![]() ![]() Makes a pleasant but nicely unobtrusive noise under duress, as well. Keep stirring the six-speed manual ’box, however, and it can at least keep that well-sorted chassis interested. The one tested here is the middle-ranking 148bhp Ecoboost petrol offering, which with an accompanying 177lb ft has just enough oomph to pull the skin off a rice pudding with reasonable conviction – but is unlikely to bring you out in cold sweats at night. There’s also a sole 1.5-litre TDCi option, producing 118bhp. There are three Ecoboost turbo petrol engine choices in the Focus ST-Line: a 123bhp 1.0-litre triple, a 148bhp 1.5-litre four or a 179bhp 1.5-litre four. And since the whole point of this ST-Line exercise is to make the image accessible to more people, you can’t expect it to get too close to that. You’re about to ruin it all by telling it’s got about as much power as a decade-old washing machine on an eco-cycle aren’t you?ĭepends on how you look at it – I mean, the regular ST has 247bhp and up to 266lb ft (on overboost), which is still a pretty decent hunk of muscle four years after launch. Sports suspension – I thought you said it wasn’t supposed to be spine-crushingly uncomfortable? Round the back – where the ST proper features twin centre-exit exhaust finishers – there’s just a simple black diffuser insert on the ST-Line and a single, limp-looking peashooter of a tailpipe on one side. It would be enough to fool most people at a glance.īut as you get closer, you’ll spot that the 17-inch ‘Rock Metallic Grey’ alloy wheels don’t fill the arches with quite the same promise. It’s not bad from a distance – the bumpers and side skirts follow similar lines and you do get lowered sports suspension as part of the package. So how much like a proper Focus ST does the Focus ST-Line really look? This new no-meat-but-most-of-the-trimmings alternative is available on the Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo and Kuga. ST-Line is aimed at folks who like the sporting ST image but either can’t afford to take the on full-fat tyre-squealer running costs, or those who aren’t keen on the side effects of the inevitable, backside-bruising suspension upgrades that feature alongside the uprated engines. ![]() Ford, as is basically every other carmaker with a performance sub-brand worth speaking of, is trying to cash-in on the halo effect of its ST hot hatch models with a new trim level that bags similar looks but none of the associated brawn. 2016 Ford Focus ST-Line 1.5 Ecoboost 148bhp review by .ukįocus ST-Line – This is one of those wannabe gangsta, sporty-but-not-sporty trim levels, isn’t it? ![]()
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