"When they upgrade the platform in the future..." 🤣😂🤣😂 Watching in 2020 after Ford discontinued all their good cars and replaced them with crossovers.

Thank you, Thomas. You always provide what I want to know; seating position, clutch engaging, shifter location etc. You are the best and my favourite car reviewer on KZfaq.

I shimmed the gas pedal up with a small flat peice of wood under the pedal module.. No kidding. Took 10 minutes, now heel/toe works great with size 11 feet. I like the seats, and I drive for 6 or 7 hours once in a while.

I actually have the complete opposite opinion on the interior. I love the ST's interior with the ST3 package. The subaru WRX in comparison feels a lot cheaper and bland.

I'd love to see someone buy a WRX for anywhere near a base ST price. Not to mention dealers discounting them 6-7000 off right now!

That rear wiper tho 😂

Also have it and like the interior, you can get a riser for the gas pedal so that it’s easier to heel toe.

Great video as always!

Traded my MK7 GTI for this and it’s a huge upgrade 👍🏼

Love all your videos!!

the bolstering on the bottom of the seats does really mold to you after acouple thousand miles

Nice in depth review esp interior Considered thoughts - not just saying things are "nice" or "good" Well played Great content But Keep the e46 track car vids coming please! Track season is upon us :)

Great video, hope you get a Fiesta St to review, having had the fiesta st and now a 17 wrx, I miss some of the parts of the st vs. wrx. The Fiesta felt more playful, the Wrx is much better in the winter, no surprise there. I surprised that more people don't get the fiesta st to be honest.

How come no Fiesta ST review?

Great clip!

I agree with everything you said: the seats, the position, the overworked interior, the stupid Sync 3 system and yes, the fun. And your heel-and-toe downshift is better than mine ;-)

lovely stuff

Great Video! You nailed my exact thoughts about the sitting position and interior quality of the focus ST. I traded mine just recently for a 370z. HUGE difference in the driving experience!

Thomas is the ford focus st more fun to drive than the focus rs? I know the focus rs is faster just talking about the fun factor

I love my ST. It’s the same race red and I don’t think the R or the STI look anywhere near as good. I think the ST has way more benefits than what you say. I personally love the interior though I agree the touch screen is far away. One thing for sure is these cars have so much personality and that’s why I’d buy another in a heart beat.

Heel toe are impossible in both ST and RS if you have a shoe size over 11. It's inexcusable

Hey you forgot to shut off rear windshield wiper

haunted wipers made me LMAO

I'm 6foot 2. Will this car be a comfortable fit for me?

Yep. The pedal positions killed it for me

Love my st Not made for large people Have never rode in the rear seats

2019 still a great car will be a Canadian classic just you wait

And WRX is also 10,000 more when you leave the lot

Yooo why is it so expensive, my friend bought one for a little over 20,000

Yeah man I fully disagree about the interior for this car. Its fantastic. I guess I'm one of the five. I worked on performance cars for a long time and I've sat in all the competing hatches and 4 door sedans. The only interior that comes close is an Audi Rs4 around 09 version. Not a fan of its v8 motor but the interior for that car is excellent. Evos and the WRX dont feel great inside to me. The st interior has plastic but it's like you dont even notice. But in the wrx and evos you notice the plastic because its everywhere. Currently sitting in a Evo iv. Blue. Looks sexy. Feels meh.

Can anyone tell me the notable differences(interior and/or exterior) between a 2016 model year and a 2017 model year Focus ST? Or send me a link...? I was thinking about getting a 2016 just because of the lower price and maybe getting ST3 trim level for it as well. Since it should be cheaper(?) overall if it's last years model vs. a 2017 Focus ST with ST3 trim.

Jeeeeez $34,998 seems really high for an ST I would never pay more than 24k. I got mine with 19k miles for $17,000

It's not really fake noise in the sense that the engine is actually making that sound, unlike bmw who actually plays noise through the speakers (CHEESY GIMMICK). Think of it as a cold air intake that won't hydro lock your engine if you drive through a big puddle.

*It's too bad most of these car channels, for whatever reason, never got around to doing a review on the Fiesta ST until long after it was gone. So any channels that decide to cover it now are reviewing beat up or modified ones now.*

Other than the RS...THE BEST HOT HATCH EVER MADE

I dislike synthetic noise. What this car uses is NOT synthetic noise. It's actual noise the engine is making being directed into the cabin, and how can noise MY CAR'S ENGINE IS MAKING be fake? The cars with special speakers playing recorded noise or, god forbid, ones that use the MUSIC SPEAKERS to play completely fake noise are another issue entirely.

Even the Ford Escapes have those crappy hard seats. You have to pay over 40k to get a Ford with good seats.

“I like every single thing about the seating position in this car except two things!” Hahaha

st gang

badonk badonk

You are so biased lmao, it seems like you really dont like ford.

I completely disagree . Iv had mine now for 4 months and I live it .

heel toe is only relevant on a circuit race track. doesn't apply to 99% watching

this guy seems like the type that would complain about everything

This would be a great car if the WRX didn't exist...

WRX is so much better

You don't need to heel toe, you're not a fucking race car driver.