FORD FIESTA ST 5D CONCEPT

At the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show in September, Ford previewed its upcoming Fiesta ST with a thinly disguised concept based on the three-door hatchback model.

Now, the Detroit-based carmaker is heading to this month's Los Angeles Auto Show with a five-door hatchback variant of the Fiesta ST that should give us a taste of the North American model.

“With the Fiesta ST Concept, we are demonstrating that our global performance plan has legs," says Jost Capito, Ford director of Global Performance Vehicles

"The Fiesta ST Concept shows in the most dramatic way possible that the qualities that define an ST are not limited to one model [the Focus ST]. The potential for delivering the ST experience to an even wider audience is laid bare by this exciting new concept," he added.

While Ford refuses to officially confirm the production of the Fiesta ST concept, it's more or less a done deal and it's only a matter of time before we hear more details.

As for the five-door study, it gets the same styling treatment as the Frankfurt Show Fiesta ST 3d with a bespoke front end, a raft of aerodynamic enhancements, a lowered suspension and widened wheel arches filled with 17-inch alloy wheels.

The concept uses a 1.6-liter EcoBoost turbocharged four-cylinder gasoline engine delivering an output of 180 horsepower and 177 lb.-ft. of torque, with power transferred to the front wheels through a six-speed manual gearbox.

The Fiesta ST 5d Concept will be joined at Ford's L.A. Auto Show stand by the U.S.-spec 2012 Focus ST that's powered by a 250HP 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine and the competition Focus ST-R.

FORD FIESTA ST 5D CONCEPT

Ford Focus and Fiesta Special Edition for SEMA Show

We're a little less than two weeks away from this year's edition of the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, which means it's time for major carmakers to begin teasing their bespoke creations.

Ford promises to have a little something for everyone at the show, from "mild to wild" and "old to new" though the company will pay a whole lot of attention to its compacr Fiesta and Focus models.
There will be seven Ford-sanctioned Focus hatchback and Sedan models customized by 3dCarbon, ROUSH Performance Products, The ID Agency, Capaldi Racing, Steeda, Bojix Design, and COBB Tuning. All of these cars will boast a variety of performance and styling modifications.
"Millennials, which this car is all about, want to personalize every aspect of their lives – everything from laptop covers to body art, and even cars," said Mike Murphy, Ford C-Car Marketing manager. "Being unique allows them to stand apart and be different, and all the Focus models we have on display at SEMA live up to that standard."
The sub-compact Fiesta will be represented in SEMA by three customized models developed by M2-Motoring, Gold Coast Automotive, and Aaron Vaccar.
Over the next week, Ford will also release details on its other SEMA models and debuts including an all-new 363-cubic-inch Ford Racing stroker engine and a Ford licensed restoration part, which the company says is "sure to delight fans of the classic 1964-66 Mustang".

SEMA Show with New Focus and Fiesta Tunes

We're a little less than two weeks away from this year's edition of the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, which means it's time for major carmakers to begin teasing their bespoke creations.

Ford promises to have a little something for everyone at the show, from "mild to wild" and "old to new" though the company will pay a whole lot of attention to its compact Fiesta and Focus models.

There will be seven Ford-sanctioned Focus hatchback and sedan models customized by 3dCarbon, ROUSH Performance Products, The ID Agency, Capaldi Racing, Steeda, Bojix Design, and COBB Tuning. All of these cars will boast a variety of performance and styling modifications.

"Millennials, which this car is all about, want to personalize every aspect of their lives – everything from laptop covers to body art, and even cars," said Mike Murphy, Ford C-Car Marketing manager. "Being unique allows them to stand apart and be different, and all the Focus models we have on display at SEMA live up to that standard."

The sub-compact Fiesta will be represented in SEMA by three customized models developed by M2-Motoring, Gold Coast Automotive, and Aaron Vaccar.

Over the next week, Ford will also release details on its other SEMA models and debuts including an all-new 363-cubic-inch Ford Racing stroker engine and a Ford licensed restoration part, which the company says is "sure to delight fans of the classic 1964-66 Mustang".

Ford to Display New Fiesta ST Concept in Frankfurt

Ford revealed to us that when the doors open to the 64th IAA International Motor Show on September 13, it will be ready to exhibit four world premieres.

Since then, the Detroit-based automaker has told us about the EVOS sport concept and final production version of the performance Focus ST with 250-ponies, so if you do the simple math, there are two more cars left.

We're still working on the last one but we learned that the third world premiere will be the performance Fiesta ST, thinly disguised as a concept study.

Chances are, the Fiesta ST will follow the path of the Focus ST that was first shown as a concept model before Ford confirmed its production.

Until recently, we weren't sure if the sporty Fiesta ST would be equipped with a 1.6-liter or a larger 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine, but we now know that it will be the smaller displacement unit delivering somewhere around 180-horsepower.

More to come so stay tuned on Carscoop for our detailed coverage of the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show premieres.

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The Focus and Fiesta ECOnetic PHOTO GALLERY

cars are the readily available solution to drastically reduce fuel consumption and, thus, CO2 emissions. But they are also much more expensive than regular vehicles powered only by internal combustion engines. And the truth is they are not the only solution as some carmakers would have you believe

Ford will introduce its ECOnetic range in Europe with the Focus and Fiesta, proving that an internal combustion-engine powered car can be as “green” as a hybrid. The company says half of all Ford cars sold in Europe by late next year will carry the ECOnetic Technology badge, increasing to two-thirds by 2013.

The numbers speak for themselves as the C-Segment Focus ECOnetic has an average fuel consumption of 3.4 lt/100 km (83.2 UK mpg, 69.2 US mpg) and the Fiesta ECOnetic, 3.3 lt/100 km (85.6 UK mpg, 71.3 US mpg). Their CO2 emissions are just 89 and 87 gr/km for the Focus and Fiesta models respectively.

“The Focus and Fiesta ECOnetic will deliver stunning fuel economy and still be fun to drive – a combination that would have seemed impossible a few years ago” commented Dr. Thilo Seiber, Ford Europe’s manager for Sustainability and Electrification Strategy.

Ford’s ECOnetic technology employs a number of features such as auto stop/start, “smart” regenerative charging, active grille shutter and ECOmode.

The ECOnetic-equipped Ford models will be powered either by the 1.6-liter turbocharged EcoBoost gasoline engine or the 1.6-liter TDCi diesel. Later on, a 1.0-liter EcoBoost turbocharged three-cylinder petrol with direct injection that will be launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show next Tuesday, will join the ECOnetic range and will power the Focus, achieving even lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

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World's Smallest Engine Ever

It took the Ford Motor Company a very long time to jump aboard the turbocharged engine bandwagon for mainstream, non-sport models, but now the Detroit automaker is going full speed ahead with the presentation of a full range of force-fed gasoline powerplants. Ford latest offering is a new 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine, the company’s first three-cylinder unit and its smallest production engine ever.

Designed by the engineering team at Ford’s Dunton Technical Centre in the U.K., the 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine promises to deliver performance of a larger four-cylinder unit with even higher fuel economy. It employs all EcoBoost technologies, such as turbocharging, direct injection and twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT).

The Detroit automaker is not yet ready to talk numbers, but Derrick Kuzak, Ford group vice president of Global Product Development, said the new three-cylinder unit “will deliver horsepower and torque outputs equivalent to or better than most normally aspirated 1.6-liter gasoline engines”.

The new engine, which was first seen in the Ford Start concept mini at the Beijing Show in 2010, and more recently in the Ford B-MAX study at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, will be launched globally in Ford’s small cars and will be available in North America.

“Consumers are telling us they want to buy affordable vehicles that get many more miles per gallon,” said Kuzak. “Our new 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine will give consumers looking for hybrid-like fuel economy a new, more affordable choice.”

While Ford did not specify which models will get the tiny EcoBoost engine, it is believed that the Ka and the Fiesta will be among the first Ford models to be equipped with the petrol unit.

The company said full technical and application information for the new 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine will be released in September at the 2011 edition of the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany.

FORD b-max concept

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