This car is perfectly rated. When it came out, car reviewers would review the car for their magazines/websites/channels, then go out and buy one. It was hailed as one of the all-time great fun cars, and it lived up to the hype. It’s a shame Ford only builds trucks, SUVs, and butt ugly Mustangs. They got so good at making affordable fun cars.
I'm about to trade my fxt swapped bugeye wrx for this car. like, this car caused me to unlearn everything i know and start over. it's almost silly how good this thing is. everywhere that I currently use awd, this car is just fine. granted I have a vlsd 4.44 rear diff, but an lsd would sort this thing out. but really, does it even need that? you could go up to 4.3 final if you don't want to mod the engine, but you could also just go stage 2 and remap it, and have more power through the 3.8 spread. really this car is pretty brilliant. it blows the fk civics out of the water. i bet you could really push an sti from behind on the togue. then you add the aluminum lca's up front and the torsion bar in the rear, get some gecko's or fortune auto's, or maybe just springs, the whileline swaybar kit, and do the focus st170 rotors and brackets. that's what I'm planning on anyway. my wrx cuts into corners pretty sharply, but this actually is stiffer than the bugyeye. I didn 't care for how dinky the clutch felt, but driving this car made me feel like I was living in the past and needed to evolve.
long time fiesta st owner here. here are my top 5 mods that made the craziest difference to me 1.LSD 2.STAGE 2 Pro 3.Full Turbo back Exhaust 4.Good Tires 5. all the rest '150$ mods' are more or less on par (dv+/quick shift/coils and springs etc etc) nice to have but only small improvements do not forget about supporting mods; the biggest might be engine mount followed by intercooler! looks wise IMHO less is definetly more on those things!
Love my 2014 Molten Orange, I am going to keep it forever. Yep, blend door actuators, the banes of our existence. By the way, I think all STs came with a cargo cover that lifted with the hatch. Mine has it, perhaps they lost or broke theirs before you bought it. You're going to love the car overall. I upgraded the intake and bought an accessport tuned it to level 1 it made a difference, and I also upgraded to Sync3 with Android Auto, added an adapter to USB to make the connection wireless.
Nice video, I have a blk 2017 Fiesta ST with Recaros and blk rims. I also have a 2019 Edge ST blk on blk that my wife drives. Awesome vehicles in their own way.
If you dont like the feel of the shifter swap it out for the carbon fibre ford performance one. Theyre expensive but totally worth it, may suggest a short shifter for it too
Love my 2017 ST , :-) last of the 1.6 4 cylinder ST,s before the 3 pot 1.5 jobs , maybe better interior , but no way as tuneable safely, or as much as a real raw" ST Driver enthusiast,s car " 4 cyl 1.6 is far stronger for sure ! Ford,s best Fiesta ST I reckon, as an owner of a Mk 7.5 ST last of those 1.6 , 4 cyl ones , and as a motor mechanic, to trade :-)
People always talk about fiesta and focus st clutches being light and easy to use but my 2015 fiesta st got a really stiff clutch feels heavy and makes my leg hurt after long road trip
King of hot hatches? More like the joker. Everyone knows the yaris gt is king then Honda fit and then Toyota Corolla or Scion IM then Nissan versa note
This car is perfectly rated. When it came out, car reviewers would review the car for their magazines/websites/channels, then go out and buy one. It was hailed as one of the all-time great fun cars, and it lived up to the hype. It’s a shame Ford only builds trucks, SUVs, and butt ugly Mustangs. They got so good at making affordable fun cars.
@@BlueSkyCrystals Absolutely!!
I'm about to trade my fxt swapped bugeye wrx for this car. like, this car caused me to unlearn everything i know and start over. it's almost silly how good this thing is. everywhere that I currently use awd, this car is just fine. granted I have a vlsd 4.44 rear diff, but an lsd would sort this thing out. but really, does it even need that? you could go up to 4.3 final if you don't want to mod the engine, but you could also just go stage 2 and remap it, and have more power through the 3.8 spread. really this car is pretty brilliant. it blows the fk civics out of the water. i bet you could really push an sti from behind on the togue. then you add the aluminum lca's up front and the torsion bar in the rear, get some gecko's or fortune auto's, or maybe just springs, the whileline swaybar kit, and do the focus st170 rotors and brackets. that's what I'm planning on anyway. my wrx cuts into corners pretty sharply, but this actually is stiffer than the bugyeye.
I didn 't care for how dinky the clutch felt, but driving this car made me feel like I was living in the past and needed to evolve.
That intro though ❤. Great video.
Thank you! Really trying for better intros!
long time fiesta st owner here.
here are my top 5 mods that made the craziest difference to me
1.LSD
2.STAGE 2 Pro
3.Full Turbo back Exhaust
4.Good Tires
5. all the rest '150$ mods' are more or less on par (dv+/quick shift/coils and springs etc etc) nice to have but only small improvements
do not forget about supporting mods; the biggest might be engine mount followed by intercooler!
looks wise IMHO less is definetly more on those things!
A “stage 2” Fiesta ST is ridiculous fun. Pulls hard in every gear, even 6th, and the car’s natural agility is fantastic. Plus over 30 mpg!
@@BlueSkyCrystals years later, every drive is still a blast! unless you're stuck in traffic, that's not fun at all
Love my 2014 Molten Orange, I am going to keep it forever. Yep, blend door actuators, the banes of our existence. By the way, I think all STs came with a cargo cover that lifted with the hatch. Mine has it, perhaps they lost or broke theirs before you bought it. You're going to love the car overall. I upgraded the intake and bought an accessport tuned it to level 1 it made a difference, and I also upgraded to Sync3 with Android Auto, added an adapter to USB to make the connection wireless.
That's awesome dude!!! Have fun with it!!
Nice video, I have a blk 2017 Fiesta ST with Recaros and blk rims. I also have a 2019 Edge ST blk on blk that my wife drives. Awesome vehicles in their own way.
Heck ya man! Wish I had the recaros
If you dont like the feel of the shifter swap it out for the carbon fibre ford performance one. Theyre expensive but totally worth it, may suggest a short shifter for it too
Appreciate it! That one does look nice!
@ProjectRad no problem,it looks nice but feels amazing.i love shifting with mine
Kick butt kiddo. I like this car more than I thought I would.
It's amazing!
Great video. Can you get the sync 3 upgrade with Apple car play?
Appreciate it! I'm not sure. I don't see why not but that's something I won't be doing with this car.
Love my 2017 ST , :-) last of the 1.6 4 cylinder ST,s before the 3 pot 1.5 jobs , maybe better interior , but no way as tuneable safely, or as much as a real raw" ST Driver enthusiast,s car " 4 cyl 1.6 is far stronger for sure ! Ford,s best Fiesta ST I reckon, as an owner of a Mk 7.5 ST last of those 1.6 , 4 cyl ones , and as a motor mechanic, to trade :-)
People always talk about fiesta and focus st clutches being light and easy to use but my 2015 fiesta st got a really stiff clutch feels heavy and makes my leg hurt after long road trip
Interesting. Is it aftermarket? Mine is super light as well.
@@ProjectRad no my clutch and flywheel is all stock and feel super stiff, I’m currently around 156k miles and only had to replace it once
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I won't argue with that 😂
@@ProjectRad blender for found dead 😂
King of hot hatches? More like the joker. Everyone knows the yaris gt is king then Honda fit and then Toyota Corolla or Scion IM then Nissan versa note
😂😂😂😂
My bad the versa note is the obvious king. I'm so sorry 😂
@@ProjectRad It's fine I forgive you for the misunderstanding
Yaris GT was not sold in the US, and it cost twice as much. Fit was slow. The other cars aren't subcompacts and cost a lot more.
@@bongodave13 doesn't have to be sold in the US for it to qualify as a cool car