2017 Ford Focus ST POV ! Snowy and slippery ;) What's it like to drive ? 

First of all clear the windows.

My focus ST is great in the snow. I live on a steep hill and had no issues. I was ebrake sliding everywhere i went. It feels great.

Based on your reviews; I bought a 2017 Ford Focus SE w/ 2 liter engine. (It was the dealer demo model) I LOVE IT!!!! I'm a very conservative drive; with only a 14 mile round trip x 5 days. Did I say I LOVE IT!! I have had 2 lectures from 'MEN' driving Dodge trucks. I was given the 'whatfor' about the transmission. I've found that if I bury my foot in the pedal at lights; I'm going to be disappointed. It's NOT my Mustang. But...If I'm doing the Fuel economy route; and be patient, it responds well. I really LOVE my 2017 Focus SE Hatch! Thanks so much for all your reviews. You've really helped me select an awesome car that suits my driving needs!

We put all season tires on the ST this winter and it made driving on our horrible New England roads manageable. You video looks like most days up here in the winter....

I love the look of fresh snow on a car... thanks for posting this kind of stuff

The Focus ST3 has been reviewed 1,80,000,00 times and ya know what? It's one hell of a nice car. I get the fact that the MK3 chassis is getting long in the tooth and will be replaced next year with a fresh from the ground up new design but still, I own an ST3 myself and I Love it!. Its a blast to drive and a joy to look at. Ford builds one hell of a nice car. She's a winner! Automatic slush box poseurs need NOT apply. THREE PEDALS ONLY BRAH! And I'm 51 so pop that in yer pipe and smoke it.

Currently driving where its -30C. Car handles pretty well and ABS behaves better than I would expect.

The shift light is for letting you know when to shift to get the best fuel economy, that's all, just a recomendation.

Love the video, You make me miss the snow!

Great video man! I'm actually buying a Fiesta ST because of your videos! So thank you and I appreciate you taking the time to make these videos.

Flooring it before it's warmed up and broken in made me cringe. What a clown.

nice. one of our neighbors has an ST that didnt come with the all season tires option. He bought a cheap set of ugly black steels and some winter tires from tire rack for the few times it has to get out in the winter although he tries not to. surprisingly enough it doesnt do too bad with the winter only tires in the snow/ice but you can definitely get it all out of hand easy....lol. Sure is a lot of fun in the dry/warm months though with the summer tires.

A new cold ST, low oil Temp and 5000r/min ? Same with the 2015 ST. Shame on you :(

Isn't it bad for a new engine to get driven roughly at cold start?

You keep it at 4-5 thousands RPM? :/ why driving in such a low gear and even more, on winter where you can accelerate too fast?

Hey , love the channel .it's amazing how much of what you review and post is a lot of the stuff i think about .. Swedish folk must be southerners as well , South Carolina born and raised could you please do a detailed review for a 2017 Ford F-150 Limited .. reason being I am buying one " if i can get my local Dealership to get one here " but i would love to see all the features and all ... you are great at what you do unlike some of the fake stuff i have seen ... Thank you so much , Jason Owens

It looks fun to drive!

I have one of these! Same year, 17 reg Focus ST-2 2.0 Petrol (247bhp), in a nice deep impact blue colour.

Temperature is going down to -20f here where I am staying tonight tonight in Timmins, Ontario! My Poor Fiesta ST is all covered in snow and slush :( block heater plugged in tonight! Drive safe with those "all seasons" man. I have Bridgestone Blizzaks on mine at the moment and they are even allowed to run studded tires too although I do not

Traction control off is enabled by holding esc for more than 5 seconds. Sport mode still has ESC enabled.

ST owner, when you see the green light to upshift to a new gear it's just for the most economical way to save gas, you will get the best mileage if you shift when it's suggested but it's just a premise, don't let it annoy you.

Again another very good video. i like this car and living in Toronto, Canada i was always curious about the handling on snow.

i live in MN and my 2016 ST handles so bad on snowy roads with these all seasons. like it's near impossible for it to go in a straight line just constantly wanting to step the rear out. Once these all season get burnt up with traction issues this winter my ST is getting some winter shoes.

Im trying to learn more about cars, can someone tell me what would happen to an engine that is revd or push to hard before its break in period?

Is the Apple CarPlay functional on your 2017? I have seen videos with the new SYNC update for Android on the 2016.

Cold thick oil and cold coolant running through a turbo spooling at 18psi while you're flooring it right after starting it :(

Sounds sweet and looks great also. How many cars do you typically sell in the winter? Where I live we do not get snow. It seems like that kind of weather combined with the cold would slow sales down a lot compared with the spring/summer.

I'm a subscriber, I love your videos. I live at 7000 feet and enjoy this video as well, thank you.

focus st tells you to shift early to promote Bettter fuel milage

just ordered one here in Australia pick it up jan/feb cant wait!

I just put winter tires on mine, works like a dream. Kinda boring in the snow, though. RWD/AWD ftw in that sense

I experience it today, it was fun ❄️❄️❄️❄️

With respect to the recaro Seats, I have a 2016 ST 2 (same seats different covers). The seats break in around 3k miles. With Winter tires this thing is very hard to get sideways.

Micheline sport 3+ 225/50/17 got around fine in 6" of snow, compact or fresh.

torque steer on the focus ST is not that bad lol. Compare it to the mazdaspeed 3. Now that is pretty bad! 1st-2nd gear in the mazdaspeed3 and it's yanking you to the right hard lol.

Is the camera on your chin?

Great review for those of us in the north. What brand were those tires on that Focus?

you didn't turn traction control off. you put it in sport mode. to turn it off you have to come to a stop and hold the traction control button down. huge difference.

Tires are everything. And that torque vectoring mimics a limited slip diff.

I live in mi,park mine in winter thanks for vid good to know could drive it with with right kind of tires .

this video just leaks anxiety omg I could never

I'd rather push this than drive a Golf.

The shift indicator doesn't want to annoy you - it just wants to show you, when to shift to save some gas :) In the usual daily driving a nice feauture for all the people who wonder about why they are using so much gas at 30mph in 2nd gear

The roads don't look that bad, they've been plowwed. But for this weather, tires make all the difference. (A much bigger difference than the car.) Put some Nokians on there, and you'll be good for the winter.

Is this particular ST for sale right now or is it a press car? Given exposure to salt and being floored in third gear from cold, I really hope it's a press car.

You make driving a manual look so easy

Maybe clean the windows to see anything ? :))

There’s a lot of cool cars in that parking lot

I'm really interested in the ST-3 but was wondering if there is any noticeable difference between the hatchback and the estate, besides the obvious. Whilst driving does the estate feel like an estate or is it exactly as per the hatchback? Is the rear view any better or worse when reversing and parking? Is the cabin noise any different? The stats say that the estate is marginally slower, but do you notice it? Cheers, keep up the good work 😀

I don’t like how light the shifter and how easy the clutch grabs, going from a 2012 countryman cooper s All4 6-speed manual

You drove right through good ole carnot

What is your honest opinion of the recarro seats I'm of a similar height to you just over 6'1" & 195 lbs.I had drive in a St earlier in the year & found the seats gripped my upper back & shoulders too much, as you say on the video it was OK for a 1/2 blast but I don't know if the seats would be comfortable day in day out. I have seen similar concerns re recarro seats on other videos.

Dont REV/drive hard on the cold turbo engine!

In your opinion, is the price difference between the Focus RS and the Focus ST worth it? As far a what you get performance, extra features..etc.

I noticed in late 14' or early 15' ford began to offer the all season tires for the focus St they weren't an option when I bought my 14' however I had to finance in some tires at the dealership which were continental dws since the dealership couldn't even order snows in 235/40/18 size....? I also noticed the RS has a winter wheel tire pkg option with wheels and snow tires, why doesn't ford offer something similar for the ST, I live in upstate ny and we get our share of snow, I've since found a budget alternative to the 18" snows which are older Taurus rims that are very available and cheap and with 5 mm spacers just clear the front brakes 16" snows are a lot cheaper than 18's Ford could offer even the 17" wheels off the regular focus with some snows as a winter pkg and they would look great and sell more STs, just my 2 cents nice video again and my St does pretty good in the winter in all conditions but I would always choose snow tires over all season

I have winter tires studless Hankook tires makes a huge difference FYI all season are dumb and in my opinion

Having never driven in snow before, is it worse/easier than rain?

Is it so hard to clean that snow from your windows glasses? It makes me angry to see that mess.

I wish this car had AWD! The RS is too much $ for me. Love this car though, especially the sound of the motor. AWD is a must for me though, living in eastern Washington.

jesus...i live in pa as well(in Allentown)but it didn't snow at all...hope you don't have any snow left

Yeah Pittsburgh!! ✊

You can have "good grip" all you want but when you hit ice is when you're fucked whether you're in an ST or a tank.

7:02 "Not going to be driving much quicker than that" Dude... you're scooting down the icy snow highway. If i did that in my 97 mustang, i would fishtail like crazy. In weather like this, leaving it in like 3rd gear going 10 mph, just the slightest gas makes me lose traction. So sketchy watching that, even though i know he isn't going to crash.

nice.do you work for ford?

Please don't abuse a perfectly good ST like that. Clear the windows so you have good visibility, don't high rev/full throttle before break-in is over, NOR when the car isn't warmed up. Some poor sap is going to buy that car not knowing how you've abused the engine (then you have to hope the warranty is honored since that could count as "user error" when it needs to be fixed) =/

for my 2013 st, I was told the car had a break in period.. if this is the same for a 2017.. I feel sorry for the guy that buys this car..

I wish I had heated steering wheel :(

If you would of put it in sport mode it would of wanted to spin crazy lol

"It tells me to shift but I don't need to"......it's called fuel efficiency, and it's optional.

I have the focus st powershit with padels

My 09 fusion is a tank in the snow. :)

Hm here in Germany (and most parts of more "northern" europe) winter tires are mandatory in this kind of conditions. crazy most of you folks drive around in even worse conditions on summer tires.

How much HP?

How much less than the RS is that?

I kick myself in the ass every single day for not looking for a st2 or st3. I have the st1.... I never cared much about extra accessories n such but damn this thing is like a whole different car

All season tires, not really good for any season, and sucks for everything else. Always buy winter and summer tires, and switch when needed. There is an bigger initial investment, as your buying two set of tires, but those will last twice as long as the one set of all season tires. But in the end it comes to the same. If you absolutely don't want to change tires, choose one set and drive on them all the time, at least half of the time your driving on a proper set of tires.

Stock they're ok in the snow or rain but soon as you tune it no traction whatsoever

I saw the other videos! now I'm subscriber, but I have a question can you tell me the best tire all season; because my mechanic told me the infiniti G37 coupe is does NOT comparable for winter tires!!! Thanks

I have an SE, I love it but winter driving sucks! It does not handle well. Especially in wet sloppy snow. I got suck it does not move. Next Lease will be a 4 wheel drive The Ranger. I love Fords but Sedans are not great winter driving vehicles.

Have you started calling the highway the parkway yet? Lol

is this whole channel a Ford commercial?

Veri nice)

Looking for one ;)

Liked the video, but you probably should know NOT to floor the car when its not even close to being warmed up, especially when its not yours.

Him sitting on boost in 3rd gear 4k RPM straight after a cold start makes me cringe >.

Snow? Tha's a dusting.

Ooh, a shift knob.

A car with non winter tires doesnt drive well in the winter? No Fucking Way. Such an informative channel.

I hate when drivers stay in the passing lane. Very annoying. Great video other than your lane choice... lol

Nice explaintion buddy what fffff 😂😂

Thing spun first and second gear less than my st on hot sticky pavement

mm good looking for ford. But still not a ford fan unless it's a truck! Even then..... Also why do they insist on putting the vents vertically inclined instead of the latter?? So weird and cartoonish looking. Great vid nonetheless!

You seriously don't even have a inch of snow

it's synthesized intake sound lol

nice, rev the cold engine (y)

This is why you by the wrx

have stage 1 cobb no more torque steer its fords bullshit map ! buddys got one with big turbo and he has nothing close to stock torque steer! Lol

Learn more about the car before you review it. And learn to warm up a car before going out and pushing it.

Anyone else cringe when he didn’t kick the snow off his shoes?

Poor ST