Iam hoping someone can advise me,i test drove a fiesta st2 yesterday in dealers,i really like it and want to buy it but on the test drive it did seem extremely slow in acelerating,i could not feel a turbo as such and was expecting a real put you in your seat acceleration, it is a 2013 model with 29 thousand miles on clock and appears to be in really good condition, am i expecting go much as it really felt sluggish ?

I have only driven one on a short test drive so not too familiar, but would expect there to be a good shove from low down. They are torque limited in first and second gear as standard but I wouldn't expect it to feel slow, what are you used to driving?

The other thing is if you weren't giving it a lot of throttle due to being on a test drive then the turbo wouldn't really be producing boost. I wasn't too impressed on the test drive either tbh and stuck with my mk6 ST, but the mk7 is a much quicker car from what I gather.

Our other car is kuga titanium x sport 180bhp

So i was thinking the same power in st but much lighter would be much faster

Maybe iam not reving high enough with being used to diesels

I just bought an ST-2 and got into it straight from my mk6 with 160bhp. The mk7 is much quicker than the mk6 but I would agree that there's a bit of a wait for the turbo from low down the rev range. That should be fixed with a remap though. Once she's up above 2500rpm she flies!

Mk8 is much quicker than Mk7

Surprising, but something about 500cc being optimal pot size. I'm not sure about a 3cyl though!

I have since bought this st2 and had it 4 days now and i take back my comment about being slow,i now know alot of the power comes high up in the rev range,and its a bit bumpy but eveytime i drive it i come out of it with a big smile ,its just fun ,i plan to get it mapped soon and getsome wind deflectors and mudflaps and leave it like that

Sounds like a good plan mate I don't personally own the st 2 but the st150 but if you get it tuned I'd get an induction kit give the car a nice roar but not loud and I your face and give that little bit better throttle response and plausibly more hp from tuning

I've only just got to this thread but you've answered it already.

The Mk7's need a little bit of a kick in the head to get going. You'd find if you added the Mountune 215 kit on, it really free's it up and makes it pretty quick