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Stock of the final Ford Fiesta STs and Focus STs in Australia is depleting – and once they’re sold, there will be no more.
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The last shipments of the 2022 Ford Focus ST and Fiesta ST are selling out quickly, as Australians snap up what are likely to be the last Ford hot hatchbacks with petrol power.
Much of the final batch of 40 Ford Focus STs – and a larger, undisclosed last allocation of Ford Fiesta STs – for Australia has been spoken for, two months on from news both cars would be axed from local showrooms this year.
A Ford Australia spokesperson told Drive this week “around a dozen” Focus STs remain – all allocated to Ford dealers, for customers to buy – while “approximately 50” Fiesta STs remain available, which “will most likely arrive in February 2023”.
“We would suggest customers call their local Ford dealership/s to check availability,” the spokesperson told Drive.
Once these cars are sold, there will be no more for their current generations – and plans for new models sit under a cloud, amid slowing sales of small cars, and growth in electric cars and SUVs.
Production of the current Ford Focus will end in 2025 – while the current Fiesta city car is expected to disappear from European showrooms in the next two years, in line with typical model life cycles.
Plans for next-generation models are yet to be confirmed, and look unlikely – as the Fiesta’s factory is set to be converted for electric-car production, and the future of the Focus’ factory is yet to be locked in after the current model ends production.
Once the final vehicles are deliveries, the sales tally for the current Fiesta ST will come to approximately 700 cars since its launch in early 2020 – while an estimated 700 to 1000 fourth-generation Focus STs will have been sold in Australia over the same time, according to Drive’s calculations.
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