The Fiesta ST has always been one of those cars that proves you don’t need huge numbers to have a genuinely great time.
The ST Edition takes that idea and turns the volume up just enough – more focused, more special, but still absolutely usable day-to-day.
Built in a run of 500 cars worldwide, with 300 allocated to the UK, production was cut short by COVID and the chip shortage – meaning just 282 UK cars were actually completed (with several now written off). All were finished exclusively in Azura Blue, making this a properly rare fast Ford in the old tradition: purposeful, collectible, and already quietly coveted among enthusiasts.
Visually, the Edition stands apart immediately. The Azura Blue paintwork sits somewhere between motorsport and artisan — bright in sunlight, deep and saturated in shade. Gloss black exterior elements (wing mirrors, roof, grille detailing) provide crisp contrast without pushing the car into the realm of the shouty or over-styled. Lightweight flow-formed 18-inch alloys complete the look, reducing unsprung weight and sharpening steering response in a way you genuinely feel on the road.
But the real story sits beneath the stance. The ST Edition features Ford Performance adjustable coil-over suspension, co-developed with KW, with fully adjustable height and damping and even recommended road/track settings straight from Ford. The result is a Fiesta that seems to read British B-roads like braille – composed over broken surfaces, taut when you ask it to be, and more communicative than almost anything sold today with a hatchback badge.
Its heart remains the same award-winning 1.5-litre three-cylinder EcoBoost, producing 200PS and that unmistakable off-beat growl, paired with a six-speed manual gearbox that feels engineered around the driver rather than imposed upon them. With its limited-slip diff, torque-vectoring and one of the most finely balanced chassis of the last decade, the Edition becomes that rare thing: a limited model that genuinely drives better, not just looks better.
Inside, it comes remarkably well equipped. This example features the Bang & Olufsen sound system, reversing camera, cruise control, heated seats, heated steering wheel and Apple CarPlay – making it a genuinely enjoyable place to spend time, with more refinement than its compact footprint would ever suggest.
This is a one-owner car, maintained exclusively by TrustFord Alperton from day one – exactly the sort of pedigree you hope for in a limited-run model. Its condition reflects that stewardship: crisp, clean and cared for, without any of the wear, neglect or “enthusiast marks” so many hot hatches collect early in life.
As modern performance cars grow heavier, more complex and increasingly automated, the Fiesta ST Edition stands as a reminder of why fast Fords became legends in the first place. Mechanical honesty. Real-world performance. Feedback you can actually feel. Character in abundance.
With the Fiesta now discontinued and the era of small, manual hot hatches all but over, the ST Edition already feels like one of those sweet-spot cars we’ll look back on with real affection. Azura Blue, one owner, properly specified and main-dealer maintained – exactly the sort of example to buy now, before everyone else realises quite what they are.
