Still have mine, but I have had issues with it since I bought it. It's always pulled to the left despite perfect alignment, chews through bearings, and lately it's going through rotors. $90 cryo rotor with 6000 miles on it? Warped. From street use. Now I would assume that's all connected, that torque vectoring isn't working right or the lefthand calipers are dragging or something along those lines. But I take it to Ford and their solution is a reprogram for the steering, or an alignment, or replace a rotor. Every time charging me labor and solving nothing. It's my only car, too, so I can't just keep taking it back. They don't give me a loaner. So that's why I have contemplated selling it. Thing is it's paid for, and I really don't want to pick up more debt or trade a car with 65k miles for a car with double that. So I'm just angry driving it.
As far as no replacements in the current market, the new 2019 Veloster has similar power at 201 hp and 195 lb/ft out of a 1.6L, a 6 speed manual, and is only a passenger heavier while having independent rear suspension. A couple inches longer, wider, and shorter than the ST, but overall very similar. Probably not as tail happy from the dealer, but with an independent rear you can likely mess with it a bit.
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