Compacts with 184 horses are quite fast.
You can watch this video if you are upset Ford has stopped selling cars in the U.S. It’s Halloween, but the video isn’t frightening. It’s depressing, but it has nothing to do the video’s content. What’s more, it’s a rare glimpse at a product that U.S. customers can’t afford to buy. Forbidden Fruit is a concept that can cause a car enthusiast to have a heart attack. Although there are many vehicles that the U.S. does not receive, this will be the first occasion since the Focus was on sale in the U.S. to which Ford hasn’t sold the compact car.
It’s a shame. As the AutoTopNL YouTube channel runs several top speed runs in a 2019 Ford Focus ST Line, the video gives us a first-person look at the interior. The Focus ST Line can reach speeds of around 137 mph (222 km/h) and this is quite consistent with the driver driving the car at such high speeds several times in the video. The 1.5-liter EcoBoost turbocharged engine produces a modest 184 horsepower, and 177 pound-feet torque in the Focus ST Line. According to the video, the car takes 8.3 seconds to sprint from 62 mph to 100 kph.
Although the Focus ST Line isn’t fast, it should provide enough performance for most people. This Focus ST Line Focus is a compromise between the ST Line Focus and the more powerful ST. It looks much sportier than the ST Line Focus. These nuances are irrelevant to Ford. Ford plans not to sell cars in the U.S. for the next few years. It plans to bring the Focus Active – the larger version of the hatch – to the U.S. earlier this year. The U.S. government placed tariffs on Chinese-imported products.
We’ll continue to admire the sleek and elegant Focus from afar, until hatchbacks are rediscovered by American consumers.