Hot Hatch Civil War: Ford Fiesta ST vs Ford Focus ST 

Fiesta ST will go down as one of the great hot hatches of all time. Give it 10-15 years and people will still be talking about it.

I have a 14 Fiesta ST with 95,000 miles on it,I’m on my 6th set of tires that’s how hard I drive it, it’s on a Cobb stage two tune, shift kit, Motor mount, 3” MBPR exhaust, with many Visual mods, it still has the stock clutch, witch my friends can’t believe, I’ve had to 145 mph, it really shines in the Twisties, I’ve 14 cars & 9 motorcycles, and this by the most fun I’ve ever had and I’m 73 years young. The Fiesta Flash 🤙🏼🍺🍺🍺

It's refreshing to see a young and well-spoken gentleman doing a car review in this world of youtube vloggers. Well done sir, looking for more content, subscribed.

I've had two FoST. Loved them. Went big turbo on one and the other stayed relatively stock. Just recently picked up a FiST and God bless America!!! Love the little thing. It's certainly not as refined and the interior feels much cheaper but it's got plenty of power in the low range and handles like a go kart. Definitely a fun ride. Can't go wrong with either the FoST or FiST. If I could stuff the 2.0 into the FiST and keep the weight close to stock, that would definitely make it phenomenal.

I have a Focus RS and I still love the Fiesta ST

God I want a fiesta so bad, I’m just in the phase of watching all the videos of the car I can until I save up for it. I’m for sure gonna have to go with a set up like yours in the future. Killer car and keep it up

A great way to spend 12 minutes of your day. Excellent video. Much appreciated.

This is the comparison I’ve been looking for! Thanks for helping me make a decision on what to get

Great piece, we love both of these hot hatches. Keep it up!

I have a MK7 FiST and a MK3.5 FoST. Best of both worlds and i think your review is spot on for accuracy. Excellent review of both cars!

Subscribed to the channel! Great to see some people, especially here in New England, keeping cars alive!

Excellent review man....great detailed analysis of the driving experience in both cars.....keep it up!

Again Drew, an Excellent video mate! I still lean towards the Fiesta ST, for it's liveliness and fun element!

Great job dude! You deserve more subs than what you have! Keep it up

Picked up a 2015 FiST from my Mini unfortunately getting totaled, but I absolutely fell in love with the Fiesta. I plan to keep it for a long time.

awesome video, just picked up at 2019. look forward to getting it on some twisties

Thanks for the review!

Really good review man. Nice one

Thanks for this video you give much details

I bought a 2019 Fiesta ST. I've never owned a more fun car to drive, and ITS SO FREAKING CHEAP! Great video!

I sold my tangerine 🍊 focus and kept my fiesta! Both great but for me the fiesta is amazing!

First video I’ve seen by you and I instantly subscribed once it was over. Can’t wait to check out your other content!

I’ve seen people who own focST and rs go back to a fiesta because it more fun not as fast but god it feels like a rocket.

Had a 2017 fiSt until someone totaled while parked in the street so i ended up getting a 2018 foSt and both fun cars cant go wrong with these 2 i wish i could afford to buy both but for now i love my focus

You look like you could be Micheal Rapaports son! Also really appreciate the amount of effort you put into this video!

You are welcome and I’m a Midwest guy.. snow tires are already on lol I’d love to see a video about the kit! Take care and be safe!

The fact that FiST weighs ~500lbs lighter than the FoST, makes it the automatic winner in my book. It's easier to make a car faster, but very difficult to make it lose that sort of weight.

Great videos!

Great video and great choice!

Nice job!

Nice review!

Great vid!

Great comparison video. These are clearly compromise cars for many people; fun, affordable and somewhat practical. I would find future comparisons or reviews more useful if the interior functionality was explored just a bit more. Eg. How much junk can you fit in the storage space? Are the rear seats comfortable for average adults, tall adults, etc..?

Very nice review sir

Earned my sub!

I like the body with the rims. Wish you were selling it

Thanks bro

Excellent review thank you. I can’t decide. I’m gonna have to test drive. I prefer the Fost looks , the fiST is too narrow and tall looking for me but I suspect I’d love the drive, I like gokart like cars. It’ll be my daily and I’ll have something old Japanese and rwd for the weekends, probably a 350z but my daily is on its way out so that will have to wait.

Awesome video! I also own a fist it’s a great car! How is the MP215 kit?

Great vid! Would be cool if you could compare to a WRX or a Civic Si

As bone stock straight out of the factory, the Fiesta ST is less than a second slower to 60mph than the Focus ST.. I got the 3-door version fiesta ST here in Australia and I heard they are 100 pounds lighter than the 5-door ones. I done 127000km from brand new now and it's still driven hard everyday. I do 5000km engine oil and filter changes tho.

He needs to get closer to the wheel. Also, he said he was flooring the Fiesta but, I can't stay on it long without getting into trouble. It feels so good at part throttle!

Which one is better if you don't want a ST, but just a normal car for everyday life? Which one is better, Fiesta or Focus?

Great review.. what splash guards you running

i love my focus st but cant go wrong with either one

the Fiesta st has Miata vibes. Not the fastest most powerful thing, but its light and fun to drive.

all my friends bough focus sts when i got my fietsa i serve gaps on the "track" turns. fbo 2018

Where did you get your roof rack for your fist?

There is a gigantic step up from the ST to the RS

I'm considering getting either a Fiesta or Focus ST. I owned a 2016 Focus ST (ST3) for 3 years before trading it in on a 2017 Focus RS (that was re-engined with a brand new 2018 engine by Ford). Honestly I wish I just kept the Focus ST. There was nothing wrong with the RS, however honestly I found it was not as fun (or practical) to drive on the street as the ST. The RS was truly only fun for me if I was driving it at 8/10ths or more of what it was capable of either at autocross or track. Just carving up some twisties and throttling out, the Focus ST was more enjoyable (had a Stage 1 tune from FSWerks on it, made power delivery much more linear instead of all up front and a lot more torque). Fast forward to now, I have a 2007 4Runner that's my daily driver, winter, dog, and hauling vehicle and a 2021 Mustang Mach 1 Handling Package for my fun car. I'm thinking about a Fiesta or Focus ST as a 3rd car mainly as a daily driver so I'm not using the 4Runner as much (pretty awful MPG and it's big and heavy) as well as a fun joy ride vehicle to take out with the dogs, and a fun car to drive in the winter I don't care so much about (the Mach 1 doesn't see the winter roads). I know I really enjoyed the Focus ST, but I lot of people rave about the Fiesta ST. I don't really *need* the room since I have the 4Runner to haul when needed. Main concern is if the back seats would be too small for the dogs, but I think it'd probably be fine. Aside from that would mostly be concern over refinement, road noise, suspension bumpiness, how it handles freeways, etc. Most of the time it seems used, well spec'ed Fiesta and Focus STs in decent shape under 80k miles are pretty similar in price. If the Fiesta ST were much cheaper, it'd make it more appealing, but in my searching it's usually not.

For what it's worth, I can't even remember how many dozen people in all of the st/rs groups have talked about how they got rid of their Focus ST or their Focus RS and went back to a Fiesta ST because it's so much more fun to drive. They're all good cars, but man it's hard to beat that tiny, light, tail happy Fiesta

love both cars, I live in Arizona and it's mostly straight roads unless I go up into the mountains. what would be the best pick for me? also I've heard FoST can have ringland failure similar to Subarus, this does concern me a bit. Keep up the good work, I'd probably look into getting a new mic for voiceovers post filming and maybe learn editing techniques in Adobe products to help with the promotion, video quality and look of the channel. keep it up!

Fiesta for more fun, l have one running stage 2 collins performance, running at 238 bhp, the cpe engine mount and mountune springs i put on make this car a lot better for fast cornering.

I always viewed the fiesta st as fords civic si a cheap fun car. Definitely not fast but definitely fun. The Focus ST on the other hand is a different kind of beast. Catback, intercooler and a tune and I’m already keeping up with cars worth 20-30k more than my car AND beating 5.0s stop light to stop light

yo what road is this? thanks!

Prices on fiestas are getting high enough that I'm thinking the creature comforts and practicality are pushing me to the focus, considering they're basically the same price

If you want the FiST for the handling then just get the base fiesta and throw some ST struts all around lol.

Fiesta st is way more fun for an everyday driver. I traded in for a RS and wish I still had fist most of the time.

Good vid! Invest in a better mic, blue yeti or snowball are great!

Fiesta all day.

does anyone know which is more expensive to run /insure? also, does the fiesta feel safe cruising arund 80mph on the highwway? or would the focus make you feel more confident cruising.

Wheres the drag race?

how does it drive in the snow? i live in Michigan lol.

Put OZ Ultraleggeras on it and everything feels better. They are 6 pounds lighter than stock wheels.

I’m so jealous of the American prices

Hey I just wanted to say you had a very informantive video and THANK YOU for not spamming us with the "like, subscribe, bell" bs. I'm so over that and make an effort to thumbs down and diss on every video that does that. Imo it's very counterproductive to say that shiz. Thanks again and keep it up

Focus ST looks better but the fiesta ST is too fun for there to be a comparison.

I had a fiesta st and loved it. I am in the process of trying to decide if I'm going to get another fiesta st (maybe even the newer 3 cylinder one) or the focus st. I need some advice from anyone willing to offer... I think we all know the fiesta st is a superior handling car. What I'm trying to learn is, from factory, which is better at what it does, which is better all around (performance and daily driving... that new 3 cylinder seems prime with that very good regular driving mpg), which is better with small mods (ie an access port tuner), which fiesta st is better (the 4 cylinder or the 3) and lastly, is there a better alternative to these mentioned Ford vehicles (GTI, BRZ, WRX etc) for the price point either new or old? Thanks in advance for anyone who helps!

You get the FiST, then mod it to 250 hp like the FoST.

2022 pricing : $20k for 2016 with 50k miles lol. Bought one anyway. Twice as fun as my WRXs

Where can I find the roof rack on the fiesta?

I bought a 2017 fiesta st last year. Best car ever. Love it!!!

I live in the city what car you think is better ? Love the video

are all american fiesta st 5 door and come without recaros?

I probably have one of the higher mileage Fists on the road at 112k and that’s with a 93 octane Cobb stage 1 tune since 60k miles and I drive it pretty hard. No real issues and to this day, for the past five years I always enjoy getting in this car and driving it. Definitely plenty of smiles per gallon with this little hot hatch. I can vouch the car is reliable if you maintain it and it is just so fun to drive, feels much faster than it is and what else could you ask for?? You can’t push these modern muscle cars like the Demon and such but you can push this one all day and not worry as much about going to jail. To top is off it gets 34 mpg on the highway even with the stage one tune. The only other car I really want right now in my budget is the new 86 and I really do like the new Miatas as well, preferably hard top.

Focus is like 6 seconds to 60 so is the fiesta with the mountune, they are about as fast as each other

So weird watching these vids in 2020 when a beat up used FoST costs $20k

Did this guy just say $15,000 for a car with less than 10k Wtf.

i fucking wish they were uner 15k with 20k miles holy fuck more like 17k with 110k miles

Cringing when you say Fiesta under 10k miles for $15k... I'm in the market now and at that price point I'm looking at 60-80k miles :/ Seems like Focus and Fiesta ST prices are pretty comparable now

Cheap shocks are the reason for the ride quality complaints

I went with the Focus ST after seeing them both at the dealership. Litterally as soon as I pulled up and saw them both, I knew the Fiesta was out of consideration just based on how much gayer it looked🤣😂

“Used fiesta st with 10k miles is around 15k$... meanwhile in 2021: 10k miles base fiesta st going for 23k. Let’s go Brandon

"Nothing Major" I wish I could call a couple k worth of upgrades on a 15k car nothing major.

The focus st interior seats are not comfortable, tf

Both these cars ass tbh

Dude, you have a "performance" car there and you put Firestone tires on it???? The tires are where "the rubber meets the road"...why such a casual attitude about something so critical...wtf??

try not to use filler words because it is very distracting hearing UM and UH every 2 seconds.