As here, with the diesel variant of the Focus ST sold in Europe and different parts of the world where pressure ignition is considered important. To add some damage to that affront, the TDCi motor is likewise accessible in station-wagon structure. This slight may not be on the same level as that long back choice to deny us the Escort Cosworth, yet any reasonable person would agree that an execution wagon with a 182-hp diesel motor and a stick move basically fills the entire bingo card of stuff we'd like yet can't get. Which is the reason we took the first chance to get in the driver's seat of one amid a late excursion to Germany.
The perspective from the driver's seat is verging on indistinguishable to that in a U.S.-spec Focus ST hatchback. You sit on the same super grippy Recaro games seats, snatch the same stout controlling wheel, feel the same pleasingly bulbous gearchange lever, and appear to be identical dashboard, including the same trio of stuck-on supplementary dials for oil and help weights and oil temperature. The main genuine hint that something is distinctive, other than the Euro-spec km/h, bar, and Celsius scales for the instrumentation, is the way that the rev counter turns red soon after the number "5".
The motor is a somewhat improved adaptation of Ford's Euro-spec 2.0-liter four-barrel turbo-diesel, and despite the fact that its more than 60 strength loose of its gas fueled kin (with the most extreme 182 torque landing at a humble 3500 rpm), it really gathers more torque: 295 lb-ft at 2000 rpm. On-paper execution figures are typically lower, with a zero-to-60-mph time we assess at 7.5 seconds and a 135-mph top velocity (in our testing, the gas ST hits 60 in around six seconds and has a 150-mph top rate), yet set against that, the TDCi has an authority "consolidated" mileage figure proportionate to 56 mpg on the hopeful Euro test cycle. On the off chance that the auto were to be gone through the EPA ringer, we think it could best 40 mpg on the thruway cycle.
There's nothing unexpected that the diesel protuberance can't coordinate the energy of the gas motor. It does not have its start lighted sister's excitement for revs and—regardless of having more torque—has far less torque direct in slower corners. At the same time, its smooth and sturdy abominable, implying that you change adapts about half as regularly. A derestricted stretch of expressway affirmed that there is no point attempting to push the motor past the 4000-rpm mark, where it appears to hit a smooth of molasses. In any case, tall adapting implies that makes an interpretation of essentially precisely to the asserted top speed in 6th we saw a showed 220 km/h (137 mph)—with the ST feeling steady and agreeable when driven level out. The motor drones and murmurs when buckled down, with a sound symposer counterbalancing most tinkling sounds at lower velocities.
Regardless of being slower than the gas ST, Ford hasn't mellowed the diesel form as Volkswagen does with the Golf GTD. That implies firm spring and damper settings, which make an incredible showing of holding the body under control when requested that roll out successive directional improvements. They likewise, on the other hand, give an unforgiving ride over harsh surfaces, particularly at higher paces. The electrically helped controlling shares the fuel ST's speedy rack and conveys also fresh front-end reactions (with less power-on understeer), and the manual gearbox is pretty much as smooth as it is in the gas auto.
Surely, our test auto's wagon bodywork likely had even more an effect to the auto's high velocity dynamic conduct than did the diesel motor. Passage's numbers say the wagon is 53 pounds heavier than the hatchback, however even that moderately unobtrusive increment in mass at the back of the auto is self-evident, making it perceptibly less eager to fix its line on a facilitated throttle. Then again, at the end of the day, somewhat less diverting. The in addition to side is a sensibly enormous burden space—33 cubic feet with the back seats set up, 53 cubic feet with them collapsed.
On the premise of the auto's adaptability and fuel effectiveness, we're going to depict the diesel Focus ST wagon as the most sensible execution auto on the planet. On the other hand rather, in those parts of the world that are permitted to purchase such a compellingly distinctive auto; we've undoubtedly U.S. deals for a manual-moving diesel wagon would be constrained, yet it'd be decent to at any rate be offered the d
