![]() 07/12/2017 at 12:59 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
Remember when Ford didn’t have a performance version of the Focus, so they tried to sell a normal ass Focus sedan with an STI wing and a body kit? I tried to forget but this thing is parked by my work everyday.
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In the defense of the mk 1.5 ST, it did have a retuned 2.3 and that was the only way to get the 2.3 at that point of the model run. It also got some decent suspension and exhaust tuning. They’re not bad for what they are. I’d drive one. I once saw a ford focus wagon of that body style but done up with the ST bodykit and a small spoiler. That man is a hero.
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It had more power from a bigger engine than the other Focuses, and had a few suspension changes, so it was more than just a bad body kit.
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i always kinda wanted one of those
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We didn’t get an ST form for the four door either if that’s any consolation.
We did get the three door 2.0 213bhp, RS.
Three and five door 2.0 171bhp, ST-170
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America got the ST-170 as the SVT Focus, different bumpers and wheels but otherwise the same. You could get similar wheels with the European appearance package.
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Nearly bought one as a commuter. You could get them cheap, the suspension was actually based on the previous SVT, so it was capable and also with the 2.3L it had better torque and available Cosworth parts to make it sound better and move slightly quicker.
I bought a tC instead.
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But you could get the 2.3 in other Focuses My mom had a ZTW a 5 speed Wagon with the 2.3. Kind of a sleeper.
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My mom had a Wagon with the 2.3 and 5 speed but that was before the “facelift”
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Not that year, the ST was the first.
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In 03 you could could get it but only in ages states, in 04 it was optional on ZTW,ZTW,zx3 and zx5. But boy those two years. after 05 it was only on the ST, and the ST version made like 6 more HP. I had to look it up tho. But that’s what the first gen Focus wiki page says. My mom’s was a 2003.