2008 Ford Focus ST Black Edition: Inspired by K.I.T.T...

Yeah, we’re not joking; even if Ford’s press release on the Focus ST Black Edition is available only in German, French and Italian, it's evidently clear through the translation that FoMoCo says that limited edition version of the Focus ST could be K.I.T.T’s smaller brother!

This is the second time in a few months that Ford Europe has released a special version of the Focus ST –they came out with the WRC ST back in July. This one, available in a mere 50 units in Switzerland, features a sinister black paint job matched with orange graphic along the body and the new 19-inch OZ Superturismo WP wheels wrapped in Dunlop SP Sportmaxx rubber, sized 225/35Z. Under its “K.I.T.T.” looks though, everything remains stock with the ST sticking to the turbocharged 2.5L 5-cylinder unit that produces 225 Hp. -Badly (…) translated press release after the jump

Via: Autoblog.com , Source: Ford Europe

Ford Focus ST Black Edition: The “Supercar” for the common ones died them

(That’s what the exact translation we received...)

Ford Focus ST Black Edition introduces in releasing, sport garment and also a little bad one in single most limited the special edition of black color of 50 exemplary: even if little, the exemplary of the sport model from CHF 47 990 with complete preparation have enormous potentialities. Nearly how much those of the intelligent machine of the television series of the years eighty “Supercar”.

To the primaverile launch of Focus ST WRC Edition new edition of the loved Ford model follows one that is introduced at the same time in sport garment of black color but of impeccable elegance. From the aesthetic point of view Focus ST Black Edition could calmly be the smaller sister of the famous car of the television series American “Supercar”: with its black varnish Panther Black, the aggressive one written Black Edition, the opaque black coverings of the fog light and the grill of the radiator with the parts advanced and inferior painted in black, the car little remembers a K.I.T.T., the famous one bolide of the road. The only things that Ford Focus ST Black Edition in superlimited edition is not in a position to making are to speak and to move independently.

The 50 exemplary Black Edition are equip you of excluded black circles to you in light alloy from 19 inches OZ Superturismo GT, realize to you for Ford in black opaque purposely with written orange. To the circles they are binds together the tires to you us Dunlop wide and superlowered “SP Sportmaxx” (225/35Z R19). The great posterior aileron in the color of the auto body allows to obtain one optimal deportanza. The beacons bi-xeno guarantee a dazzling tonality of the identical light for and low-beam headlights and assure a wide and clear lighting system of the road for being able to characterize in time eventual dangers. Also the inner ones with finishes in black varnish polish, seats Recaro sportswomen, head rest with taken care of seams, flying ergonomic covered in skin and exclusive knurl of the change covered in skin is in perfect harmony with the style all black. Between the worthy particular of famous of the preparations of the car three doors they are from signaling a system Sony stereo with loader for 6 CD, a practical system of air conditioning automatic rifle to two zones and the heatable windshield and QuickClear® reflecting.

Ford Focus ST Black Edition mounts the motor rinomato one upsets to 5 cylinders of 2,5 liters able to transmit to drive shaft 225 CV (166 kW) to 6100 turns. Still more impressive is the distributed brace of 320 newtonmetri between 1600 and 4000 turns. This motor, in combination with the precise change to six marce, guarantees entusiasmanti performances of march of the car to front-wheel drive. Acceleration from zero to 100 km/h in the 6,8 second and maximum speeds of 241 km/h.

But since beyond to the high speeds it must guarantee also an exceptional refrained rapidity of, the car is equipped of a modified system refraining in a position to perfectly holding under control this extraordinary distribution of power. On the front chassis autoventilati discs of the diameter of 320 millimeters operate with reliability and pliers to four pistons, while on the posterior wheels they are applies to you to high discs 280 millimeters and pliers to two pistons. A system antiblocking to four channels (ABS) with electronic ripartitore of refraining force (EBD) guarantees short distances of held perfect arrest and of road in refrained phase of. And in case the force of the 225 horses joins uncontrollable, subentra the selective participation on the refrained one of the electronic system of stability (ESP). The interested customers do not have to lose time: the first 50 will be also the last ones.