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Originally Posted by Skip
Ford are you listening?
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They exist, it's just few make it to the US, and this is, I believe, a general US auto industry hang-up: subcompacts are bought to be ecoboxes, compacts can sometimes be sporty and sell. It's completely BS, but outside a few intriguing options like a turbo mini that costs as much as some turbo compact cars (saw some 2010 mazdaspeed3s being cleared out for $22K new recently, similar to to the Mini Cooper S's $22300 MSRP), there's not a lot of competition in the field. An ecoboost I4 1.6l engine option for the Fiesta is the best hope here, probably.
I honestly think you might want to consider the 2012 Focus, or other branded cars built on the
Ford C1 global platform (Mazda3, volvo S40, etc). Something with a nominal power to weight ratio of around 1hp:18lbs or better.
Alternately, I guess you could get the Ford Motorsports Fiesta rally kit turbo!