2023 MK4.5 Facelift Ford Focus ST Track Pack Review

I share a full in depth review and first drive of the new 2023 MK4.5 Facelift Ford Focus ST Track Pack
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[@aronb3102]

Great review as always Sam! Was a pleasure to pop down 😁

[@SamAustin]

Thank you Aron! I really appreciate you sharing the car with me also. It was a great half a day and I really enjoyed the meet up. Many happy miles ahead for sure with your track pack focus ST 👍

[@keirand4532]

Found out about this on Saturday, ordered one Sunday, picking it up tomorrow l. Can't wait. Great Vid! Only one I've seen talk about 4.5 track pack. Thanks for sharing! On the tyres I saw a video from Ford engineering explaining they were made only for the track pack.

[@SamAustin]

Many congrats on your track pack order and its a great car for sure! 🎉 Glad my videos have helped out 🙂

[@Volvochris87]

Had been waiting for this :) Have a grey Focus ST with Trackpack since 4 weeks and exited for the opinion of somebody who has the last RS

[@SamAustin]

Many congrats on your track pack ST! How are you finding the car so far? 🙂

[@Volvochris87]

@@SamAustin Its an absolute Blast :D The Handling is on point, the brakes are great and the motor sounds great and pulls really well. Only downside is the price and its fuel consumption when daily driven in towns. But even with these two points i cannot think of a better daily driver with a bit of weekend trackday warrior :D in June, July and September the Focus will see some Tourist drives (on Nordschleife) and some Trackdays

[@SamAustin]

That is great to hear! I am sure it will be a blast on track also in the summer particularly as it was tested so much at the Nordschleife👍

[@stanners1966]

Picked mine up with the track pack a week ago, WOW !!

[@SamAustin]

Many congrats on your Focus ST track pack. A Car worth celebrating for sure 🎉

[@LCable94]

Great to see this. When you look at it this is a pretty expensive car, but it’s the most special looking sporty focus available. For me these should all be sub 40k but the car driven will then be costing a fortune in annual road tax. For me the best option is a sub 40k version as I can see these being rarer due to costs!

[@danielday1985]

Just what was required, I’ve ordered my fantastic red track pack blind, without even test driving a standard st 😂 Mines looking at being ready in the next 2 weeks by all accounts

[@SamAustin]

Many congrats on your order and you will love it! I imagine it will look great in fantastic red in combination with the gloss black parts the track pack offers 🎉

[@aronb3102]

You will definitely enjoy it m8

[@danielday1985]

@@aronb3102 this is what I’m hoping. Mountune 330 pack to start with then will see where the mod route goes

[@danielday1985]

@@SamAustin cheers mate, I’ve not seen a track pack in fantastic red yet. So I’m quite looking forward to it

[@xDayZFr3aXx]

Congrats to your Car. I ordered a Fantastic Red ST with TrackPack too. Good choice :D Got no test drive too haha , only with the prefacelift. How long was the delivery time for your ST ?

[@MyZippy13]

Picking my black 24 plate up next week

[@SamAustin]

Many congrats! 🎉

[@hellion1967]

Good review, just traded in my Puma St for one of these in Mean Green picking up end of the month.

[@SamAustin]

Thank you and many congrats on your incoming track pack focus ST! It really is a fantastic car 🎉

[@AverageJane222]

Awesome review, many thanks! Those upgraded Brembo brakes sound like the perfect platform for Revo or Mountune tuning! ❤

[@SamAustin]

Thank you for the positive feedback! Yes it can certainly handle the power with the extra bits you get from the track pack 👍

[@H8XME]

Track pack alloys and Brembos I feel would be better with the performance pack adaptive suspension! Also adding the track tips the asking price over £40,000 which makes the car over £600 a year to tax 😵‍💫

[@TheMaccas12]

Great review as always Sam, cheers.

[@SamAustin]

Thank you! 👍

[@Harry-mv3kb]

I am toying with the standard and going for the track pack 😊what would you suggest ?

[@SamAustin]

Track pack for me. I am set to try another track pack tomorrow all going well which I will share in my next video which would give me a better idea. It is a mountune M365 track pack MK4.5 Focus ST so as good as you can get really 🙂

[@Harry-mv3kb]

@@SamAustin Got the track pack👍stunning 😀

[@SamAustin]

🎉

[@SRILANKANnationalist]

Great Review Sam, is launch control available in the track pack?

[@SamAustin]

Thank you! Yes launch control is available. Having tried it on a non-track pack MK4.5 ST it does a great job 👍

[@SRILANKANnationalist]

@@SamAustin Thanks. Yep that looks incredibly fun.

[@spammycornes9694]

Looked at getting into one of these after my fiesta ST. Cars way too expensive for what it is. It’s entered into golf R or S3 money and it just doesn’t come anywhere close

[@thatfocusguy]

A Golf R or an S3 are both nearly £50k if you want a decent spec one

[@lloydgriffiths1847]

The Golf’s and S3’s are a different subgenre of car compared to this it seems; AWD, DSG, VAG group. So whilst still hot hatches, the buyers are likely not weighing a focus ST up against a VAG group hot hatch. The main manual non VAG group hatches competing with the focus ST are the i30n and Civic Type R. And whilst it leans much more towards the civic type R in terms of price, it’s different enough where it’s a valid alternative, instead of just being “the cheaper option”. So although expensive, it seems to hold its own in the market.

[@xrockinronniex9004]

Is it better than the rs though is what I want to know or is it a close 2nd

[@SamAustin]

I would say I found it better than the RS. More modern and very focused. A really great fast Ford 👍

[@andrewwest5344]

Could have at least cleaned it first, looks awful

[@SamAustin]

Blame me for that as the owner wanted to find somewhere to wash it as the car got quite dirty on the journey to me. Car looked amazing in stealth black clean or dirty to me. This one I reviewed is cleaner: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJLMkGaefK-tq9E

[@jamesoneill5810]

Track pack lol. Why ? no good on a car used as a daily driver given how expensive this Focus ST3 with this track pack is today l don't see Ford selling many

[@danielday1985]

Not an ST3 for starters, and the people that actually want it will spec it. I can appreciate the value in the pack, hence why I ordered it

[@thatfocusguy]

I’ve just ordered a Track Pack to replace my standard one

[@jamesoneill5810]

@danielday1985 You've got more money than sense mate,in my opinion all today's Ford's and especially performance models are junk inside at their price point unfortunately the Mrs has a Fiesta 8-5 ST3 atm and its worst car to adorn our driveway fortunately for her it's on a short term lease

[@jason-si4mq]

You have no idea lol

[@SamAustin]

Lol

[@tadhgoshaughnessy6612]

How the f can u really test a car with the owner sitting beside u 😅😅😅