2013 Ford Focus ST Long-Term Road Test

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edited September 2014 in Ford

image2013 Ford Focus ST Long-Term Road Test

A list of my Top Five Favorite Qualities of the 2013 Ford Focus ST

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  • bankerdannybankerdanny Member Posts: 1,021
    Destination is a mandatory fee, that is the same in California as it would be if you picked the car up from the factory. There is absolutely no reason to quote a starting price "without destination". Honestly, I don't understand why the manufacturers even bother to break it out of the price of the car.
  • cotakcotak Member Posts: 89
    The engine's specs are under the limited overboost mode. Fine for a SUV or family car where someone's only going to dip into it for on ramps and passing, not so great when it's suppose to be a sport car.
  • duck87duck87 Member Posts: 649
    I'm surprised that the fact that it's a "domestic" is considered a top 5 quality. That doesn't speak to any of the car's strengths, and you know well enough that automakers are globalized nowadays (and the Focus in general is a "world car" that was designed in multiple locations, to be sold in multiple locations).
  • rem83rem83 Member Posts: 7
    @cotak - It seems that the overboost function does NOT increase PEAK torque or HP, but it does flatten the torque curve for better overall acceleration. Moreover, as it's only effective within a 1500 RPM window, the only circumstances in which you're like
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