Nice, good for mazda

 

I do!

Since my friend owns a 350Z and we constantly compare our cars.

 

I'm not real surprised. The Evo/Sti are oddballs when it comes to classifying them. They're beyond sports sedans. They're definately not family or full sized sedans. I highly doubt that anyone can stuff them in the muscle car category. That leaves the performance car category, and good luck knocking the new Vette out of that one in its debut year.

 

Some responses:

1. Not only three years in a row, but the only three years the car has been in existance. When was the last time that happened? Maybe the Miata?

2. I love that the Apple-like Mazda beat the big offerings from Dell/Honda (S2K) and HP/Nissan (350Z and G35).

3. This result makes passing G35s that much sweeter!

 

ford focus did it its first 4 years that it was out lol th eonly reason i know thi sis because i use to have a focus with 320whp on 18psi

 

How long did that engine last?

 

stock focus' are such a p.o.s.

 

Much torque steer with that?

Is it Focus's, Focus', or Foci?

 

It can't be Foci.
Foci is the nickname of soccer in Hungarian
(pronounced as "fotsy")

 

I don't care how you spell it; focus's, foucs', foci...it's still a P.O.S!!

 

I'd say that the US stock focus is a pos, but that Focus ST across the pond is kinda nice. I have seen some well set up ones here though.

 

the motor last as long as i hahd the car which was 25k there was no tq steer because i had a lsd put in the car ran 12.4 on 18in rims and i smoke vette at willow springs. good car no problems ever with it easy to make big power out of beause the motor really like fi do th e low compresion ony ony reason i got rid of ot because it was totaled by a drunk drver when it was parked infor of a friends house the driver just drove dowm the street and hit at 60 mph plus head on.

 

the focus st is the same thing has a focus svt with a dif bumper same motor sam car.

 

but ford might be bring over in late o6 the focus cosworth that is 300hp turbo awd that will be less then 3000 pounds for a price tag less then 30k

 

I was under the impression that the ST has/will have the 200hp I5 engine. No mention of the svt on ford's site as of yet, so I don't know what it'll get, but given past history it'll have the same engine as the regular Focus. The Volvo appearance of the ST is very nice though. They should bring it over as a C30 or S30.

 

the focus st has 170hp 2.0 ztec with vct

 

more like foetsee

 

^^OK, well, I'm not good at phonetic spelling (or whatever this is)

 

its all good!

 

2.5 Duratec ST 2522cc 5 cylinders in line; DOHC; 20 valves; alloy cylinder head; Variable Valve Timing (VVT); dual mass flywheel; turbo charged; electronic multipoint fuel injection
166 kW(225 PS) at 6000 rpm 320 Nm at 1600 rpm (very nice)


Source: Ford.co.uk

 

This thread has gone COMPLETELY off track...

I for one am STOKED to see us make the top 10 again! As soon as the issue comes out, I'm sending a copy to a friend of mine who has a G35.

 

oh **** my bad i thought u where talking about the focus st170

 

my 2 cents....ITS A FOCUS! The 8 has overall awesome performance and looks. Why do we waste time comparing and argueing over such a, as Jedi put it, P.O.S.

 

So what do you think people who drive Porsches say about the 8. The 8's a nice car for $20-30k, but it's still a pos to some people. In the end it's just a stinkin' car. The top of the line Euro Focus is just as nice as the 8, in almost every aspect, performance included.

 

dito