Ford Focus ST terminated

Exactly, and the politicians all get a pat on the back and a large paycheck from the special interest groups that are in control of all this. You can see it on the TV, all the believers stand behind them and smile. One should never mix money and politics with science, you can never get true facts that way.

Boring cars? whatever happened to evolution.. People like you will never evolve.

@gearhead: it has nothing to do with the environment and all to do with conspiracy: you are both paranoid and uneducated (or misinformed)

Don't worry a new more powerful EcoBoost Mk3 Focus ST will be launched.

Precisely.

it's about lowering emission standards, has nothing to do with scapegoats. Don't see what your problem is - getting cleaner, more efficient cars to market should be commended. You obviously don't mind the greater particulate soup in your area of the world, I don't want it in mine. ST is a great car, looking forward to further optimisation.

Almost all environmentalists love to point out that the trend for global warming coincides with the beginning of the industrial revolution. This revolution began in the late 1700's, and came full force with coal fired trains, and manufacturing facilities in the 1800's. How many cars do you think were on the road in the 1800's? To this day large scale manufacturing, housing developement, agriculture, and electricity production produce exponentially more pollution than the general public produces driving automobiles. While yes making more efficient auto's is a great thing, and I do commend them, do I think driving around with a check engine light on in my dash is going to kill the planet?.... Absolutely Not!

in some cities/parts of the worlds cars do contribute more than any of those areas of concern you've mentioned B_M_Gearhead, and everyone wants to get a car...so you end up seeing a whole lot more cars with one passenger in transit than we used to before...

"Sacrifice on our part (of a truly epic vehicle, don't get me wrong) comes with a lesson to Ford, MAKE A MORE EFFICIENT ENGINE. I mean c'mon, 5-cyl? What is this... Sweden?" @bboothy, and thats exactly what they're doing. The upcoming Mk3 Focus ST will have a smaller 2.0 EcoBoost engine.