[dragontamer]

The Ford Focus ST and Ford Fiesta ST are actually fun cars to drive. But its more for the "small and nimble" sort of thing as opposed to "American Muscle".

They take very tight corners. I'd imagine that the turn-intensive tracks would be where these smaller cars would do better. Their acceleration leaves a bit to be desired (but what do you expect for $25k?). 0-60 in 6.3 seconds is still reasonably sporty.

Fiesta is too small for my tastes, but I did go with a Focus (non-ST... just normal stock Focus) for my vehicle. For a manual vehicle, its perfectly fine.

From 4000 through 6500 RPM, you can definitely feel the little engine work. Turbo must kick in or something.

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In any case, its amusing to see "just" the ST models do decently on these tracks. After all, people who actually want performance go for the RS model.