STYLE GOODBYE
£18,305/£19,280/£239
WHY IT’S HERE
Is a Ryanair-spec family hatch a hidden motoring gem?
DRIVER
Ollie Kew
ST HELLO
£29,495/£32,440/£377
WHY IT’S HERE
Is the Fiesta ST’s bigger brother just as magical as a daily?
DRIVER
Ollie Kew
FROM A SOLITARY LITRE TO 2.3. FROM STOUT 16IN RIMS TO SPINDLY 19S. Out with 84bhp, a plastic steering wheel and fabric seats. In with 276 horses, heated leather and equally fiery Recaros, an electric diff, bespoke tyres, multi-mode suspension, matrix-LED headlights, a B&O hi-fi, reversing camera, hands-free-self parking, radar cruise control, dual-zone climate control and a HUD. Though that’s a £400 extra. Everything else is standard.
So, I’ve totally lucked in, then. Upgraded. Turned left on the Jumbo. Yet… the Focus Style has been, quite simply, the best car I’ve…