Ford's Power button starts the engine rather than the ignition key, while the main dials are supplemented by three smaller dials on the dash top for oil pressure, oil temperature and turbo boost.

and quality of interior materials. The Ford Focus ST Mk2 launched in 2005, and it was a very effective tool in reframing people’s perceptions of hot Fords. In the old days, the XR range was the ...

The interior quality is good enough to rival ... to be a performance bargain for the keen driver. Read our full Mk2 Ford Focus buyer’s guide here… Launched in 1998, the Mk1 Focus was a ...

Few hatchbacks have made a bigger impact than the second Ford Focus RS did when it burst ... based on the 2.5-litre inline five from the Focus ST Mk2, but with bespoke pistons, conrods and camshafts.

perhaps the best known and most respected of which is ST-Focus.com in Crawley, run by Steve Bennett. Steve is a long-term Ford nut and he really rates the Mk2 STs for their strength and tunability.

A hot hatch with the visual clout of a Lamborghini: if the mk1 Focus RS had been fairly subtle by fast Ford standards, its successor, launched to a slack-jawed world in January 2009, was an all ...

The original Ford ... Focus is also plentiful, so it’s even more tempting as there are loads to go round – and buying one won’t break the bank. September 2004 saw the arrival of the Focus ...