So the UK Ford Focus ST comes to america!!!!

umdivx · Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:30 am

in the shape of a mazda: http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/display ... pcomingMS3

ooooh how sweet that car will be...

- Josh

Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:57 am

Y2k · Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:01 am

its gotta be some kind of marketing strategy that they come in mazda form instead of focus form.
assuming there's no mazda3speed sedan version eh..

Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:13 am

Actually we still have the old chassis on the Focus here in the states. The Euro-Focus got the new chassis and so did the Mazda 3's. So a Mazda 3 is = to a Euro-Focus. we always get the sloppy seconds here!!

spots25 · Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:37 am

...almost... the REAL ST has a 2.5l 5 cylinder motor...

MAT · Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:54 am

Damn, does it come in a 2 door? I just drove a 04 Mazda3 4 door hatch and it wasn't as impressive as my focus. I'm pretty sure I could beat it in a drag race as it seemed heavy. The clutch was way too stiff too.

sc0tty8 · Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:59 am

2 door hatch++++

Is the interior as cheaply made as the jocus?

umdivx · Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:04 pm

They dont make a 2 door hatch for the Mazda3, I preffer teh 4 door anyways, specially with a kid on the way. Mazdaspeed is like SVT for ford, they deck out the car with full leather and the works. It'll also come with options like a dash mounted navagation system, and all that fun shit you wont see in a Focus.

Also Curb Weight: 2826 lbs. is for the Mazda3

and for the 2 door Focus hatch: Curb Weight: 2627 lbs.

and for the 4 door sedan: Curb Weight: 2658 lbs.

and for the 4 door hatch: Curb Weight: 2632 lbs.

So really a couple hundred lbs more but over 150 more HP what woud you take?

- Josh

sc0tty8 · Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:06 pm

Whats the power on it? Is it FWD or AWD?

umdivx · Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:52 pm

sc0tty8 wrote: Whats the power on it? Is it FWD or AWD?

FWD with LSD, and upgraded bear/brumbo brakes

- Josh

sc0tty8 · Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:55 pm

umdivx wrote:
sc0tty8 wrote:Whats the power on it? Is it FWD or AWD?

FWD with LSD, and upgraded baer/brembo brakes

- Josh

Fixed your spelling.

Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:43 pm

Too many doors

I want a two door!!! No four doors allowed!!!!

umdivx · Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:45 pm

FORDSVTPARTS wrote: Too many doors

I want a two door!!! No four doors allowed!!!!

Bah I think it looks better, the 2 door would look too much like a civic.

- Josh

sc0tty8 · Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:48 pm

FORDSVTPARTS wrote: Too many doors

I want a two door!!! No four doors allowed!!!!

Word.

zurno · Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:35 pm

spots25 wrote: ...almost... the REAL ST has a 2.5l 5 cylinder motor...

just what I was thinking