The Pros & Cons of Daily Driving a Ford Fiesta ST 

Nice one. I've got same in Performance Blue in Aus (with the ST gear knob too). Stick a Milltek exhaust on it and you'll not only fill out that rear section with fatter and more agressive looking tips, but you'll get that deeper sound full time. Then add stage one tune (Mountune in my case), and the exhaust gets even better. Pops and bangs from around 1000 rpm lower than in standard form. Really happy with how these 2 mods have worked out.

I'm thinking of getting one. I like the new styling, but it needs a big rear wing.

This car is perfectly detailed. Very clean and polished. I got mine in silver and I love it! As for directly to start in Sport mode. Start the engine and double tap the mode button to set it in Sport and then only click away the messages and you can drive. Or if you want to start at Race mode, press 3 times the mode button after starting your engine.

Driving kid to school daily with it - great for school parking thanks to it's size

I think the new Ford performance seats looks better on the updated model. The Fist is a great car not matter what model you get

Really interesting video, I have a 2014 Fiesta ST and was going to trade it in for this model, but Ford pulled the plug on all car sales with the exception of the Mustang, I still have my Fiesta, my mods make it awesome, Cobb stage two Tune, 3" MBPR exhaust, Cobb rear motor mount, short shift kit, sticky Michelin Pilot Sport tires, and many visual effects, it has 106,000 miles on it, I'm getting ready for my 7th set of tires, at 75 years young I love driving on three wheels, it's basically a street legal Go-Kart. The Fiesta Flash.

I had the same options about the new shape but having sat in and seen mine I’ve changed my opinion, the new shape is a lot better for me and the new seats are crazy comfortable and the styling is a lot nice too. Also the new one has 30lbs more torque

I have a 2019 ford Fiesta they are a bad ass car they can handle corners really good

I’ve got the same red 5 door from 2018 but with LED headlights and love it, tons of fun everyday and reasonable practicality. The only downside are the seats which become a torture after 2-3 hours of driving.

This guy is bare salty that he couldn’t afford the 8.5. Instead he gets a high mileage preface lift. With a prehistoric analog dash. No way is the Mk 8 a better looking or better equipped ST3 than the Mk 8.5 😂😂😂

Nice all round review. I too have a 2020 ST and agree totally with your comments. The big plus you forgot to mention is these cars are insanely good on twisty roads thanks partly to the LSD but also the excellent chassis and suspension set up.

Puma St Line are made in Romania and NOT Germany.

Go with the Montune right engine mount; it makes all the difference in smooth shifting for 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears. Installing correctly does not increase vibration. I've had it on my 2016 ST (purchased new 2017) for 4 years

The ST actually came out in the UK in 2018, that's what year mine is.

fiesta st always is manual

Good review. Both the short shifter and roll resistor (RMM) from Mountune work great. You do get a bit more vibration through the steering wheel after fitting the RR but it's not too bad (worse than my MK7.5) but the engine momentum from the stock rubber bushing was alot worse. It's a trade off at the end of the day. The short shifter vastly improves the gear change accuracy. I don't notice the 25% less throw so much. Interestingly I get a small amount of rev hang from my MK8 too. None at all on my MK7.5.

I’ve just changed from a Focus RS to this. It brings a smile to my face every time! The RS was too expensive and actually a tad tame, as it’s so perfectly balanced. This thing is an aggressive little upstart 😂 I do agree, those warning messages are a pain

ASR module if you want open valves permanently mate ;)

Nice looking little car

I put a deposit down on the 'new' Fiesta ST Mk 8.5 back in April '22 with Ford NZ, indent only as you're no doubt aware. Timeframe might be 6 months or so they said as the car is ordered and then Ford build it over there in Cologne . Been a few delays but I was informed a few weeks ago that the car has been built ( Hurrah! ) and awaiting shipment. Unfortunately of course, it's the wrong time of the year but I should see it in the first quarter. No worries. My guy at Ford also asked if I was aware that they've ceased production of them now. I had heard the rumours but obviously the model no longer features on the official Ford NZ website so, that's it, all over. I wonder how many other new Mk8.5's are coming into this country ? He went on to say that recently he's had quite a few enquiries from people trying to put a deposit down on a new ST, outgoing, and , unfortunately he's had to give them the bad news. One guy evidently is off to the UK soon and is going to try and grab one over there and ship it back. Evidently they're not heading south over there, price wise so, good luck to him. Interesting.Hopefully I may not have too many concerns about value retention ! It seemed and still seems to me to be a lot of car for the money. Especially looking at the price of the new 120N which is about 20% more out of the showroom. Looking forward to my 'Mean Green' ST arriving and thanks for the video. Just subscribed.

I love my 2017

You hardly see these cars on the road in NZ, they're such a rare car. As far as I'm aware, we don't have a facelifted car in the country yet. Holding out to see one!

I can enable Sport mode immediately, and the seatbelt notifications go out after a minute or so, but mine is a 2023 model

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Must cost a lot to run.....can't afford socks....😁

Wish they had this in the USA still

My 2021 fiesta ST un modified is misfiring badly, boost issues going in for warranty work. Good fun car but not without cremlins.

At least you guys in Aus and Nz get the car, here in South Africa we aren't getting the Fiesta mk8 ST not even the ST line. We aren't even getting the Focus mk4. In fact we aren't getting any facelifted versions of these either. Very very sad

Another thing I forgot to mention is how rare the Fiesta ST here in California, they sold mostly Focus ST's than Fiestas. More Focus owners sold there cars for a Fiesta after driving one.

The red dosn't look that bad.. I have always said Nahh cos it's the free paint options in the UK..

What are you talking about? it looks awesome, better than that KIA. Jezuz

nice video and love then Red !! i have a 2020 ST in black but have Revo stage 2 + miltek ... sounds incredible now with the turbo whoooosh and pops n bangs. if you guys ever in Auckland feel free to say hello :)

Mountune is very likely Ford-approved, warranty intact

Are you supposed to throttle through wheel hop?

Are you sure that's an ST3? I thought ST3s had full led lights as standard..

Those wheels are ghastly

I like my 2022 facelift look much better, glad I waited for the newer look.

The problem with this car is that Ford gave it to a battery of motoring journalists and sent them off around a track. It's a fantastic track car, but it's not so good as a daily driver, despite what Chris Harris said in a Top Gear review! If you drive it in normal, throttle response is non-existant. Switch to sport or track and it doesn't shut down one cylinder. You can either have economy or throttle response but not both at the same time. Also in the cut and thrust of driving you have to reach down and press mode twice and by then the moment has passed. I'm trying to give potential future drivers/owners a realistic view of what driving/owning the Fiesta ST will entail. The new version has the sport button on the steering wheel, where it should always have been. The ride is brittle on potholed scarred urban streets. Tyres gripped like a limpet, except in winter (summer tyres) but the edges were worn away by 10,000 miles. Seats too small. Only comes alive on a track in the hands of an experienced driver, in my humble opinion.

ford broken everytime

Ford trying to make it look like an aston martin. Stupid tv screen that dont move or fold away, rubbish buy a mk 6 st

I ran one of these from 2019 - 2022. Driven in Edinburgh, Scotland. Couldn't wait to get rid of it! You'll get nowhere near 6.5 secs 0-60mph unless you are a racing driver. Seats are dreadful. Result in backache and pinched hips. Acceleration in 'normal' is non existent. Suspension is rubbish unless you are on a racetrack. It skips and bounces along normal roads and you don't feel connected to the tarmac. I could go on and on. Replaced it with an Up GTi which is better 90% of the time. 10% is when you are on a track. I previously ran a Focus ST 2015 - 2019. Night and day. That was a fantastic car. Be very wary of the Fiesta ST. It is not a daily driver. It is a track car.