu prem It is YES
Love the professionalism and ambiance of your videos, Henry! Keep it up, Carfection!
thel0ne0ne Thank you!
"America won't be getting the new ST.....sorry" those words were like a dagger to the heart :'(
Let's all contact Ford U.S. to Petition them to bring us the all-new Fiesta and Focus hatchbacks. Call or Write Ford Customer Relations and tell them as a potential customer how their decision has let you down
Love the 3 cylinder sound. The car sounds more exotic and gives the feeling of a big engine up front.
Great review. I'm a fan of the New ST and happy it's now a little bit more easier to live with. The engine sounds magnificent too 🙌🏽.
Sideways the 998 cc 3 cyl Fiesta rally car sounds awesome!! 😎🙌
What is really impressive to see in this video is the dynamism of the chassis at work, faster steering rack and the three-wheeling. This is what the ST is all about. Thanks for mentioning the tyres too. It looks like Ford has managed to improve the car. As a current Mk7 Fiesta ST owner, this is a great review and I am now looking forward to test-driving one myself within the next week!
Carfection are getting better and better with every video.
Great review by Henry, as always. Just a pleasure to watch and listen to.
This is the best review I've seen so far. Fantastic. I only wish it were longer!
Loving the car and the review. Congratulation to Henry and the whole Carfection team for the video...
Amazing review. I'm glad to hear that it's still as fun as the old one while being a bit more refined.
Great review as always. I like the fact that this ST is a 3 cylinder and not a 4 pot as it as you say gives it character. My first car- 1992 Subaru Justy 1.2 was a 3 pot and that had character.
This video gave me chills. Excellent review !!
Cagnes sur Mer in Carfection !!! I never thought I'd see my small hometown on this channel hahaha, great review Henry. This is the dream first car for me
Great review by one the best reviewers - used to like reading his articles in Evo magazine
Mine went into build yesterday! Can't wait for it to arrive!
best review of any car I have watched in a long time thank you
In this review you've transfered emotion that comes from this hatch. I wish to have this one in the future
Super review. You just make the best reviews, thanks. Well done
Nice Omega Speedmaster!!!
Absolutely gutted we won’t be getting this or the new focus st here in North America.
Fords new strategy has left nothing but a mustang and the new focus active plus all of their trucks and big suvs.
Take away the fun hatches that they had and they gave us a ST crossover instead. *cries*
Us Americans don't get really good cars any more. Just ugly and heavy muscle cars.
michael macfarlane I was so disappointed that we don't get the Fiesta st anymore especially with that new 3 cyl!
Quinton Gooden you've been brainwashed by RUclips, as an ex Brit living in the U.S. our muscle cars are superior to anything Europe has. To be upset you can't get the fiesta st is sad, you have a case of the forbidden fruit syndrome.
swansea007791 yeah I highly doubt it, I'll keep my V8 thanks.
HighCountry Pioneer I don't like muscle cars, I like light weight sports cars and hot hatches
Now, this is quality review. Great work!
i cant wait to try this out..... my current ST2 has been wonderful!! One of the best cars ive owned!
Henry! As an avid evo and mbr reader of the mid to late 00s it’s great see a familiar face still grinning down a twisty B road.
Great review. Sad to see this won't be on US roads for many, many years.
Henry you are getting better and better !
I see Catchpole and a hot hatch, I hit "like."
beanburnham01 i agree he really does this car justice with this roadtest.
A great car journalist
Carfection has, by far, the best Cinematography of any car channel on YT
Check out EVO.
I owned an ST200 before I moved away to study, and that was an awesome car. When I move back to the UK this will be first on my list to go and test drive! I'm hoping by then Mountune will have another warranty-friendly tuning package.
Great review, as always. I'm in love :)
Fantastic review as always
Great to the point review! Enjoyed my next car hopefully 👍
Really wish we'd get this in the states :(
Great review, great car. Some clever engineering has gone into this by Ford.
Test drove this today and put my order in straight away! Blue with the lsd in three door, can't wait!
Amazing review as always. I always liked the Fiesta ST, this new one looks way more polished, the new design is def a step forward (unlike the Focus).
I've been saying this in every car YT channel. Please review old hot hatches, especially those forgotten ones (you can find Golf, Clios and 205 anywhere). This applies to any youngtimer really. Sometimes is nice to look back and see how much cars have changed.
aaand the fiesta st review we've all been waiting for.
Come back to this 4 years later, having just put a deposit down on a 2020 ST-2 and I'm so bloody excited. Wanted one when I first saw this review, and buzzing I can now get one.
Still slow
heyy intro song please?
Nice upgrade on video editing! Great as always! one of the best guys in the car testing world
I got mine last week and absalutley love it 👍
Great review!
That three wheeling clip made me smile 😊
I loved my Fiesta ST here in the US, what a fun car to toss around on a daily. I'm sad to see we will not be seeing this newer version.
imo Ford got such bad press with their Powershift transmission that it turned people off, then their sales slumped
Perfect review, as always.
Ford has been absolutely killing it with these Fiesta ST's! Wow! Incredible! My '18 ST, the last of American greatness of its kind will be greatly loved and cherished!
Great little car. In my area of the states the fiesta ST is difficult to get. I was able to get a new Focus ST which i'm really enjoying. Hot hatches are great. It feels good to really enjoy driving again.
Excellent review
Have a 2021 built model on order now. Only just recently a thing here in Australia, fell in love with it on the test drive. Have driven a 2010 focus ST for 6 years haha
People underestimate 3 cylinders, but the new Mini Cooper with the three cylinder is quite fast when tuned, and lighter than the 4 cylinder Cooper S.
I really wish the Fiesta ST was still in the U.S., I was very close to getting one before going for my Cooper S.
It's not about paper performance, it's about the fact a four stroke engine is exactly that and when you have four or more cylinders one of them is going to be going bang at any given point, take away a cylinder and you have an imbalance.
Manufacturers try and convince themselves they can get around this imbalance via crankshaft and heavier flywheels but it's just not there yet.
Thomas Pynchon before buying my ST 2 months ago, I had a 3cyl fiesta for a year/30k km.
The car was perfect. The vibration is unnoticeable, the car is quiet from factory but half a 911 when you remove the muffler. I had ST springs on it, it drove like an ST but lacked the power.
The best of it all I think it was my best car to drive in the awful Canadian winters that I get. I only bought an ST because some dickhead totaled the 3cyl when it was parked.
Any engine that's not an inline-6 or v12 will be imbalanced.
Doesn't that just guarantee reciprocating balance but fails to balance the last axis?
The Fiesta is not in the same class as a MINI. For example, Ford will NEVER produce a 300+ BHP Fiesta.
Great Video Review
So bummed we don't get this in the states. Good review! Your accent is much more tolerable than most Brits too :)
Great review Xcar
Awesome Review! Thanks a lot
Looks more like an MPV than a hatchback, but they have grown on me. A squat and flared RS version would probably look AMAZING, though. Let’s hope Ford don’t bottle it this time.
EDIT: I’m astonished they added 100kg of weight despite the smaller engine. What the FUCK
Peanus Benis i would blame the crash testing being brought in. Small overlap rear testing now at 50mph for fuel leaks. Cars have to be very strong.
That and the fact they've added A LOT to the interiors of these things. The B&O system adds a fucking subwoofer in the spare wheel well adds a good portion of that (class sound system by the way and if you buy one absolutely spec it)
The power to weight isn't massively different and it's not like you're buying an ST for out and out speed anyway-you'd buy an i30N or something for that
A great video as always! Unfortunately, we won't see this in the US.
Seems to be that this car is getting very positive reviews. I drive a mk7 fiesta ST and the extra comfort is very appealing. I love my fiesta ST. In the right road with the right sort of mood. I haven’t driven a car that had provided me with the same good sense of fun (maybe with an exception to the Peugeot 106 Gti). It’s a very well judged car.
However I think the older car’s lightness had plenty to do with this feeling and I couldn’t help but comment on how heavy this new fiesta had become. For about the same size as the old car. It’s pretty much the same weight as a golf GTI!
Wow! Amazing review as usual!
Rejoice Rone Thank you.
You really did that cat justice with your review on it.
You guys deserve a gazillion subscribers!
Awesome review, the first one to make me want to change up from the mk7 ST... Or do I just save myself some money and Fit a quaife differential and some bilstein suspension ....?
Great video, thank you! To those who have driven the new ST and also the up! GTI already, what is more fun for the money? I currently own a Golf GTI Clubsport, but am looking for a replacement. The Clubsport is just too serious, lacking any sense of simple fun. Yesterday I finally tested the up! GTI and I had a great time. But this review of the ST makes me wondering if I want one instead of either Volkswagen...
Spot on review great car for the right money ,well done ford .👏
Great little car for loads of fun. Thumbs up.
I've a 2016 ST and I'm loving it. The engine is the one let down for me though. Would I enjoy this more and is it worth the upgrade?
Ford does know how to make cars. One of the best manufacturers of all times
I live in the area this was filmed, it seems a perfect car for our area. Small, nimble and 10/10ths. I hope you made it over to Greolieres and the famous James Bond / Ronin car chase roads as well as Col de Vence.
Henry, great video (except that you reminded those of us in the U.S. won't be getting it). So, it's back to the old days of envying European Fords....fantastic car, though.
Best review yet
My favourite driving road 5 minutes away! would have been fun to see you there!
Very good review. What’s the MPG like given the two cylinder variation thats available?
Only things I'd take from this car and put in my mk7 ST is the interior, LSD, and launch control for a bit of fun. I'd much prefer the 4 cylinder 1.6, a bit safer to mod that way as well IMO.
Interior is what I desire - I have my 2014 FiST tuned so that gives me launch control! Definitely want that LSD... at least I have the chance to purchase one and install it myself.
Wife had previous st until recently, best car I've ever driven, and I've driven lots of nice cars. Done approx 1500 mile in wales for fun and love every sec. I agree with your comments but would add seating position and ride quality. Now in the market for a new company car and this is looking quite appealing. Personally I like the look of the new one
LSD can be fitted in a MK7 for £1400ish, very good mod. Launch control can be mapped in, but what’s the point in launch control in a car that is awful in a straight line, and struggles to get off the line?
Not entirely slow, but it's a handling car, not set up for straight line speed as most cars on the road would annihilate a standard ST. I know that because I own one, it's now running 338bhp and it's rapid from a rolling start but it's tricky to get a clean start.
I didnt like the old 182PS Motor... had no real punch. Maybe the ST200 was okay. Didnt try. But this baby... :D
3:41 The wheels doing that funky thing they do, goin backwards and forwards.
love small Fords endless fun to drive and reliable
Lovely review. Henry's soothing voice making the world feel like a better place. ..as always. But Ford ,the wheels ,the wheels. They are horrible. The previous fiesta st had lovely understated wheels that no aftermarket option I have seen improved upon. These are overdone. A glaring flaw in a great little car.
It's 100kg heavier than the old ST?! That's a significant increase, how did they manage that?
anotherone10 the new engine block is made of lead.
It's (only) 10kg lighter, Henry said that in video.
Sadly new Fiesta is a bit bigger, and propably have too many gadgets.
Yes but the CAR is overall 100kg heavier like he said in the video. Tad made a joke about the engine block because led is heavy as fuck... I should not have to explain his joke szcz haha :D
No he's wrong, he is probably comparing DIN/Kerb weights with the new EU weight that includes a 75kg driver. Very common confusion. So it's only about 25kg more!
Last 3 words you said are the ones that made me your subscriber.
What needed to be fixed in the old Fiesta ST..has been fixed...now it is Brilliant !!!!
I wish they didn’t discontinue the Fiesta here in the States.. I bet that’s a really fun car
Nice little car, I like the interior. Too bad we won't get it in the States.
Wow... Great looking little car
Got a feeling that some ppl who buy one of these will drive like RS's anyway 😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Hopefully getting mine on Saturday.
Thank you
It sounds fantastic!
I do wonder how long the engine will last when it really gets abused, a 3 cylinder working just a hard as the four cylinder did. Be interesting to know when the engine gets to 30,000 miles or so and any potential problems that could occur with a small engine.
Let's start a letter-writing or telephone-calling campaign to Ford United States to tell them we want the all-new Focus and Fiesta Hatchback 6 speed Manual Transmission cars to be sold in the U.S. Tell them they've made a terrible mistake in not bringing these cars to the U.S. market. Please join me in this effort! Let's convince them to change course and offer us these great hatchbacks. Thank you.
I have the 2014 ST, and love the Hell out of it, it 54,000 miles on it and I’m on my 4th set of tires, I love driving on 3 Wheels and getting sideways. I would have definitely bought this new one just for all the new infotainment center alone and I love the new styling, I just hope that Ford will offer it as a Specialty order.
Brilliant review! However, I have to ask Henry. Have you ever actually catched a pole?
This has been bothering me greatly and I can't help but think that if it were my name, I'd have to at least 'catch a pole' at least once in my life 😁
Enjoyed this review & subscribed because of it. I am truly heart broken that ford has decided that here in the US, I don’t want the new Fiesta or Focus but instead they think I would rather have the eco sport.....😕 I think the new Fiesta ST is brilliant, especially in the three door body style and I would have definitely purchased one. I won’t be visiting a Ford dealer anytime in the future as they’ve decided to sell only SUVs, trucks, the Mustang and the new Focus Active. I can no longer afford a Mustang as it’s gotten very expensive with the V8(the 4cyl is a definite no for me) and if I want a lifted hatch I’ll get a Subaru so the Focus Active is also a no deal for me.
Sold my previous gen MP215 because I couldn't live with the ride quality.. also it was such fun to thrash that I was simply travelling too fast for most of the time! Well done Ford - I'll perhaps look at one of these in 3 years when they are 12k for a low miler.
Hey Henry, have you driven the GRMN Yaris? If yes, how do these compare to the new ST? Or older ST infact, considering it was a benchmark on the small hot-hatch market?
This little thing with LSD and m235 mountune package is all I want from car :)
Brialliant video and what a car!
As someone who owns the MK1 RS, I’m very excited to drive this ST
Still love my Mk7. This may be better, but nothing brings a smile to my face more than a good B road, a summer's day and my little fiesta under my right foot.
the 3 cylinder has a really nice sound to it, much better than the 4 cylinder in the mk7
It's a beautiful looking little thing.
For every day use can the ST be delivered with a tow bar? How about five door option instead of just three?