Are we getting the Ford Focus ST and EcoSport?

By Patrick Everett Tadeo

TopGear.com.ph Philippine Car News - Are we getting the Ford Focus ST and the EcoSport?

As motoring journalists, our job requires us to periodically browse through the media sites of car manufacturers. It was during one such time while browsing through Ford's media site that we wondered if Ford Group Philippines could actually bring in the Focus ST hatchback and the EcoSport crossover soon.

What prompted us to ponder the possibility was that, while browsing through the photo library's Philippine-market section, images of the Focus ST and the EcoSport were on display on the front page of a 27-page album.

Just to be sure, we checked if the album was the default setting for the Asia Pacific and Africa regions, and browsed through the Indian and Taiwan market albums. What we discovered was that while the EcoSport will be sold in both the Indian and Taiwan markets, the Focus ST won't. As a matter of fact, browsing through the albums of the countries that fall under Ford's Asia Pacific and Africa markets, the only country other than India and Taiwan that won't get the Focus ST is Japan.

We would've asked Ford Group Philippines' public relations officers, but they're currently airborne on their way back from Thailand. So now we're left to thinking: Could they really bring in the Focus ST and the EcoSport?

Since the American carmaker sent Top Gear Phillipines' managing editor Stephanie Asi to the New Delhi Auto Expo to attend the unveiling of the  EcoSport concept last January, we're assuming this is a given already. But how about the Focus ST? Could Ford Group Philippines actually bring in a performance car that doesn't bear the Mustang nameplate? We certainly hope so. After all, no less than Ford's then-Global Performance Vehicles' director Jost Capito revealed in May 2011 that the Focus ST is indeed headed for Asia.

What do you think, guys?

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  • maranello_5775 10 months ago
    Probably they will bring in the focus st to battle with the likes of impreza wrx and lancer ex ralliart
    • Feeter Silverster 10 months ago
      Then they'll be looking ahead for a poorer sales figures. Ford pls just bring us a car to trump Vios and available for taxi fleets.
      • Tandang Sora 10 months ago
        So you're just some ordinary guy looking after SALES figure. Let me remind you that THIS IS A PERFORMANCE car. And look at you. Napaka Pathetic mong Hyundai Fanatic. YOU ARE NO BETTER than HYUNDAIBest. Lahat ng Pwedeng ipuri sa Hyundai, isisingit. Then lahat ng feeling mo threat eh i-babash. So childish. Let's all be happy na some car companies still consiider PH as a superb market so sell their produtcs. ZZZ I rest my argument.
        • Kyoichi Sudo 10 months ago
          Dude ang OA ng reply mo! XD
        • Feeter Silverster 10 months ago
          Look who's being childish here, just a simple reality check matandang nakaka-sora, the traffic here is getting worse that's why we cannot longer enjoy high HP and faster cars, and the Ford getting importation problems these days, so in able to bring Fords sales up, cars for the masses is the way. Tsaka wala naman akong problema sayo kasi walang katotohanan mga sinabi mo, As warak and Kyoichi sudo said, OA ka lang.
        • jayzeter19 10 months ago
          I don't see Fetter Praising Hyundai... Syempre i-babash talaga.. lalo na kung tulad mo Tanda :)
      • warak1422 10 months ago
        haha nasabon rin,,,hehe...ok nmn ang Hyundai at lalo na ang tested na Vios pru wag mo ikukumpara ang Vios sa Focus ST Sir,,,hehe
    • Tandang Sora 10 months ago
      TO: Feeter Sylvester. So you're just some ordinary guy looking after SALES figure. Let me remind you that THIS IS A PERFORMANCE car. And look at you. Napaka Pathetic mong Hyundai Fanatic. YOU ARE NO BETTER than HYUNDAIBest. Lahat ng Pwedeng ipuri sa Hyundai, isisingit. Then lahat ng feeling mo threat eh i-babash. So childish. Let's all be happy na some car companies still consiider PH as a superb market so sell their produtcs. ZZZ I rest my argument.
      • Kyoichi Sudo 10 months ago
        Gotta tell this to you, DON'T ACT LIKE A TROLL!!! Dude, your reply is very pathetic. Easy! Chillax! Hindi HyundaiFanatic c Sir Feeter ok? And please, don't act like an Id**t, Please?!
    • mindkinetic 10 months ago
      agree
  • hajabah 10 months ago
    I read the review of Top Gear UK on the ST... they're all praises for it. I, for one, hope they do bring it in. :)
  • carwiki 10 months ago
    IMO, kung nandito na yung EcoSport probably magkalaban sila ni Jimny. Correct me if I'm wrong.
    • AM3 10 months ago
      I think the closest competitor of the Fiesta-based EcoSport here would be the Kia Soul, of course the higher-riding EcoSport is a bit more SUV-like than the Soul, they are roughly the same size.
  • Kyoichi Sudo 10 months ago
    There's really a possibility and I believe in it. If FGP really brings in the ST, it will challenge the Lancer EX Ralliart.
  • HD 10 months ago
    I sure hope to see the ST here, and the 1.0 Ecoboost Focus.
  • carwiki 10 months ago
    I my opinion again, the EcoSport will be priced competitively.
  • barry 10 months ago
    bakit hindi. pero ang ecosport crossover, yun lang ang di ako sure...
  • JoHunter 10 months ago
    LIKE!
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