hi all im thinking of getting a focus st as my next car as ive liked them since i was back at school but ive been told by my mate a vauxhall man that they are heavy and slow is this true

 

if he means st 170 then yes they are not that quick but if you mean the newer shape 2.5 turbo st's then no they aint slow hey are pretty heavy on fuel though!

 

I assume you mean the ST170 as you mention "back at school", if so then yes they aren't really what you would call fast, depends on what he defines by heavy, they are average for the class of car, the MK2 is faster and has more power than the MK1 FRS! Both are known to be thirsty but at last with the latter you can kind of justify it with the performance and the sound of a lovely 5 cylinder engine!

Martin

 

im actually looking at the st-2 2.5 litre turbo

 

great cars, thirsty like everyone says but still great, my mate has a stage 2 st its an animal, luckilly i get to drive it when ever i want as id have to own one otherwise

 

Heavy on fuel, but not slow

 

how heavy on fuel are they its only going to be used to drive to mates house and familys so about 300 miles a month

 

60 quid will give you about 2/300 miles on a tuned one if you behave a little

 

I'm still getting 30mpg as an average for the year and a half i've had mine. Mostly 75 mile a day commutes (with some spirited driving, not all miss daisy) so no town driving which would kill that.

If you drive it hard then you'll not see 20mpg; drive it respectfully and you'll get 30+

If you're doing 300 miles a month then I wouldnt worry about the MPG at all and just enjoy it as it is great fun

 

Average is typically around 23-25mpg ish for town driving so for the mileage you are going to be doing not particularly an issue and definitely not slow. Mildly tuned ST's are comfortably in the region of 280-300bhp so not slow by any stretch of imagination.

 

the one i drive is 320bhp, they deliver the power so nicely

 

my mate as got a astra vxr standard 240 bhp
my brother as got a ST3 standard 225 bhp
my self got a standard MK1 rs

and both of them could not catch me and my old st170 was about 185 bhp and was far from slow would give anything a run for its money and kept up with my mates 240bhp st220 all the way to 150mph