You Can Now Buy A Third-Gen Ford Focus ST For Under £10k

The earliest examples of the third-gen Focus-based ST have now dipped below the £10,000 mark

10 Apr 2018

You Can Now Buy A Third-Gen Ford Focus ST For Under £10k

For now, the most powerful version of the newly revealed Ford Focus makes 179bhp. Even with the new car’s 88kg weight drop, it’s not going to be hugely fast, but there will almost certainly be a hotter ‘ST’ version arriving at some point. Feeling impatient? Don’t worry - there are plenty of used examples of the most recent Focus ST littering the classifieds.

The best part is, they’re getting quite cheap. The earliest third-gen STs having been kicking around for over five years, and that means they’ve been liberally spanked with the depreciation stick.

The cheapest ones we’ve found sit nicely under the £10,000 mark. Up the budget a little beyond that, and you’ll snag a tidy car with reasonable mileage - this 2012 ST-2 is up for £10,995, and has done 41,242 miles.

All petrol STs (a diesel was available, if you like that sort of thing) pack a 2.0-litre turbocharged inline-four, which fires 247bhp and 266lb ft of torque at the front wheels. If you can manage the inevitable wheelspin, 0-62mph happens in just 6.5 seconds.

If you want more poke, there are plenty of tuning packages out there from the likes of Mountune and Revo. But be warned - the power delivery of the standard car is already, ahem, unpolished, so upping that further will result in quite a boisterous thing.

The best part of our chosen used ST? It’s finished in the only colour you should ever consider for one of these: Tangerine Scream.

Tempted?

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

This was a well written article and everything , but i’m truly still in shock after finding out Alcantara is a brand.

My brain since reading that article.

Where did it say that?
EDIT: Wait, nevermind, it was a different article

I thought everyone knew, it’s literally referred to as ‘Alcantara®’ lol

Honestly, I rather have a Focus ST over an RS. The Focus RS is too overhyped, too overstyled and lack of feel. The ST on the other hand, it feels alright.

…you wot?

It’s alot more of a hot hatch

Yeah RS is just too BWAAAAAAA POP POP POP!

Wouldn’t say RS is overhyped. I mean it’s a huge breakthrough for Ford. Plus it’s AWD. Awd is the greatest thing ever.

Lol this happened a ages ago! Who wants mine for 10k? That’s what it’s worth… honest!

Give itttttt I want oneeeee

I’ve always loved the way this gen of ST looked, I kinda prefer them to the RS

I do too tbh

To me, this is just right

Ford Focuses are known to suffer heavy depreciation so this isn’t surprising.

Forza Horizon 1 Anybody? Literal best C class car.

I kinda want to buy one and then spend an extra few grand to strip it out, put in a rollcage, beefier brakes, exhaust, suspension mods, etc

Or maybe it’s because I’ve just been to a trackday

Expensive car for a track day! Unless you’re loaded. In which case it would have to be a Westfield surely?

The Focuses stoped beeing “extraodinary to drive” at the mk2

Balls. It’s better than the mk2 in everything but sound. The mk2 was understeer central. The mk3 is sharper, faster and just a better place to be in general. Check out the seats in ST3 trim. Beautiful!