Boost solenoids are a weak point – the needle ... Ford has always been a go-to marque for so many hot hatch enthusiasts, and the Mk2 Focus ST proved that they still had the chops to play with ...

The standard Mk2 Focus was a bland-looking machine after the Mk1’s ‘surface entertainment’ (as Mk2 designer Chris Bird described it), but the ST remedied that with a bigger front grille ...

The standard Mk2 RS took the then Focus ST’s 2.5-litre five-cylinder and added entirely new pistons, conrods and camshafts, an uprated BorgWarner K16 turbocharger, a larger intercooler ...