I've never been in an ST or the new RS so I couldnt comment, but I've been in an Astra VXR and the understeer on those is ridiculous..

your paying for exclusivity.

and

AWD = wieght = more power needed = Higher price tag.

I'd still have the Volvo, I proper love that model :)

I've never driven a proper decent 4wd drive car, but I'm guessing fitting 4wd would eliminate any chance of oversteer at all and more likely to just induce understeer, in which case id prefer FWD and a light back end tbh

and mclovin, what the hell do you expect ford to do. they make cars for a profit. who cares if they rape the name, its not like they aint building something worthy of the RS badge

my mate has a mk1 focus RS, hes such a ballbag though, he reckons its slow coz its not as raw as his 1.4 corsa sport that he refuses to sell and will probably have them both when hes 70 hahaa