The Ford Fiesta ST Now Has More Torque, A Fresh Face And Green Paint

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It’s mid-life facelift time for Ford‘s ever-popular Fiesta, and yes, that includes the darling of the hot hatch world – the ST.

In line with the rest of the range, it’s gained a new bonnet design that bumps the nose height up a little, and just below is a refreshed bumper packing a bigger grille. Proudly placed the latter is Ford’s Blue Oval badge, relocated from the lip of the bonnet. This makes for “greater road presence,” apparently.

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The matrix LED headlamps are new too, and just to make sure the new-ish ST stands out even more from the old one, there’s a new colour the rest of the cars in the range miss out on. This being Ford, it has a suitably silly name – ‘Mean Green’. See also the old Focus ST’s ‘Tangerine Scream’.

Under the tweaked, potentially Hulk-coloured bonnet is the same 1.5-litre inline-three turbo engine as before, still developing 197bhp. Torque has been bumped slightly, however, with the peak figure rising from 214lb ft to 236. 0-62mph takes 6.5 seconds, and the top speed is 143mph. There’s also a new Track mode which disables the electronic stability control.

'Mean Green' first appeared on the Puma ST

Inside, the old Recaro seats are gone, replaced with in-house developed chairs. They feature integrated headrests, 14-way adjustment, and synthetic ‘Sensico’ trim with red contrast stitching.

There’s a new 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, plus a whole host of new safety features including ‘Local Hazard Information’, Wrong-Way Alert’, and ‘Rear Occupant Alert’.

Ford - The Ford Fiesta ST Now Has More Torque, A Fresh Face And Green Paint - News

At the less spicy end of the range, there’s a 1.0-litre inline-three producing 99bhp, and two mild-hybrid versions of the same unit which are good for 123bhp and 153bhp. The Vignale model has been ditched with the range – the designation now merely refers to an option pack on Titanium, ST-Line, and Active-trimmed cars.

The updated Fiesta range is on sale now starting at £16,620.

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