Vs Car & Driver: Fiat 500 Abarth vs Ford Fiesta ST vs Mini Cooper S
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Zafiro
Supreme Roadmaster
Good to see US also appreciate this little car.
"Judged by speed, dynamics, and practicality, the Fiesta ST is the clear winner here. Unlike the 500 Abarth and the Cooper S, the Fiesta behaves and moves like a far more expensive sports sedan. It’s a car that’s been utterly transformed to our taste. Waitress, another Hatch-chile cheeseburger, please"
"What gives the ST the win is near-dynamic perfection that is so much more than just class-leading braking and skidpad numbers. The firm steering serves up road texture, loads up perfectly under cornering, and will place the car within millimeters of where you want to be. The front tires dig into a corner with eagerness, but without the dartiness of a Focus ST. Depending on how you transfer the wheel loading or apply power, the Fiesta will lose grip by understeering. Or sliding all four tires. Or it will even swing its hindquarters wide if provoked. In other words, exactly how a car should behave. There are no false moves, just a gradual report of the developing-grip situation coming through the steering and optional Recaro seats."
"Judged by speed, dynamics, and practicality, the Fiesta ST is the clear winner here. Unlike the 500 Abarth and the Cooper S, the Fiesta behaves and moves like a far more expensive sports sedan. It’s a car that’s been utterly transformed to our taste. Waitress, another Hatch-chile cheeseburger, please"
"What gives the ST the win is near-dynamic perfection that is so much more than just class-leading braking and skidpad numbers. The firm steering serves up road texture, loads up perfectly under cornering, and will place the car within millimeters of where you want to be. The front tires dig into a corner with eagerness, but without the dartiness of a Focus ST. Depending on how you transfer the wheel loading or apply power, the Fiesta will lose grip by understeering. Or sliding all four tires. Or it will even swing its hindquarters wide if provoked. In other words, exactly how a car should behave. There are no false moves, just a gradual report of the developing-grip situation coming through the steering and optional Recaro seats."
RS2000 4X4
Precision Pilot
Hahahaha another win for the ST as expected!!! 
Do you have the skipad numbers also?
Do you have the skipad numbers also?
Zafiro
Supreme Roadmaster
Hahahaha another win for the ST as expected!!!
Do you have the skipad numbers also?
0,87 g for ST
