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Aug 21, 2013 | 08:30 AM

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> Pocket Rocket 1.6L >197 HP <

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Turns out we wanted those extra doors all along.

Hi Member's, the below is from Road & Track...I like pocket rockets, ever since I own a Honda Del Sol..
I'd love to test drive the below new ST (yes, from Ford), but it handles, brakes, + + + `goes 4 a small power plant.
What do you think of `it ? Do U have a favorite Pocket Rocket ? > Post what it is ?

* Could you image pulling up next to one with your Monte S.S. V8 ? The ST will do 0-60 in the 6's & 1/4 in the high 14's.
& if you are on a mountain road ? (I know > apples vs oranges) two different machines 4-Sure...I think they are fun toys (lol) & kinda like an adult go`Kart (WoW)

</hgroup>By Chris Cantle August 7, 2013 / Photos by Chris Cantle

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2014 FORD FIESTA ST PHOTOS

https://soundcloud.com/roadandtrack/...esta-st-engine

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There shouldn't be many surprises left with the Fiesta ST. Those lucky Europeans have been flogging it for a year. Let’s be honest, there's plenty of buzz attached to the little hatch.
Despite all this, the 2014 Ford Fiesta ST we drove in L.A. managed to startle me. Even through the filter of hype and hyperbole this, is a hell of a car. When I took the hot hatchlet for a spin across Angeles Crest Highway in the mountains above LA, I was really just hoping for a few photos. In stead, I fell in love with it. Here's why:
Who knew it would sound this good?
And it does. You know the little gem of an engine, a 1.6-liter four-cylinder, is good for 197 hp. Also well discussed are the abundance of torque available and the immense satisfaction that it can be delivered to the pavement through a six-speed manual transmission. Less talked-about is the sound it makes in the cabin through Ford's Sound Symposer. The operation amounts to a little butterfly valve and a bit of tubing, totally invisible and seamless in operation; but what a difference it makes when you put your foot down. As the engine comes alive around 3000 rpm, so too does the Symposer. Because the soundtrack matches the character of the engine so well, you find yourself teasing the car into the lower end of the powerband just for the audible joy of spinning it back up again.

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Aug 21, 2013 | 09:05 AM

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VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 5-door wagon
BASE PRICE: $22,195
ENGINE TYPE: turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16-valve inline-4, aluminum block and head, direct fuel injection
Displacement: 97 cu in, 1596 cc
Power: 197 hp @ 6000 rpm
Torque: 214 lb-ft @ 3500 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 6-speed manual
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 98.0 in
Length: 160.1 in
Width: 67.8 in Height: 57.2 in
Curb weight (C/D est): 2700 lb
PERFORMANCE (C/D EST):
Zero to 60 mph: 6.0 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 15.0 sec
Top speed: 137 mph
FUEL ECONOMY (C/D EST):
EPA city/highway driving: 27/35 mpg

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A feisty firecracker from Ford's European base.

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2013
BY AARON ROBINSON

For a major corporation obsessed with converting cars and trucks into dollars and cents, hot hatchbacks like the Ford Fiesta ST are mutant blips. Ford won’t say how many STs it hopes to sell in the U.S., but 10,000 a year would induce happiness at the Glass House in Dearborn, we’re told. That amount is roughly the number of F-150s Ford builds every year with whalebone dashboards.
Five for the Colonies
Hot Fiestas have been in European showrooms for a couple of decades, but the 2014 ST is the first such car for North America, as Ford makes more and more of its products global. The ST, which goes on sale in the U.S. this August, emerged from Ford’s engineering center in Cologne, Germany, and was finessed at its proving ground in Lommel, Belgium. The car will be assembled for North America in Mexico, with an engine shipped in from the United Kingdom. That’s a lot of frequent-flier miles for one small car.
For its $22,195 base price, you’re getting a vehicle essentially identical to the European version, from the 1.6-liter turbocharged four-cylinder to the autobahn-firm suspension tune to the single-spec Bridgestone Potenza RE050A summer tires. Well, there is one major difference: The Euro ST will only be a three-door hatchback, whereas the American ST will come only in five-door form.

</td></tr></tbody></table>No three-door Fiesta is currently available in the U.S., and the dumpy-looking Fiesta sedan, a local concession to America’s inexplicable hatchback hatred, would look silly in this hero costume. It would also cost more to produce with noncommon parts, so the five-door it is. The two hatchbacks share wheelbases, but the five-door weighs about 130 more pounds than the three-door.

Dishing Up the Deets
The question with sporty variants always boils down to how much steak you get with the potato. In this particular tater tot, there’s one big change under the hood, and there are dozens of small changes elsewhere that produce a thoroughly fun little filet. Note, however, that we were only shown the three-door Euro version, and only with the optional Recaro seat package ($1995), navigation ($795), and 17-inch metallic gray wheels with red brake calipers ($375), which together would push a U.S.-spec ST over $25,000. A $795 sunroof is also offered.
The cast-aluminum, direct-injected 1.6-liter turbo is basically the same engine as offered in the Fusion sedan, meaning it’s a big motor in a small car. Here, governed by revised calibrations, it makes 197 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 214 lb-ft of torque at 3500 rpm. Peak power is made in “overboost” mode, when the turbo is squeezing in a maximum of 21 psi. To stretch the engine’s durability, Ford programmed the computer to cut pressure after 20 seconds at wide-open throttle, a situation you’re likely to encounter only at Bonneville or the Nürburgring, or when fleeing the cops. But lift just once, and the overboost timer resets.

</td></tr></tbody></table>Because some days are good, there’s only one transmission available, and it has six speeds and one clutch pedal. The lower ratios are relatively short, which means 60 mph takes two shifts and is probably about 6.7 seconds away. The upper ratios stretch out into a double overdrive for fuel-economy purposes. Ford and the EPA haven’t produced numbers, but expect the combined figure to fall in the low 30s.

The Fiesta’s basic front-strut, rear-twist-beam suspension layout is retained, but with major differences. The ST’s front knuckles have different attachment points to the control arm and steering linkages that increase the camber gain as the wheels stroke, a dynamic geometry change that makes the steering more darty. Meanwhile, a thicker front anti-roll bar pushes more of the roll to the back, which, along with computerized torque-vectoring control that brakes the inside front wheel in turns, helps the ST corner more sharply and with less understeer. The electric power-steering system has a firmer tune, and the ST’s rack gets a quicker ratio, dropping from 14.6:1 to 13.6:1. Continued...

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Aug 21, 2013 | 09:14 AM

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Nope sorry does nothing for me at all

Aug 21, 2013 | 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Tadcaster

Nope sorry does nothing for me at all

That's `Ok, it's not 4 everyone 4-Sure...We were going to take you for a ride, but I guess you aren't interested....You really don't know how good it is until you get to drive one.

..Please consider driving one b-4 you decide...We have several model's & options for just about everyone >