I've had a couple used cars, a 2001 ford taurus and a 2001 mustang GT and i'm finally looking at new cars. The focus ST caught my eye for a couple reasons. Its practical and has lots of room inside but is also pretty quick, only a little behind my mustang in power. I plan on keeping it mostly stock except a flowmaster exhaust, love the sound of them and have put them on my mustang end even got one to fit on my taurus XD and they make a flowmaster kit specifically for this car. All in all it seems like a good car i will have fun with for a long time. I don't want to make the mistake my friends did and buy a cheap weak new car just to say they have a new car then end up not liking it then they are stuck with a new car they don't want to hold on to. And yes as you may have noticed about my history with cars, i only buy ford. I would get a new GT if i could afford it, but i can't XD