Carsales (Australia) Car of the Year 2015

[KiwiJoe]

http://www.carsales.com.au/car-of-the-year.

Best performance car under $100k.

The Ford Fiesta ST is the winner of the 2015 carsales Car of the Year Performance Car Under $100K category.

The title gives most of the game away. In addition to the price ceiling, eligibility requires a power to weight ratio in excess of 120kW/tonne for hatches and the like, while roadsters get away with a little less mumbo.

But the key focus here is dynamic ability and pure driver enjoyment. A five-star ANCAP isn't mandatory but a thoroughly polished chassis is. Ford's Fiesta ST delivers in each category… consummately.

A giant-killer at motoring.com.au's Australia's Best Driver's Car awards, the rabid three-door is adjustable and engaging in corners, and its light weight and turbo torque sees it far from embarrassed in a straight line.

Best of all is the Fiesta ST's price point. At well under $30,000, it's the best value performance buy on the market.

 

[Vince62]

And why not it's been the funnest car I have ever driven.