The Grand Tour - FiST, Polo GTI, Yaris GRMN

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07KR8383J/

The video is only watchable if you have an Amazon Prime account.

Skip to ~26 minutes. Ends at ~64 minutes. (~38 minutes total)

Notice it's a dual door. Didn't know that the three cylinder, in addition to being, well, three cylinder, also employs a form of cylinder deactivation technology; knocking it down to just two cylinders when conditions are favorable. Also interesting, the Yaris employs a SuperCharger instead of a Turbo. Never see that with a small engine.

The Grand Tour is basically three United Kingdom personalities performing highly unscientific and often silly tests to light-heartedly review each vehicle. This is Season 3, Episode 10. In Episode 1, they visited Detroit. https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07MCJJB5N/

 

[Hypergram]

Loved Top Gear and love The Grand Tour too! Highly recommend the shows to anyone who hasn't seen them.

 

[pixelzombie]

That was interesting to see the FiST keeping up with the more expensive VW, but once they went into the city, it got kind of boring.

 

[Ford ST]

I Love The Grand tour absolutely love it.
I loved top gear before the three original members left. Jeremy, Richard, and James together are heroes to me. Nothing ever in my opinion will be better than those three guys together.

Jeremy is what sold me on the Fiesta ST.
Richard definitely did too.

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[ShaunPanday]

Top gear gave very good reviews of the fist

 

[Brianmc27]

Top gear gave very good reviews of the fist

It won their car of the year award at one point.

 

[Capri to ST]

It won their car of the year award at one point.

It did, I think it was around 2014. That was one of the things that started getting me interested in the car, it gave it a good amount of credibility to me.

 

[Capri to ST]

Jeremy is what sold me on the Fiesta ST.
Richard definitely did too.

Their high opinion of the FiST, along with some positive reinforcement from a mechanic friend that I respect a lot, were the main two factors that helped me get really interested in the car. I saved a quote from Richard about it-
"I've driven the ST version, the hot one, and it's simply superb."

 

[Akumu]

In Top Gear's The Ultimate Road Trip special which just had Richard and Jeremy, Richard got it to drive a Fiesta ST plus a bunch of other cars, super cars Etc. When asked at the end of the show which he liked best he commented strongly on the Fiesta ST, sadly it lost out to the Ferrari F12 Berlianetta, I think.

http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/top-gear/extras/perfect-road-trip-priciest-rides

Furthermore, Jeremy has articles on the web for the Fiesta ST and Fiesta ST 200. He loves them.

“I spend most of my life whizzing hither and thither in exotica made from platinum and rhodium and fitted with engines that roar and bellow and spit fire. And all I want on the way home is a Ford Fiesta ST.” - Jeremy Clarkson

 

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......... ......... .. . . .............. . . . ................... “I spend most of my life whizzing hither and thither in exotica made from platinum and rhodium and fitted with engines that roar and bellow and spit fire. And all I want on the way home is a Ford Fiesta ST.” - Jeremy Clarkson

I don't blame him. It is certainly easier to keep your license that way. (also throws off the "paps" a.k.a. Paparazzi)