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PRODUCT HISTORY
The Ford Special Vehicle Team (SVT) wasestablished in 1991 to polish the Ford Ovalby creating low-volume, factory-producedvehicles designed for those select fewwhose idea of driving is a high-powered,passionate experience – not just a meansof getting from point A to point B.
In a move to support this spiritedenthusiasm, Ford Motor Company carefullyintegrated the wide array of talent in thecompany into a small, cross-functionalgroup of engineers and product planners,housed together under one roof with acommon mission: to create vehiclesspecifically designed to meet the uniqueneeds and desires of the knowledgeabledriving enthusiast.
Nearly 200000 SVT vehicles have beenproduced since the 1993 model year. Theseinclude the SVT Mustang Cobra and theCobra R, the SVT F-150 Lightning, the SVTContour, the SVT Focus, Ford GT, ShelbyGT500, GT500KR and the F-150 SVTRaptor.
TEAM RS HISTORY
TeamRS traces its roots back nearly 60years from the Lotus Ford Cortina and TwinCam Escorts of the mid 1960’s, throughthe first RS branded Escorts of the 1970’sto the founding of Special VehicleEngineering (SVE) in 1980. Through the1980s and 90s, SVE delivered a breadthof vehicles from exciting XR and RSbranded road going performance carsthrough homologation specials such asthe iconic Sierra Cosworth RS500. The firstST (Sport Technology) vehicle appearedin 1996 as the ST24 Mondeo. The firstcollaboration between Ford’s Europeanand North American performance teamsappeared in 2002 as the ST170 in Europeand SVT Focus in North America. In 2003,
TeamRS replaced SVE in Europe asperformance car and motorsport personnelwere brought together as one team.TeamRS subsequently created the 2004Fiesta ST, 2005 Focus ST and 2009 FocusRS.
GLOBAL PERFORMANCEVEHICLES
The Global Performance Vehicle groupwas formally established in 2009, joiningthe performance product developmentexcellence and heritage of SVT in NorthAmerica and TeamRS in Europe. The FiestaST is the second vehicle to emerge fromthis group and represents the best of whatFord performance has to offer from aroundthe globe. Your ST vehicle has beendesigned and developed with the fourhallmarks of the Ford Global PerformanceGroup in mind: Performance, Substance,Exclusivity and Value. We are proud andpassionate about what we do, and we areglad you have made us your choice.
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