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The Fiesta ST’s numbers add up to maximum hoots

Three cylinders, one turbocharger… less than £20k

Fraser Macdonald

There’s a sort of rule that engines with an uneven number of cylinders sound ace. Just in case this turns out to be the exception, Ford has given the new turbocharged three-cylinder ST the Mustang’s active exhaust valve kit, which can add or subtract rorty sound effects depending on your mood. And then, just for larks, it’s wired up the EcoBoost ST with Sport and Track modes that tweak the traction, stability and torque-vectoring widgetry. Of all the cars that launched at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, this is probably the most attainable – it’ll be here this year, for under £20k.

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Fraser used to wear a Psion Series 3 palmtop in a shoulder holster. Perhaps he still does.Either way, his lifelong mission - including fourteen years for Stuff - has been to see whether the consumer electronics industry can ever replicate that kind of cyborgian joy.So far: nope. Despite a plan to combine a action camera and Olympus Eye-Trek goggles to become Man Who Sees The Vision Of A Man Three Inches Taller Than Himself.He also likes mountain bikes, motorbikes, cars, helicopters. Still thinks virtual surround is witchcraft. Dislikes jetskis, despite never having been on one.