Ford Focus ST Will get Monitor Pack With Stiffer Suspension, Bigger Brakes

The Ford Focus ST is now a forbidden fruit in the USA however the sizzling hatch resides a slightly thrilling life on the Outdated continent. In Europe, the go-fast Ford was facelifted final yr and now receives a brand new track-focused package deal, which brings {hardware} enhancements for higher efficiency for “real driving fanatics.”

The package was developed fully by the Ford Efficiency crew and was examined in Germany across the well-known Nurburgring observe. The Monitor Pack is on the market just for the mannequin with a guide gearbox and contains an adjustable KW Automotive coilover suspension system with stainless-steel housings for dampers with a 12-step adjustment for upward response and a 16-step adjustment for rebound. The purpose is for the fanatics to have the ability to fine-tune the responsiveness of the suspension based on the observe they’re going to assault.

Complementing the brand new suspension is a set of 19-inch flow-formed alloy wheels with 10 p.c decrease weight than the Focus ST’s commonplace wheels. The wheels include Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires and conceal an enhanced Brembo brake system. The entrance discs are 10 p.c bigger in diameter in comparison with the inventory brakes and use Brembo four-piston mounted calipers. Final however not least, new powder-coated springs present as much as 50 p.c stiffer response and scale back trip peak by 10 mm.

Differentiating the Focus ST Monitor Pack from the common sizzling hatch are quite a lot of visible touches, which embody a rear spoiler, diffuser, and entrance bumper wings completed in excessive gloss black whatever the physique colour. The identical therapy could be additionally discovered on the roof, entrance higher grille, and aspect mirror caps. 

Powering the Focus ST Monitor Pack is a 2.3-liter EcoBoost turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 280 horsepower (209 kilowatts). As talked about above, the efficiency package deal is barely accessible for automobiles geared up with a six-speed three-pedal gearbox. 

The order books for the recent hatch are actually open with the primary buyer deliveries deliberate for November this yr.