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Rally FiST-Mostly Stock-Fun Video

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From Automobile Magazine-
"Senior editor Chris Nelson takes our Four Seasons 2014 Ford Fiesta ST to 100-Acre Wood Rally just outside of Salem, Missouri, to throw it down a gauntlet of rutted, snow-covered roads and race it against Team O'Neil's No. 20 Rally America Ford Fiesta ST rally car. The two tried their damnedest to push it [the stock ST with just taller wheels added] beyond its breaking point, splashing through ice-covered creeks, jumping over cattle grates, and going flat out along rally-stage roads, but nothing broke the car. 'An economical hatch should not be good at everything, but not even imitating rally drivers shattered the ST,' said Nelson, slightly disappointed.Even after the worst whupping we’ve put on a long-termer in a long, long time, it wanted to keep playing."
The car is driven in part by a pro rally driver and handles it great. He says their race car has a totally stock engine (internals, piping, turbo and ECU) and driveline, the first car on the podium in 10 years with such a setup. On the race FiST they change the suspension a bit I believe, add taller wheels, and the trans is sequential. The driver sounds like he's making a Ford commercial sometimes, I guess being partly sponsored by Ford, but it's still impressive. The video's not made by Ford, it's made by a respected automotive magazine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM1nkR8pkX4&list=FLur65YQuzud3gXqwZTZTrxQ&index=1
 


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