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Written by Stephen Dobie
We"ve only just met the new Ford Fiesta, and now there"s a motorsport version.The work of M-Sport, the Ford Fiesta WRC fully takes advantage of world rallying"s wilder new regulations. In short, it looks ballistic.Given how quickly the WRC Fiesta has appeared after the road car, it"s clear that M-Sport got its hands on the all-new hatchback nice and early. And this new car has been designed completely from scratch, sharing very little with the outgoing Fiesta WRC.Most obvious is its outrageous new body kit, with all oncoming air set to be beat into submission by the combination of splitters, dive planes and that ginormous rear spoiler. The diffuser, meanwhile, looks like it could plough a field.Power? There is plenty, with a 1.6-litre petrol turbo carrying Ford"s Ecoboost tag for maximum win on Sunday, sell on Monday" potential pumps out 380bhp, while M-Sport assures us "the sound has to be heard to be believed". It will be loud, then. Monstrously so.
Date written: 13 Dec 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6111
We"ve only just met the new Ford Fiesta, and now there"s a motorsport version.The work of M-Sport, the Ford Fiesta WRC fully takes advantage of world rallying"s wilder new regulations. In short, it looks ballistic.Given how quickly the WRC Fiesta has appeared after the road car, it"s clear that M-Sport got its hands on the all-new hatchback nice and early. And this new car has been designed completely from scratch, sharing very little with the outgoing Fiesta WRC.Most obvious is its outrageous new body kit, with all oncoming air set to be beat into submission by the combination of splitters, dive planes and that ginormous rear spoiler. The diffuser, meanwhile, looks like it could plough a field.Power? There is plenty, with a 1.6-litre petrol turbo carrying Ford"s Ecoboost tag for maximum win on Sunday, sell on Monday" potential pumps out 380bhp, while M-Sport assures us "the sound has to be heard to be believed". It will be loud, then. Monstrously so.
Date written: 13 Dec 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6111
