Ok peeps, as per the title, do you think the ST feels like it has 150bhp? I guess this is something only owners can comment on, and potentially a spoiler for those that are waiting, but having done a few miles now I don't know if the ST feels as quick as it should be. I appreciate that its not a 400bhp Aston Martin or whatever, but 150bhp in a small hatch should equate to decent performance, right?

The only reason I've brought it up is that whilst you can undoubtedly get one over on numerous other cars, I find that I'm also getting done by some really mundane stuff too. Take this morning for instance, I'm joining the motorway to go to work and there's about a 500 yard dual carriageway slip road. Its normally a good opportunity to despatch all the idiots who think its safe to join a motorway at 40mph and get up to 70-odd. I've got an X3 in front of me, no badges on the back to give away what its packing, but its an X3 for Christ's sake, a Chelsea tractor and a poor man's one at that. I put my foot flat down expecting him to move over to the slow lane but he puts his foot down as well and I can't get past. He doesn't necessarily edge ahead, but I back off at 80mph with egg on my face. What the hell is that all about? I'd surely expect to be able to bomb past cars like this...