Fashionably LATE
WHEN YOU’E RUNNING late to the party, you’d best make a good entrance. The Ford Fiesta ST is very, very late. It launched in Europe almost two years ago and was available in right-hand drive shortly after, but specification quibbles (Ford Australia wanted active safety kit that’s optional on overseas examples to be standard) meant a Q1 2019 launch became a Q4 2019 launch, which in turn became a Q1 2020 launch. Just.
The upside of Ford Australia’s obstinacy is one loaded hot hatch. In Europe, Fiesta STs are available in ST-1, ST-2 or ST-3 guise, with an optional Performance Pack on top of that, but Aussie cars get the lot – it’s like a Bunnings snag with onion, mustard and sauce. As such,
