Fiesta ST loses LED headlights in cost cutting move

**DFB FGXR6** · 21-01-2021, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by asagaai

This.

Instead of bemoaning lack of LEDs celebrate that Australia gets this little handling classic which has that Ford European DNA hot hatch heritage and finessed engineering whereas countries like USA do not get them.

And the Australian pricing compared to what they are sold for in Europe is very competitive. But sometimes people are never satisfied and just whine and whine....

I'm frankly surprised Ford even bothered to offer the ST without the volume afforded by having the full range available.

Glad to hear you are enjoying the ST, I have not even seen one on the road yet.

How are you liking the 3-pot engine?

asagaai · 21-01-2021, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

How are you liking the 3-pot engine?

Certainly has personality, pulls hard especially in second gear and above (first gear is power/torque limited). Is very torquey, and makes nice noises -exhaust pops and turbo whistles, and has a nice growl.

Very quick when in gear in 3rd and 4th due to wide torque curve that is fat.

I would like it from 5,000 to the 6,300 odd redline to get that rush that the Miami does as well as multi valve naturally atmo sports engines, but it feels more flat and linear in that zone.

But that I suppose is the price -less cylinders =more torque, at expense of power up high.

My wife likes it, today driving back from Sydney I booted it in sports mode in 2nd and then 3rd, and she commented on it as having "quite a growl"- and cutting traffic she likes me hitting the torque bloom as it is a smooth punch. If I boot the Miami with her in it I am generally not in her good books-I think she is scared of that beast.

It is a very balanced engine with the chassis, but for me performance Fords should be a little overpowered for the chassis to make it seem a little unhinged.

Personally I am thinking I would like to get a bigger intercooler and a Revo tune to get some 180 kw and close to 400nm, that would make it slightly unhinged for me.

**DFB FGXR6** · 21-01-2021, 08:13 PM

I know it will most likely have an element of augmented sound pumped into the cabin, but I like the gravely note the 1.5 3 cylinder makes, sounds just a bit different to all the other thrashy four-pot hot hatches.

In car sounds from 5.09 -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3Jey3ayyI