I wanted a golf r soo freaking bad. but then when it came down to not being able to turn off the traction control. that was a deal breaker for me. I almost bought a 2013 rising blue 4 door golf r. but for 30 k and I cant turn of esc. F THAT

the focus is a bad ass car as well. The only thing I am not a big fan of is the interior. little too much space shipy feeling. But that is just my opinion. Over all the st is a great bang for the buck!

 

Riceburner, I blame all the hate coming from it being a Ford lol

 

I guess my biggest problem with this is that I don't see it as an "upgrade" to the Cobalt. At best, like others have said it's lateral. To all saying, just put a bigger turbo on it and it will be fast, most buying a new car are not looking to void their warranty right away, I know I wouldn't. I will say that the features in the Focus are pretty cool with the touchscreen and all that jazz, but if you look at the Cruze and other cars in that class you are getting touchscreen. As of right now you don't hear and squeeks and creeks because it's a brand new car. I know my Cobalt didn't, and really doesn't now. IMO its still an econobox with a bring price tag.

 

it is expensive i will digress. 30k new around here.

i imagine

 

I've always ragged on the st's, still a nice car and all but if you wanted a upgrade in quality from a cobalt but still stay fwd I would have gone with a new ms3. 4dr, hatchback, very similar power etc

 

Take some interior pictures!

 

nice car OP

 

Cant believe no one has said this... More pics of girl

 

The photo is too blurry hard to tell could be his 13yr old daughter.

 

Some interior shots of of the heated leather recaros and my sync.





And one of the girl for the fellas who asked nicely. Not my daughter, I didnt have a baby when i was 10 lol. Thats my girlfriend.

 

nice purchase, your balt looked great but the ST is a nice move. I'm waiting for a good day to hit up the dealer to test drove one and a Fiesta ST.

 

******* Sexy, I would totally ride that any day, anytime, all night long !

 

love the seats!

so your 10 years older than your gf?

 

The dash does look kind of space shippy but the seats look awesome. Heated seats are so nice to have in winter time. Might be an option to pick up a used one in a few years, hopefully they depreciate like Cobalts lol.

Good looking girl also!

 

No im not 10 years older. Some guy said its my 13 year old daughter lol. Im 23 she is 22

 

it's a nice car can't deny that.. if i was to upgrade it'd have to be AWD or the soon to come Subaru BRZ STi they've been talking about.... that's only to replace the balt.. secondary would still be a big ol 6.0L GTO yum

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note booyahh

 

Gotta agree with this guy. Any car that is still fwd isn't an upgrade :P. Now all the cheap plastic that was in the interior is just on the engine

 

Thanks, I own Ford stock.

 

The car right!? Lolol

The interior is so damn nice. Ford def did good on that one

 

Try looking for 5 x 4.25", might have better luck

Nice choice though, just bought the wife a 13 SE hatch, Ruby Red with the sport package.
So easy to get stuff in and out compared to my Balt, rides better, handles decent enough, get better mileage than my 2.4, and the 6 speed auto (ok, automated manual) doesen't suck all the life out of it like an old school torque converter auto.

Too bad she can't drive stick, she might have the Balt now

 

congrats man! Looks good.

 

Nice ride. Not my preference, I drove one and just didn't like the feel of it. But it looks sharp, and good call getting the ST3 package, looks sharp.

 

I liked the way it drove and ford did a really good job on interior

 

I do love the seats. And interior is much better.

 

Not an upgrade, still FWD

This, almost $30K sticker for an econobox racer is overpriced IMO. If I was wanting a new sedan in that price range, I'd have just bought the Fusion instead or an Audi A3