All that torque really gets it moving, with Ford and others putting its 0-to-60 time under 6 seconds, and in a Ford promotional video the Edge ST whupped the Focus ST and Fiesta ST, at least in a straight line. But despite the added inertia, the Edge is certainly not not-fast. Ford puts the Edge ST's weight at a pudgy 4,477 pounds, 1,250 pounds heavier than the Focus ST, though it's 224 fewer pounds than the Explorer ST. No complaints about the horses under the hood, but power is not the only thing to consider. It's the only way to get this powerful V6 in the Edge, as lesser Edges make do with a 2.0-liter turbocharged four. The Edge ST gets Ford's excellent 2.7-liter Ecoboost twin-turbo V6, with a 20-horse boost to 335 horsepower and torque up 30 pound-feet to 380. ![]() When you send away all your cars, you just have to tune whatever's left. And with Americans deprived of the Focus ST and soon the Fiesta ST, we imagine/hope the new Ford Escape will eventually get the ST treatment, too. The Edge ST is Ford Performance's first attempt at tuning up a crossover, with the 2020 Explorer ST soon to join it. A college classmate, a husky guy, used to say that while he might not be the fastest man downcourt in basketball, he was a tough opponent because he had "upper body quickness." Which I guess meant he was good at stealing the ball, but whatever it meant, it's always stuck - this idea of someone big believing he was nimble.
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