Ford has launched a new ST-Line range for its Ford Fiesta and Ford Focus models, adding Ford Performance-inspired design and sports suspension that lowers each car by 10mm.
ST-Line cars are essentially a halfway house between regular models and full-blown ST versions and come as an answer to Renault’s GT-Line and Vauxhall’s VX-Line.
Heading the list of upgrades for both models are 17in alloy wheels painted in Rock Metallic Grey, a honeycomb front grille and dark surrounds for the foglights. A lip spoiler is also added to the front bumper of the Fiesta, while the Focus gets a new bumper insert.
Inside, both models feature sports seats with red stitching and a perforated leather ST-inspired steering wheel. There’s also an ST-inspired gearknob, a dark, woven headlining and a set of ST-Line kick plates.
At launch, the ST-Line Fiesta range includes 1.0-litre three-cylinder EcoBoost petrol models with up to 138bhp and the 94bhp 1.5 TDCi diesel. ST-Line Focus models include the 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine with up to 123bhp and the 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol unit with up to 182bhp.
Ford says two more engines are due to be added to the range in the coming months.
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It is not the same as putting an M5 badge on a 520d. It is actually copying what BMW have done dor years with their M-Sport badges.
Pointless
Style may be the everything, though
Not pointless
Perhaps people like the styling of the faster modes but are unable to justify their running costs and bigger engines. Nothing wrong with that and I certainly don't think it's down to vanity - it's down to what the driver likes.
If a driver likes a vanity
If a driver likes a vanity