The Week in Cars #9 and also #10
The new Ford Fiesta ST is put to the test on Britain's B-roads and the A8-copycat Audi A6 cruises, via the inevitable Autobahn, onto the roads. I also managed to miss out on last week's TWiC. Sorry. Ford Fiesta ST As four-wheeled machines, Fiesta STs tend to prefer being on three (see cornering shot for evidence). This is one of the many reasons (as part of its infectious childishness) that petrolheads adore it, and also one of the many reasons that the new one has particularly huge shoes to fill. And, with only three cylinders and a more complicated (we like simple things) mode setup, it is looking like it has some rather small feet to fill said huge shoes. ST prefers three wheels, not four. I.C: Autocar So can you cock the rear wheel? Of course you can. It was actually on the agenda from the drawing board, because Ford knows its customer base extremely well. What about shifting without the clutch? Surprise surprise, that was also on the priority list, but sadly, it