Interesting.

I guarantee that the ST will be absolutely miles ahead of the Corsa dynamically. I have driven a few Corsas and the handling is not very good at all compared to modern Fords. On the flip side, as you say, decent performance and I actually think they look quite tidy in hotted form.

I really can't wait to have a go in the ST to see how it compares. I'll be honest and say I don't like standard corsa's and especially the version before the facelift last november. Other corsas I've driven have been terrible, slow, crap brakes, crap steering the lot.

But the 04 model year SRi really is a great a car, massive amounts of front end grip and always puts a huge grin on my face. So if the fiesta is gonna be better, and by all accounts it will be, than it is gonna be an absolutely fantastic car