Ford Focus ST170 – review, history, prices and specs
Ford Focus ST170
Ford Focus ST170 – review, history, prices and specs
Ford Focus ST170 in detail :-
If the Mondeo had demonstrated Ford getting its act together and the Ka and Puma cemented its ability to create drivers’ cars from humble underpinnings, then the first-generation Focus was Ford showing it could create a true class leader completely from scratch.
The Focus differed from the old Escort in virtually every way, save the carry-over of a few Zetec engines, and was all the better for it. With VW’s Mk4 Golf on the horizon Ford had made a big quality push, but when the Golf arrived it couldn’t compete with the Ford’s dynamics and for a company as staid as Ford had been in the preceding decade or two, the sharp “new edge” styling was bang up to date.
With a 128bhp 2-litre Zetec topping the range though, the one thing the Focus initially lacked was a performance variant. That took four years to arrive, with the ST170 finally making its debut in the spring of that year.
Source : Evo.co.uk
