第四代福特福克斯本月初发布，而性能更强劲的ST版本将于明年一季度发布。新车将搭载更大排量引擎，很可能是一台2.0升，甚至2.3升引擎。由于福克斯RS的RedEdition功率达到370马力，因此ST版本功率将进一步调低至250马力，与上代车型相同。有报道称，福特计划为新车只搭配手动变速箱而非自动变速箱。目前还不清楚欧版柴油车细节，但如果该车搭载的TDCi引擎功率提升50%也丝毫不奇怪。虽然新车功率相对与上代车并未提升，但由于车重降低88公斤，因此性能更优异。预计新车将在明年2月开幕的日内瓦车展首次亮相。
New Ford Focus ST Reportedly Coming In 2019 With Bigger Engine
The fourth-generation Ford Focus was revealed earlier this month with sharper looks, an all-new platform, and more tech than ever before. Enthusiasts are now patiently waiting for the hotter ST to come out and latest intel suggests the hot hatch’s launch has been pushed back from late 2018 to the first quarter of 2019.
When it will eventually arrive, the next iteration of the Focus ST will in fact get a bigger engine if we were to rely on a new report coming from Autocar. It’s the exact opposite of what the publication wrote about a year ago when it said the next-gen model would downsize to a 1.5-liter gasoline engine. While that three-cylinder mill will power the lesser Focus versions, the performance-oriented ST will upsize from the outgoing model’s 2.0-liter unit to a 2.3-liter engine adapted from the mighty RS.
While the aforementioned Focus RS packs as much as 370 hp in the Red Edition, for the new ST the engine will be de-tuned to somewhere in the region of 250 hp, which would be in the same ballpark as its predecessor.
The report goes on to specify the Blue Oval has plans to ditch the automatic transmission in order to offer the Focus ST exclusively with a manual gearbox. Details about a diesel engine for the European market have not been disclosed, but we won’t be too surprised if there’s going to be another one considering roughly 50 percent of the previous-gen cars sold had a TDCi under the hood.
Despite not gaining more power compared to the old one, the new Ford Focus ST should prove to be more nimble and agile considering the regular fourth-gen car has lost up to 88 kilograms (194 pounds), so a significant diet should also be in tow for the new ST.
The wraps will come off most likely in February 2019, prior to a public unveiling at the Geneva Motor Show a month later.