Hot hatches used to be something only Europeans seemed to understand, but suddenly Ford decided enough was enough and brought not one but two rally sweet little gems to America. Of the two, the Fiesta ST is the slowest and the least powerful, but it's also captured a lot of people's attention by being a relative performance bargain.
The car that Ford fans didn't even know of a couple of years back even has a small cult following. And why wouldn't it, when you can save money by doing 35 mpg on the highway and then blow it on tires the next day.
How much tire can the Fiesta ST burn? All of it, as you can see from the video below, which shows a freshly chromed car doing its thing.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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